17. Open Diary Awakens

I've been watching reruns of "Emergency!" lately and some of the things I've noticed about the technology, culture, and procedures are startling. The first thing is they don't have collapsable gurneys like we've gotten so used to today. The ambulances have low-riding gurneys with high handles and...

Well I'm just a bundle of joy this week aren't I? We were so busy yesterday (Friday) it wasn't even funny. We started the day thin on staff and then someone who had been sick earlier in the week but showed up for work Thursday called in sick again. That was the tipping point. I…

Yep. That about sums it up. We did a record number of orders despite being shorthanded at the start of the day and then having one person call in sick and another one go home sick. I had to stay late, but not as late as I thought I would, so there's that. I ended…

I'm not sure if I've ever detailed what a trial that is for me every year. There have been years I didn't even put them up because I didn't want to deal with taking them down six weeks later. I don't know why, probably something to do with my tendency towards depression, but I always…

Well maybe this will help with what I was talking about in my last entry. I've quadrupled the RAM on my desktop from 4 GB to 16 GB. When I bought it seven or eight years ago that was a $400 or $600 upgrade I couldn't afford (I did max out the HDD at 1TB…

Before the Dark Days (when OD was off line, lol) I was all up in here almost every day. Sometimes I was a whiny little git and you'd think I was named Skywalker or Tolee but I was here. I've missed another month of blogging, and I really could have used the release. I ended…

This work and school thing has been kicking my butt. I got an A in the history class, and I'm well on my way to another A in the IT Fundamentals class I'm taking now. I'm sick as a dog too, the weather skipping fall and going straight to winter here has just screwed me…

At my company we're allowed a certain number of absences in six months, and it's actually very generous. We also have a bank of "free absence days" that all the hourlies have access to so they don't have to take an absence for a family emergency or anything. One of my people has used all…

I got a call at work today from BossMan, wanting to confirm I'd be up to help out in the morning. I said yes, but I wouldn't be able to bring the Not Me One. I also confirmed he wanted me there at 0600, and he told me no, he had plenty of people there…

I just uploaded this week's assignment, another .docx document of complete rubbish by my standards but my instructor is giving me good marks and good comments on it. I finally found that section of the coursework on the website and so far of everything he's evaluated I'm sitting at 100%. I'm goin...