(Not)On Vacation

I was on vacation this week. I thought I'd take the time to drive down the the office that is closing and move my old workstation , plus one for a client to the raised floor.
It's Spring Break here, so I took my son to help with the heavy lifting.

Imagine my surprise (not!) to discover half way there that no one had completed
the paper work to allow me to move the equipment to the raised floor. Even worse,
when I got to the office, my badge would not work on the room where my workstation
was.
Many frustrating phone calls and runarounds later, I was told that I could temporarily
store my equipment in an area in the old building that was not immediately closing,
but I was given phone numbers for people who were out as contacts. also, no luck on getting into the room where my workstation was located. Everyone kept telling me 'authorization is required - you have to go to so and so...' no one was listening.
I HAD authorization - some idiot deleted it for some reason...

I even stayed over night at a relatives and it was 'same crap, different day' the next day.
Eventually, I located a FRIEND who had access and who was going to the office the next day to get my equipment and move it for me...

Why does this stuff have to be so hard? This is crazy!

April Fools again

Nice weather in the MidWest this week.
70s today and maybe low 80s tomorrow.
Still holding my breath in case there's the usual Easter
Surprise Snow Storm. We might miss it this year...
Have to clean out my office next week.
My employer is closing buildings and making
almost everyone work from home.
They don't pay for Internet either... :( Cheapskates!

It works out for me, but I need a real desk at home.
It would be nice to keep my old clunker of a J5000 ,
but I know my wife will freak if I try to bring that home.
It was/is a very good workstation. Never gave me any trouble,
except when they did 'generator tests' at work and power cycled
the building every 3 months.
I used to have a little trouble because they shut off the A/C
at work at night and on weekends, so I had it moved to a
'computer room' that had 7x24 AC and Power.
Now they are closing the building.. {sigh}

Talking about saving money, they are making me and about 10 other people spend a week
at a DR site to do stuff that could be accomplished easily from home. What a waste!
But some bean counter gets to check a column in a spreadsheet some where.

Bored

Nothing much happening.
Happy Valentine's Day to anyone who's reading.

on vacation

Well, I'm 'off' this week. Boring.
My son had some friends over last Friday and they decided
to have a flour fight at 3am in the living room.

When they tried to clean it up, they used water!
Flour+Water=Paste... arghhhhhh

The Gunpowder Plot

"Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot."

of course, most Catholics will not forget this date.
This started (yet another) reign of terror on mostly
English Catholics by James the 'Sixth and First'.

My parents wouldn't let me attend 'Guy Fawkes night'
celebration because they commemorate the burning at
the stake of poor Guy Fawkes.

Last of the Summer Wine

No, not the iconic British comedy.
Well September. Nothing much has changed except kids now going to
school. Both are in High School now. My son is a Freshman. My
daughter is a Senior.
That mean I have to get up at 6am now to wake them up for school.
They used to get themselves up and get the bus. Now I have to drive
them.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

More work at work, and more work coming in. It's all being pushed back
and the EOY will be a real nightmare.

Happy Day!

I downloaded some of the free MIT Physics and Maths lectures.
Boy, I used to understand this? I think I might be able to
stumble through is again, but it brings back a lot of memories
from when I was a 17 year old University undergraduate.

July update

Not much happening except a ton of work.
Some idiot on our account agreed to install 30+ servers in a ridiculously
short period, without following any processes, including design...

One the personal front, more angst.
My Eldest call from Georgia. Some dude broke into their trailer
at 3am and walked into her bedroom. \
When her husband started to get up he shot him...
Fortunately, he's going to be O.K., but my grandson is
'Chillin' with us until they get a new house. They're moving
next to the Cop Shop and damn the expense. Everyone is rattled...
I don't blame them. I had a dude come at me with a knife in my appartment
years ago - it's scary. ...

Anyway the 30+ servers are mostly up and running ahead of 'schedule'...
Our reward is more of the same and 'Oh, please make sure to take your
vacation time soon'.... double ugh!