Just Another Fr#$*% Monday…
Ya know, one of those days when nothing goes right- First you fall outta bed, then realize you got up an hour too early, so what do you do? Go ahead an start the day…
Drop the car off for service at the dealer for a oil change, just slightly overdue.
Get in to work an hour early, only to find the boss STILL beat you in, and he’s his usual crabby Monday morning self… Okay, I can fix this… MORE COFFEE… run downstairs and grab a cup of mud, go to pay; oh hell, I “knew” I forgot something this morning.
Put the coffee down, run to the bank, grab $20 and go pay for the coffee; go back and get the coffee, back up to the cube farm.
Hmmm, the old computer is still trying to get through the boot sequence and all the security programs; time for a quick perusal of the Washington Compost- Nothing of interest, except the boss catching me reading the paper instead of working… Oh well.
Ahh, computer finally booted, brain more or less booted by coffee, now to work.
Oh lovely, first email is NOT what I want to deal with this early, ANOTHER change to something that was supposedly final last week. Now the question is, how to pull everything back together and get it back on track in a week;
subquestion, who to piss off the worst?
MORE COFFEE!!
Another non-answer email, sent late Friday afternoon to a question asked last Thurs AM… Kinda hard to plan things when you can’t even get an answer of when/where equipment be and it’s state of readiness, but the boss needs answers by COB today to allocate $$… oh joy…
The car dealer calls, need rear brake pads- Okay fine, just fix it… I jokingly say keep it under $500…
More coffee, I’m almost coherent now.
Meet with a couple of PHD’s on some science issues, scratch the coherent thoughts…
quick lunch at the local choke and puke…
More meetings to determine when and where the next set of meetings are going to take place and who has to attend…
More coffee… Can I have an IV please????
Hmmm, maybe a fix to the problem at the start of the day, send email back to offending entity- basically saying you changed it, you’re in charge of making the communications work. Okaaayyyy… One down, 432 to go, now serving number 2…
Reading catch up time, multiple program documents to read and commen…zzzzzzzz
Whome??? No, I was NOT asleep… nope… not me snoring…
MORE COFFEE…
Another 50-60 emails now that the Left Coast and Hawaii are heard from… get through them and now it’s time to go play in traffic.. oh joy…oh joy…
Oh wait a minute, I need a ride to get my car- Okay got that, get to the dealer, bill is $459!!!!! This for a oil change and new brake pads????
Yes Sir, and the turning of the rotors, they were pretty bad, that meant they had to be taken off the car, and… and… and… you said it was okay up to $500 so we didn’t call you (Okay, now you can say I was STOOPID!!!!).
Smile nicely, pay the lady, and get out the door.
Ahhh, home finally, get out of the monkey suit, down to shorts and tee shirt, and burn something on the grill for dinner,
Now I just hope to Hell Tuesday is not as bad as usual….