Well, that was easy, it took 2 full sick days, 4 days total. I guess all things considered, it could have been worse if it started on a Monday. Yuk!
Got the replacement snowblower running, and cleared out the frivoulous 2 inches of snow we got. It left in a hurry! :-)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sick yet again
This is the 3rd time in less than 4 weeks I've gotten sick. I am so friggiin sick of this. The worst feeling is knowing that with 2 kids around there is no hope of being able to rest and recover. I'm going to get cough syrup at the store now. I am miserable. :-(
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Update on Claus
He is back home now, he has turned down the option to stay at the Dobie Road facility, citing that it is full of fuddie-duddies, and he can't stand that. He is going to do physical therapy from home with assistance from someone. Both mom and Claus seem to have abstained from alcohol from what I can see so far. I am proud of them for making this giant leap. Even conversations with them are easier now that they have "turned own the volume" on the drinking.
Went to dinner at Jason and Jackie's this weekend
They are the neighbors across the street, has a really nice time with them, really glad they invited us over, we are definitely going to do the same for them and very soon. I hope we all can do more together, it is really nice to have some adults around for a change to talk to.
For Tracy and I it was a sign of reassurance that we potentially are still capable of making friends, it has felt for a long time like we had lost that ability.
Thanks so much for having us over Jas, and Jackie!
For Tracy and I it was a sign of reassurance that we potentially are still capable of making friends, it has felt for a long time like we had lost that ability.
Thanks so much for having us over Jas, and Jackie!
The kids
They are very well, after a couple of weeks of everyone being sick, they are all now sleeping well, and with far fewer gallons of snot to contend with.
I was the overnight person last night to wake up for Abby. She ate, then stared at me for a half-hour as if she had no idea what to do next. Do I sleep, do I play? She then took 15 minutes to play with the cords on my seatshirt, pulling on them till I stashed them inside the sweatshirt. Ok, then she slept.... She sure has a good demeanor, what an angel...
I was the overnight person last night to wake up for Abby. She ate, then stared at me for a half-hour as if she had no idea what to do next. Do I sleep, do I play? She then took 15 minutes to play with the cords on my seatshirt, pulling on them till I stashed them inside the sweatshirt. Ok, then she slept.... She sure has a good demeanor, what an angel...
Oh yeah, I am in trouble...
The boss has Rich going out to lunch with the team, didn't even make an attempt to look my way and invite me. I hope he still tries to have our afternoon meeting today
Another delightful meeting today
I get back from a wonderful day off, one that felt too good to be true...
Worked over the weekend, for only a brief stint, about 3 hours. The day before, the big boss comes up to me and says in these words "If you work Saturday, you can take Monday off." I then go to Jason and see whats up, he points out that he needs me in at 2pm, to help reconnect the switches, say it will take about and hour. Sounds like a sweet deal, it was way too good to be true. That day I did come in, and for the 3 hours, I did to the reconnects on the switches, and the only issue we had identified was to move some users over to another VLAN for Tech Support. I got that done, and to my own fault, I did miss 3 connections, and said I would get them when I got back in. I left when Otto did that day, we had one issue where some phones did not come up, we had that resolved. I left. Jason called about an hour and a half later, not leaving a message.
Went into a meeting today, and they told about all the problems that had really happened that day, apparently after I left, not realizing this. Cisco Call Manager stuff was down at all sites, routes were missing, it was a mess. The guys spent a good part of Monday morning putting "Humtpy Dumpty" back on that wall before it was better. They looked at the how the day went, and with quite a bit of disdain for me, were not happy one bit that I left when I did. Jason looked pissed, so did Brian and Brent, or as I call it, all the people that it should matter to...
Hey if I was them I would be too. They all made mistakes as apparently I did. It seemed to good to be true, I should have asked more questions to Jason, and even Brent about only working 3 hours. Jason needed to communicate better with me, further detailing what was going on, and what needed to happen for me while I was there. Brent shouldn't have told me to take the day off if it was really flex time. To make up for the apparent transgression I made, I offered to work the Saturday I need to be in Barry County, and take no time off afterwards for it. But it really comes down to this: my team no longer seems to communicate with me. It has never been the same since last February. Jason has never really trusted me after that, therefore never delegates any projects to me. In the meeting today, I see Rich and Jason as the topics for Research and Development, I am never in that category anymore. Hell the only reason they asked me to work this weekend was because Rich was busy, hell I was their "alternate." I really am not an important part of this team anymore. I feel it, but they never seem to want to come out and say it. I wish they would just come out with the problems they really have with me, so I can make some decisions here...
Worked over the weekend, for only a brief stint, about 3 hours. The day before, the big boss comes up to me and says in these words "If you work Saturday, you can take Monday off." I then go to Jason and see whats up, he points out that he needs me in at 2pm, to help reconnect the switches, say it will take about and hour. Sounds like a sweet deal, it was way too good to be true. That day I did come in, and for the 3 hours, I did to the reconnects on the switches, and the only issue we had identified was to move some users over to another VLAN for Tech Support. I got that done, and to my own fault, I did miss 3 connections, and said I would get them when I got back in. I left when Otto did that day, we had one issue where some phones did not come up, we had that resolved. I left. Jason called about an hour and a half later, not leaving a message.
Went into a meeting today, and they told about all the problems that had really happened that day, apparently after I left, not realizing this. Cisco Call Manager stuff was down at all sites, routes were missing, it was a mess. The guys spent a good part of Monday morning putting "Humtpy Dumpty" back on that wall before it was better. They looked at the how the day went, and with quite a bit of disdain for me, were not happy one bit that I left when I did. Jason looked pissed, so did Brian and Brent, or as I call it, all the people that it should matter to...
Hey if I was them I would be too. They all made mistakes as apparently I did. It seemed to good to be true, I should have asked more questions to Jason, and even Brent about only working 3 hours. Jason needed to communicate better with me, further detailing what was going on, and what needed to happen for me while I was there. Brent shouldn't have told me to take the day off if it was really flex time. To make up for the apparent transgression I made, I offered to work the Saturday I need to be in Barry County, and take no time off afterwards for it. But it really comes down to this: my team no longer seems to communicate with me. It has never been the same since last February. Jason has never really trusted me after that, therefore never delegates any projects to me. In the meeting today, I see Rich and Jason as the topics for Research and Development, I am never in that category anymore. Hell the only reason they asked me to work this weekend was because Rich was busy, hell I was their "alternate." I really am not an important part of this team anymore. I feel it, but they never seem to want to come out and say it. I wish they would just come out with the problems they really have with me, so I can make some decisions here...
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