Hours away to freedom

So hours from now I will finally be free and on vacation.  I so hope that next week I don’t get pestered to death.  Last night I had just fallen asleep and my phone rang.  I woke up to answer a wrong number phone call.  It took me a little bit to fall back to sleep.  I made it though and getting up this morning isn’t something that I was crazy about.  At least tomorrow I can sleep in and take a nap all in the same day.  A day of being lazy is what it’s all about.  What I will hate is coming back and having to tame my e-mail box.  I’m getting it all cleaned up today and trying to get everything done before I leave.

We had a Winter Storm yesterday and that caused some grief for some people.  I was fine until I got to my town and then the roads were all ice and some damn food lost his camper shell, so a bunch of cars, including mine had to come to an abrupt stop.  We also ran over what was left of the damn thing.  I went to call it in and a cop was cars behind me.  I am so thankful for Traction Control or I would have rear ended the person in front of me.  That is like the 3rd time it’s kicked in and things feel strange but it does work!

It been a hell of a week with the boss calling me like every few minutes.  First it was the old machine then it was the new machine.  Yesterday he left and I had time to sit and work on his machine, I rebooted like a million times just to make sure that things stayed working.  Of course it won’t break until he comes back.  Honestly, I think everything is stable.  I thought I could solve some of his problems by throwing extra memory at his new machine but damn Windows 7 – 32 bit is hard coded to only see 4GB of ram.  I put another 4GB chip in and it still only sees 3GB.  I found a program on-line called something like Ram Driver, it’s made by Raxco and I;’m thinking of trying it at home to see if it makes a difference.  If so might be something to invest in for work. 

Now the pressure is on to plan for my next trip.  My boss wants a date really soon.  I’ve got one person I am working with that isn’t cooperating.  I don’t want to sick him on them, but if push comes to shove I will.  I don’t want him to think that I am the road block.  The sooner I can get a quote and get it approved, the sooner we have the products and that means I can go.  After this trip that will leave 5 additional places where I could be sent to install WIFI and 3 of them are here.  The other two aren’t that far away but far enough to travel by plane or train.  Doubt seriously I could talk them into booking AMTRACK but that sure would be fun.  Plus they don’t have luggage restrictions or the TSA.  Stay tuned I will let you know how it all pans out.

Everyone is a jitter here about the Christmas Bonus that we haven’t got.  I was told when I hired in not to expect one so I didn’t give it a second thought.  However, everyone here says that they did it last year.  They have added a lot of staff since last year so maybe they can’t afford bonuses.  Matters not to me, I got my regular paycheck and that is the whole reason why I am here.

Now I get to sit at the computer at home and pay bills.  What fun that will be.  They say it’s better to give than receive.  I sure wish I was my creditors getting my money would be the best gift I could give myself. 

6 more days until I’m Unionized.  I wonder if I will get a card to carry?  :)  Looking forward to it and hope that things go smoothly.  Also looking forward to Christmas dinner. 

Well I should get back to it so that I can hopefully leave with a mostly clean task list and clean desk.  I will talk with you peeps later!