First and foremost, my stupid knee decided to act up again. It's my own fault: on Sunday, I was talking to someone saying that I've had knee problems, but I haven't had problems since I lost a bunch of weight since January. And what happens on Monday? My left knee starts acting up, and by Wednesday night I was in the knee brace again. I really ( Read more... )

Ah, my last day on the help desk ( Read more... )

I was there for two days this week, so I think it's about time I posted about my new job.

( Impressions of the new job, and thoughts on leaving the Help Desk. )

Well, this morning I went through my last performance review for my job on the help desk. Obviously, it didn't matter too much since I'm going to my new job on March 1st. On the bright side, I'm in the Exceeds Requirements level. If I stayed down here, it would mean my next raise would be between 4.4% and 5.2%. It would be really nice if my new ( Read more... )

It's finally Friday. Almost time for a little relaxation and fun ( Read more... )

Well, as of this morning, I've accepted a new position here at The Company. I will no longer be a little peon manning the help desk phones 8-hours a day. I will now be a lower-level management peon. I accepted a job to be basically a low-level manager in the Testing Lab, so I will be responsible for making sure the tester test, and getting the ( Read more... )

Today at work is the holiday feast day (I don't think it has an official name). Basically, all the different areas (on this floor, not sure about others) brought in copious amounts of food and treats and laid out the spread. Throughout the day, wandering packs of "hunters" will scout the floor and peruse the menu and take what they want ( Read more... )

Okay, if you call up technical support asking for help, when they ask you to do something, do you ( Read more... )

Well, with a little delay, finally did get back home to Wisconsin last night. Due to some nasty thunderstorms around Southeast Wisconsin, our flight was delayed about an hour and a half. So instead of getting home at 7:00, got home about 8:30. And I even got to enjoy a little turbulence on the flight back, so I don't have to go to Great America ( Read more... )

Guess my premonition was a little off. After about 9:30 this morning (when we were getting slammed), it has been dead around here. Guess everyone took off early for the long weekend. Wish I could join them.

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