You know you are in deep when...

You know you are in deep when you wake up putting database tables together in your head.  What a thing to wake up to!

I got in this mode because I explained my career to someone not familiar with the field at all.  I am still kind of riding the excitement.

The company needs an application as part of the solution.  They are not ready for a full-blown one, so it looks like I will have to build an application for them with what they have on hand.

While books like Database Design for Mere Mortals By Hernandez, Michael J. and Beginning Database Design By Churcher, Clare are much more that I need, the principles of understanding the hierarchy of the client's requirements are important.