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Mar. 6th, 2002
The rant, continued
Mar. 6th, 2002 01:42 pmOkay, I should have finished this last night, but work interfered. (More on that later).
I happened across this story while randomly surfing yesterday. To save your friends pages, I'm going rant about it over here. ( Read more... )
I happened across this story while randomly surfing yesterday. To save your friends pages, I'm going rant about it over here. ( Read more... )
Work Stuffage
Mar. 6th, 2002 08:21 pmYesterday, I was cranky. I've shared this already. Then, I inherited a call of much suckitude from Ms. Arwen. Not through any fault of her own, but because that's the nature of working the closing shift.
I ended up at the office until almost 10:00. Since I was on first pager, and was going to end up helping the customer anyway, I stayed at the office where I had all my resources close at hand.
Getting stuck there should have pissed me off. It's after hours; since I work a 10 hour day these days, I ended up with a 13 hour shift. And we'd planned a lovely dinner, and I was tired from staying up too late. But for some reason, it didn't.
I finally felt like there was a reason I go in every day. I finally had something to do, something that challenged me, and made me try new things. In the end, it didn't work, but at least I tried. It helped that the customer was nice, and didn't get mad when I didn't know all the answers, and accepted it when I said nothing would work besides rolling back to a backup.
At the end of it I came home exhausted, but curiously happy. Of course, that was helped by Wiley preparing a nummy dinner, and having a chocolate martini waiting for me when I walked in the door.
I ended up at the office until almost 10:00. Since I was on first pager, and was going to end up helping the customer anyway, I stayed at the office where I had all my resources close at hand.
Getting stuck there should have pissed me off. It's after hours; since I work a 10 hour day these days, I ended up with a 13 hour shift. And we'd planned a lovely dinner, and I was tired from staying up too late. But for some reason, it didn't.
I finally felt like there was a reason I go in every day. I finally had something to do, something that challenged me, and made me try new things. In the end, it didn't work, but at least I tried. It helped that the customer was nice, and didn't get mad when I didn't know all the answers, and accepted it when I said nothing would work besides rolling back to a backup.
At the end of it I came home exhausted, but curiously happy. Of course, that was helped by Wiley preparing a nummy dinner, and having a chocolate martini waiting for me when I walked in the door.
Blue jays and flowers
Mar. 6th, 2002 10:22 pmWe had a small flock of blue jays patronizing our bird feeder for about an hour today. They were lovely to watch - I can see the tree and bird feeder from my desk.
Aaaaaaand, I've got my first flowers! Gala helped me plant a bunch of bulbs last fall, and the first of the crocuses are coming out. They're not quite bloomed yet, but they make me smile every time I drive past them. Yay!
Aaaaaaand, I've got my first flowers! Gala helped me plant a bunch of bulbs last fall, and the first of the crocuses are coming out. They're not quite bloomed yet, but they make me smile every time I drive past them. Yay!
