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.

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?!

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!

FINALLY!!!!

So I had been waiting for almost 2 months for my review. It finally came at the beginning of this month, so I was waiting to see what my raise was going to be. So today I check my paystub online and see that I got a 13% raise!!! I am so happy. Oh, did I forget to mention that they prorated me the rest of my earnings for the past two months? That means that the check I get this week is over $1000!!!! That is the most I have ever gotten at one time!!! I am so happy right now, plus I am looking forward to class tonight. I get to learn more JavaScript functions, and how to incorporate cookies and other fun things into my web coding!!! W00T!!!!

Going to SCREAM

So today was going great. I was listening, practically all day, to the same song because it is an awesome song. Got through a really grewling day at work, was getting ready to leave, and the phone rings. Of course I had a few other scars today, like getting a message from my boss telling me that I had to work on Sunday to do some more system tests. Of course it will be the third time in a row, and my supervisor reminds me that the last few people that held my position didn't know how to do it, so she did it for ten years. Of course the testing was cancelled since our home office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is under water right now, and plus we tested last month, and it is a quarterly thing. Ok, back to where I was.....darn bunny trails. So I pick up the phone thinking that it is my wife, only to find out that it is someone from the car company. This lovely individual tells me that I need to get $800 by 9pm est or the car is to be reposessed, and I will still have to finish paying the lease off. GREAT!!! EIGHT HUNDRED BUCKS BY 9 PM. I am in so much trouble. I need a miracle for me to get the money. Well, at least I have a prayer.

OK So here we Go (Part 2...and a few weeks late)

So my wife and I have been going through a really rough time financially. Part of me lives in fear everyday that our car is going to be repo'ed, the electricity is going to be shut off, and my parents are going to kick us out of the apartment. But I have found one thing to hold onto. It is the scripture reference in the Bible that states that He (God), will never let His children go hungry, or His seed begging for bread. We have found that no matter how much money we don't have, God has always provided for us, and allowed us to have food, clothes, gas, and whatever else we need. Yes, were are still 2 months behind on the rent, electric, car, and even farther behind on credit cards and such, but I have a sense of peace, like everything is going to be ok.

OK here we go....(part 1 programming related)

This is going to be one of 2 blogs that I post today. This one is going to be a rant about something that I am trying to program for work, and in no way reflects the views of my employer.

So I am trying to create a batch file. I have to run about 30 different reports every morning, and in an effort to automate these reports, I have some processes in place, but instead of letting me purchase the licensing for the program that I am currently using, I have to re-create the files into a batch file to be executed. So I am really back to the drawing board since it has been about 12 years since I last wrote a batch file....and even then, it was written in QBasic, and I have forgotten how to write them. Plus, to admit, I was not that good at writing complex files. I just had to get the computer to start Windows 3.1 automatically. Well, at least I can get a little help from one of the experts here at work, just too bad that it is not a true programmer.