Got in to work on time, jumped into my tasks, and promptly got swamped. All the crap that's been hanging fire since late December has come home to roost.  On top of which, when I'm training new users, or on an hour-plus tech call, and they keep assigning me stuff, the backlog piles up.   Speaking of which -- Ma'am, if we're going to be doing a ( Read more... )

Ran errands with wife, picked up some prescriptions, etcetera. Good dinner out -- Beijing Gourmet's Pork with Fresh Peppers, aka Shredded Pork with Shredded Jalapenos, is going a long way toward hammering this budding case of sniffles ( Read more... )

Yesterday, moved a ton or so of wet, mucky clay out of our front yard. 200 or so pounds at a time. Did this with shovel and handcart. By dinnertime, I was feeling it. By 11, could barely bend down to pick up dropped objects. So, I emailed TPTB at work and said I'd be out sick today. Fistful of ibuprofen at bedtime, and I sort of slept through the ( Read more... )