I think I've managed to resolve the situation at work by throwing a fit (read: spending lots of political capital), the end result of which is that I got the CEO (in his role as interim CTO) to reassign some people just to make his own life easier.
I think I'm also going to cut down my hours to 40 a week or so, just to get things a little more in balance. I'm also going to radically rearrange my time, moving to a seven-day work schedule. Saturday and Sunday are 10 hour days where I actually get some programming done, while Monday through Friday are 4 hour days where I'm doing manager stuff exclusively, and possibly a little of emergency hotfixes. I can't do any decent programming without large blocks of time. But... I can write stories in as little as 2 hour blocks. So hopefully this will make me happier and should increase my ability to do some writing.
Still haven't had an actual day off work since November except those I was sick in bed, but will try to schedule one of those soon.
I think I'm also going to cut down my hours to 40 a week or so, just to get things a little more in balance. I'm also going to radically rearrange my time, moving to a seven-day work schedule. Saturday and Sunday are 10 hour days where I actually get some programming done, while Monday through Friday are 4 hour days where I'm doing manager stuff exclusively, and possibly a little of emergency hotfixes. I can't do any decent programming without large blocks of time. But... I can write stories in as little as 2 hour blocks. So hopefully this will make me happier and should increase my ability to do some writing.
Still haven't had an actual day off work since November except those I was sick in bed, but will try to schedule one of those soon.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto