Monday, October 20, 2003
Out of Steam….
Out of Steam....I started working on the commute in this morning. Bad idea. I was raring to go when I got in and now, with an hour left in my day, I am out of steam. That and I worked through lunch. Which normally doesn't happen. Just because I normally don't have that much work to do. But today I did. Do. Still do. I have plenty to keep me busy... Which is a good thing
So, the positively negative woman in my department is beginning to be a bit of a bother. There are these things, we call them CRPs, that take place for our project. They are a fairly big deal and we invite 50 to 60 people to attend. This time around I couldn't find a room with a LAN connection. My boss and I have been working on a solution for this problem. We finally figured out that we could VPN in and get to the Demo we were looking for. Yeah! So now I just needed to find a room. That was at 8:30 am this morning. I had a meeting that started at 9 am. So, I do my things that absolutely have to get done before the meeting and then go.
By the time I got back, the positively negative woman had written several people a "nastygram" regarding the fact that no one was responding to the need to get the invite out and proceeded to book the CRPs into this tiny, really horrid conference room. She also told the people who had been booked in that room that they would have to find another place for their meetings. (the truth of which I seriously question since I had a meeting in that room and she never mentioned anything to me.)
Which brings me to my next gripe (and yes I am venting!) The positively negative woman, though she has been told countless times to work with me, never once talked to me about what she was doing. She never asked me if I found a room or what progress was being made. I was supposed to do the scheduling, but she took it upon herself to do it.
And she wonders why life is so bad?
Now, unfortunately, we will have to re-send all the invites that she sent out because I found a room! And I will get to hear all about the fact that she will have to do this. Thank god for meetings, at least I can be away from my desk some of the time she is griping...
Oh - the REALLY funny part about this, she doesn't work "with" me on projects she is supposed to work with me on, and she only sits 10 feet away. She never talks to me about issues, or asks about things, she just sends these emails and sits and waits for a response.
Okay - done griping.
The weekend was great!
I worked on Mom's blanket and am almost done. Well I think I am almost done - I really can't make that judgment till I get through one more scan of yarn - but I think I am close to completion. Yeah!
I also got to go to a Seahawks game on Sunday. We headed down early and had a little cookout before heading to the game. It rained on us a little, but the game was clear! It was so much fun! We played the Bears and beat them... good thing to. The Bears haven't had a good season so far - it would have been sad to lose to them at home. I had so much fun at the game!!!!
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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?
