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Friday, October 10, 2003
On Hold….
On Hold....So - I have to call Tech Support for something. This something I have called Tech Support for 2 times now. They keep sending me elsewhere for the answer. Now I am sitting here patiently waiting for the guy on the other side to find the form someone could have given me three days ago.
What gets me isn't the support, I understand that different people will know different things when I call. Some will help me and some will make me hang up and try again.
No - what really gets me is the silence and the heavy breathing on the other side of the phone while he searches for what ever it is he is searching for. You would think he would at least mute his headset while he searches...
Ah well.
Finally got what I needed though. I love it when someone who knows what they are doing answers the phone...
FRIDAY!!
FRIDAY!!Oh how I love Fridays! Especially when I wake up the way I woke up this morning. Love it. Makes the whole day better. Had a huge Venti coffee this morning - which is really more than I need, so I am now drinking a vanilla coke to stave off the crash... It will still come, but I am trying to put it off for as long as possible.
Out surfing the net again. I should be working, but I just can't seem to get motivated. The whole week has pretty much been a loss. I have gotten a few things done, but nothing like what I could do. I really blame it on my boss and co-workers. I don't get enough work to do to feel challenged, and when I don't feel challenged I don't work as much as I could.
Regardless - I was out surfing the net and came across this site http://tooeasilysatisfied.net/. She had posted this quote:
"If you live to be a hundred,
I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you."
- Winnie the Pooh
It was so sweet I had to copy it. There are other things on the site that are really neat as well - so...
I just got a cookie from Freeman. They were left over from some meeting or other - but they are really tasty! Freeman also brought lunch. And he got me the coffee this morning. I'm spoiled!
Hmmm.... Leanne wrote and said she might be in town next week. Well "in town" being figurative since she will be in Redmond. But, if she is in the same state and less than 2 hours away, I would drive to see her!
No plans for the weekend yet. I am sure something will come up!
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Blah blah blah
Blah blah blahI am feeling - well - flaky today. I woke up late, which wasn't a big deal. I can hustle when I have to. But I was moving slowly, and have been moving slowly all day. Don't get me wrong, I have gotten a lot done today. I am just feeling unmotivated and flaky. What I really want to do is go shopping. And for some reason I have a heightened interest in Legos.
Did you know that Lego has created this whole series just for girls? Seriously - the legos aren't even legos - well there are no mini-figs - instead they are little dolls. They call it Belville. I just find the whole thing rather, well, scary to be honest. I understand that Lego's feels there is a market to be cornered here, but really, shouldn't they try to make their women mini-figs more appealing and not create little dolls? Isn't half the fun of playing with legos building with the figures, getting them stuck and then pulling off their legs and such? Switching around bodies and stuff? Think of what fun girls would have if they created better figs with different outfits and stuff...
Now there is a market!
Let's see.... In other news... Well there really isn't any. It is suspiciously quiet around the office today. Not even the usual hum of low level gossip going on. I am not sure why it's quiet, I think there are a few people missing. Either that or I am supposed to be in a meeting and no one told me. I will go with the former...
I did want to add, though, that it seems to be red shirt day. The whole colored shirt thing is very interesting to me. It just seems that there are certain days where everyone gets the memo to wear the same color. And I can honestly say that I usually get that memo. And today is a red day. Over half the floor has some sort of red shade on. We didn't even have this kind of participation on Hawaiian shirt day!
I also have to say that one of my Project Managers just said, "20th century? I'm still in the 19th! Give me my 1800's back!" I wonder what kind of peasant he would have been...
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Office Gossip
Office GossipI really wish that people would speak up if they insist on gossiping in the office.
This is only because where I work is a hot bed of gossip. The people who surround me are constantly whispering about things that are happening. And it isn't that I am interested in what they are saying, in reality I really don't care. It is the constant low level whispering that bothers me. And I realize that people need to vent and discuss things that are happening, but I really think they should either get a conference room or else speak up! It is much easier to ignore them if they are being loud...
Wednesday....
Today is a good day!
I didn't think it was going to be, but meetings have been cancelled and people have been out of the office.
I always have fun when certain people are not in the office. Not that there is any more or less work to be done, but the atmosphere is always nicer when certain people are missing. And no - this does not include my boss. He never bothers me one way or the other.
In other news I am wearing a new fuzzy sweater today. I love it! It has my favorite shade of purple in it
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Office people….
Developer....So - I was tasked with updating this really crappy project plan. The plan itself was fine, there were just no tasks in it for the majority of the group. There is, however, one person who has been religiously updating his piece of the plan. So I walked over to tell him that I am working to update the rest of the plan and basically not to freak out because it won't look the same and eventually his plan will disappear. He started talking to me, trying to tell me the way I should be doing what I was doing, like what I was doing was incorrect. Then it hit me, he is a developer. He thinks that just because I am a project coordinator and not a developer that I am not smart. So he was talking to me like I was a stupid person.
Man is he ever wrong. I really feel bad for him. Cause he has no idea.
Woman with attitude...
There is this woman in my office, she is one of those positively negative people. You know one of those people who are negative in a positive way so that their negativity can almost be mistaken for a positive attitude. At least until you spend time near them and feel like every time they open their mouth a steam roller is coming towards you and when they are done talking you are just exhausted and aren't sure if you can continue with your day. Every once in awhile, after dealing with this woman, I feel like sticking a pencil in my eye, cause it would make me feel better than dealing with her.
And she sighs a lot.
So - I was in the restroom doing my thing and there is someone in another stall. And then I hear the deep sigh. And I think, "in the restroom? I don't EVEN want to know what is so bad that she does that in the restroom..."
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
