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Too much too loud too fast too overwhelming gaahhhh

 
 
Heatwave
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 12:40 pm
Region Philbis wrote:
_Heatwave_ wrote:
Place your order here for the pick-me-up of your choice....

1) A Serious Bar of Chocolate

2) Can of Red Bull

3) Double Shot of Expresso

4) An Hour With a Hot Male Masseuse of Your Choice

(Mr. jespah strongly requests that #4 be stricken from the record... [size=7]unless you can fix him up with a hot female, that is!![/size])


It's *just* a massage. But okay. Number 3 so stricken.
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jespah
 
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Reply Thu 16 Aug, 2007 04:21 am
Oh my (purchases oils 'n stuff). Embarrassed

Then I'll take the chocolate. Smile

Montana -- actually -- right now I think I'd enjoy some home improvement, it would be different from my current stuff. But right now the main stuff that we can still do without calling in outside help is painting, and it's hot and humid. I really, really, really don't want paint fumes. But I did have a couple of anxiety dreams last night, and one of them involved going to work in a blue top and then getting to the bathroom at work (where there are mirrors, of course) and finding out that the top was spattered with white paint.

The other anxiety dream was that I was walking around topless at work and again did not notice it until I got to the Ladies' Room. I kept opening the door and peeking out at the cube farm to see if the coast would be clear so that I could get back to my desk (where my top and bra inexplicably had been left). But it never got nonbusy so I waited and waited.

Oy.

Yesterday was another festival of trying to get things to work. I actually finished the project I talked about on Monday, but I volunteered to expand it so while that self-imposed deadline is passed, I now have something else going on. But it's actually good -- I'm trying to get together a much fuller, richer understanding of the database (there are thousands of fields) so I'm trying to get a description of every single one of those fields. A bunch of them are already defined so that will be easy -- just copy, paste and make sure the explanations make sense. Of the remainder, there are a lot of duplicated fields (that's how a database works -- lots and lots of identical fields are joined in all sorts of wacky combinations) so I can just copy those definitions. But then there are going to be others that I'll really have to investigate. I think this will help me a lot with ad hoc reporting so it's worth it to put in the time.

Also spent about five (yes, five) hours with my colleague trying to get a series of scripts to work. We finally did get them to run and I can see that they may or may not be useful but I think for the most part they're a fancy way of doing something that doesn't really save a significant amount of time at all.

But if all goes well, by the end of business tomorrow, my colleague and I should be clear enough on things that I can hand him one, possibly as many as three reports. Next week, another three and then we may ease off slightly as the remaining seven on the list are a lot more difficult. But at least this will alleviate some things.

There's apparently been talk about pulling my database reporting tool license because allegedly I would stop doing reporting. Well, I know that that's not going to happen (stopping reporting), because I am continually bugged to do stuff plus I would be backup in the context of vacations and other contingency planning. Essentially, pulling the license is a swaggering way to try to fight with my boss (this was another department suggesting this) but the person who really gets hurt is me. A lot of gamesmanship goes on (like George said about his office, more divas than La Scala) and I often find myself thrown into the center of it, probably because I am a better-trained and more thoroughly integrated temp than some of the others are. Hmmm.

One bright spot -- one of my colleagues brought in his 8-year-old son, and the kid stuck his hand out (for me to shake it) and said, "Keep up the good work!" It was all I could do to keep from laughing. Then later he and I argued baseball and discussed the voting for the Rookie of the Year. I'm a hit with the third-grade set!
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Thomas
 
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Reply Thu 16 Aug, 2007 04:30 am
Re: Too much too loud too fast too overwhelming gaahhhh
jespah wrote:
Today promises to be at least slightly better as I have fewer reports due, but I still have to document Report #2, work on the project, run two other reports today, work on an Access database and continue looking for online java scripting help. Plus there's those three emails I never opened and the ad hoc report that they allude to.

Sounds easy enough. So whatcha gonna do in the afternoon?
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jespah
 
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Reply Thu 16 Aug, 2007 04:44 am
That was yesterday -- when I spent 5 hrs trying to get scripts to work. I guess you'll be wanting a shoeshine as well.
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Thomas
 
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Reply Thu 16 Aug, 2007 04:59 am
Ah, right, I read that now. Good luck reaching that light at the end of the tunnel today, and on outsourcing some of your reports to your colleague.

On a different note, I gladly accept your offer for a shoeshine.
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 03:45 am
Maybe later (picks up naughty shoeshine girl's outfit from the dry cleaners).

Three rpts have been outsourced. Should be able to do between 2 and 4 today (I'm leaving early so we may not be able to do too much). That's it for the easy stuff. Next week, very large, very ugly reports with tons of postprocessing.

PS Thanks. Smile
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 07:50 am
Helplessness: All undressed and nowhere to go.
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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 07:59 am
jespah wrote:
...it never got nonbusy...


It seems that this sums up your work situation fairly well. (Mine too.)

Leaving early today sounds like a lovely idea!
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Thomas
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 02:40 pm
I'm noticing that Jespah has not complained about yesterday or today. I wonder if there was nothing to complain about, or if the stress has weakened her so much she just can't do it anymore.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 17 Aug, 2007 07:20 pm
Jes wrote:

"The other anxiety dream was that I was walking around topless at work and again did not notice it until I got to the Ladies' Room. I kept opening the door and peeking out at the cube farm to see if the coast would be clear so that I could get back to my desk (where my top and bra inexplicably had been left). But it never got nonbusy so I waited and waited."



Oy, I hear you.


I have these totally naked dreams, when I am in the city and such...or sometimes I have a diaphanous nightdress. I suddenly realise the state I am in.


I try to find cover up, while either hiding fruitlessly behind poles, or bushes.....or attempting to walk so proudly that nobody will think anything amiss. But there's always a long way to get home, and dressed.
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jespah
 
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Reply Sat 18 Aug, 2007 07:55 am
Definitely anxiety.

Actually, I haven't complained for a coupla days because I've been sleeping when I normally go online. Yeah, I'm a lil tired. I was whacked around the prior week, too (lots of rushes and stuff) so I am finally starting to recover from all of that. I got a decent night's sleep last night but I am jonesing for more. But I wanted to see all of you first. Smile

My colleague has now taken over five of my reports, which is great except those are the five easiest ones so next week will be brutal. Plus, the guy who is writing scripts is leaving his position so we have to hustle to get him to finish things. In addition, I'm getting pulled around with complaints about all of the manual stuff I've had to do. Well, I'm sorry, but that's the way it's been. I do what I can to automate it, but like I have said many, many times, I am not a programmer. Plus I've never actually had the ears of the people who do the programming or database administration, which is really where the complaints should lie. If anyone wants new database fields, how about asking that crowd and not blaming me?

Yesterday, I had to leave early in order to entertain the plumber. And I'm telling my colleague, I have to leave, I have to leave, and he's still complaining. Yeesh, save it for next week, okay?

It will be worse next week -- harder stuff to do, more of it, plus the anxiety over that other guy leaving. Plus my boss is returning from vacation so who knows what kinds of stuff is lurking in her inbox.

I need a vacation.

PS No dreams I could remember last night.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sat 18 Aug, 2007 02:26 pm
Jes--

Quote:
S No dreams I could remember last night.


With August Days like yours, your nightmares have gone on vacation.
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jespah
 
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Reply Sun 19 Aug, 2007 06:07 am
I hope they're having a lovely time in Aruba or wherever and don't want to come back.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sun 19 Aug, 2007 02:01 pm
Quote:
I hope they're having a lovely time in Aruba or wherever and don't want to come back.


...and if they do, they aren't delivered posthaste by Dean and his boisterous family.
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jespah
 
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Reply Mon 20 Aug, 2007 04:00 am
Agreed. Wishing good things for the folks in the Caribbean.
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