Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Back to Work

So after being off for 4 days, I came back to work on Monday with close to 400 emails through my various email folders. The worst part of all this is the fact that most of the emails were auto-replies to my Out of Office auto-reply! Isn't technology grand? So after sorting that mess out, I finally get to the good emails, you know the various requests that one might get that sound like this, "Can you write me a query getting x and y, but I have no clue what I really want?" Or my favorite is, "Can you download the information from this mainframe query to the PC level?" Of course, I am the only person that can accomplish this, as was proven to me by my super, who work "I can not access the required system." Of course they accessed the system every time they ran the reports in the morning, but did not possess the knowledge to accomplish the task. So know here I am three days after returning, all tasks completed, and I just received a new toy in the mail, and it is time to play with it. So I will talk to everyone later.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Vacation is Here

Today I started my vacation. This means that all I have to do is wake up at 11 and watch tv most of the day.
Today, I watched tv until about 1:30, and then went and worked on my aunt's computer until 4:30, and now I am sitting in class.
For the rest of the week, I really have nothing to do, and it feels great. Of course since my birthday is this week, I do have a double date with my parents, and we are talking about going to see hancock or wanted. I really can not wait till Thursday. Yes, I will be 26, and will be 1 year closer to getting old, but that is the price of being born!!!
Ah, vacation....isn't it great?!

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Can it get any longer?

Today seems to be just dragging by. I guess that it doesn't help that most of the stuff that I do was required to be coded, tested and ready for use by Tuesday, which means that earlier this week, when the mainframe wasn't down, I did a ton of work. It also doesn't help that my cell phone, and main way to get Tweets is no longer working. Dang it, I knew that I forgot to do something....pay the darn cell bill. Hopefully, since I am currently broke, my friend, who owns the service, will pay it so that we can have all the fun in the world talking, texting, and sharing with others the crap that is going on in our lives. Speaking of crap, my parents are trying to bribe me to stay awat from their house tomorrow, essentially killing my 4th of July plans. All this because I have a small staph infection on my hip. Did I mention that I am an avid supporter of wearing clothes in public? That being said, I have no only a bandage over it, but clothes as well. I have also been on three different anti-biotics for 3 days, and when I first went to the doc's, they hooked me to an IV for a fourth anti-biotic! So please do not tell me that I am sick, and can not come over. Oh well, they said that they would fill me gas tank so that my wife and I could visit her family. How about this, just give me freakin' $200, and we'll call it a day. You know what sucks even more than being bribed not to hang out with family? I am off work all next week, and I can not do anything since I am broke. Oh, and not to mention that it will also be my birthday next Thursday, and I can not do anything for it. Oh and I am not going anywhere for vacation either. I better sleep pretty darn good all next week.
At the tone the time will be 3 o'clock.....bong!!!! One and a half more hours till I can leave.
Have a great 4th of July, and for those that are not having to work this weekend, and it will be at least three days before you return to work, be safe, and have a blast...not to mention drink a pint for me!