I believe this is a common theme right now. I am in the same boat. Lots of small projects, several large projects, bla bla bla. Fully staffed we could 'do' the job and follow all procedures to meet daily operation needs.
I am a realist. We are getting the job done being down two bodies but long term we are shooting ourselves in the foot by not following the proper procedures and cutting corners where possible. It is unfortunate that we have to cut corners since my team has spent a lot of time refactoring our processes to make them as efficient and economical as we could.

Just a day in the life of IT Operations. Until next time....