Week almost done!

In the words of the late Bernie Mac… Sum ma bitch!  This has been quite the week.  We had internet problems at work on Wednesday afternoon and then again Thursday morning.  It took a bit of digging but the problem was traced back to our on-line backup.  The jobs are designed to take up as much bandwidth as possible, so they complete in a timely fashion.  What happened was the silly thing kicked off a 2nd job early in the morning.  I got to work this morning (Friday) and guess what it did it again. 

The only change I know of is I had to backup a personal machine to the network because it needed to be wiped and redone.  That person had a large amount of data.  I am in the process of taking it off of the network, putting it on my machine and then I’m going to transfer it to DVD for safekeeping. Hopefully, less data will mean less problems!

I’ve been a machine ordering fool this week.  2 Laptops.  One of them is here and the other one is on the way.  I also got in a desktop that I ordered.  Then someone brought me their personal laptop because it had Windows 8 on it.  I spent a couple hours with it but within the first 5 minutes I was ready to take a hammer to it.  Very frustrating to use, unless you have a touch screen.  The metro interface for the average person, I think sucks.  There is no START button.  From a business standpoint there is no way I would put a user on this OS.  Windows 7 is perfectly fine to use.

Speaking of software, I’ve got a vendor trying to pressure me into buying a new cloud based version of Symantec AV.  They are telling me that the old traditional on-site product that we use today will be discontinued.  Funny, we have other sites that use it and no one has told me this.  They said well we are trying to get ahead of the curve.  They really poured on the pressure.  So I did my home work.  The web says the product will be discontinued in late 2014.  I called another vendor who has a good relationship with Symantec and they said there are no immediate plans to get rid of the product.  So now I am trying to get them to quote me for the product we use today and they don’t want to do it.  I am already working with another vendor and will probably wind up moving our business for this service to them.  I am not the best at smelling BS but something sure didn’t feel right here.  I haven’t told a sole about it, I am just waiting right now to see how it plays out.  We don’t have a whole lot of time because our current license expires late this month, but the nice thing is Symantec will keep pushing updates regardless if we renew or not.  I am all about paying but I don’t want to have to fork over an arm and a leg.  In simpler terms it’s like taking your car in for a flat tire and mechanic telling you, sorry we can’t fix this you have to get a new car.  Really?  I think NOT!  I’m pretty ticked about this.  Why on earth would you jeopardize a business relationship in the hopes of making a buck?  Makes no sense to me.

I haven’t had a whole lot of time to myself this week.  Last night I was stuck here at the office to work on of all things, my bosses machine.  He was so loaded up with spyware and viruses it wasn’t funny.  I was hoping to do the work covertly but I got caught by his assistant.  I hope that she doesn’t say a thing to him, I fessed up right away and said his machine was jacked up and I’m just trying to do the right thing and get it cleaned up.  She told me that she understood.  Talk about a Freidan slip, she said oh no wonder his machine is messed up, he looks at stuff.  Then she quickly said uh, oh documents and doesn’t realize if they are safe to open or not.  Yeah right.  Your not going to BS me with that.  I know differently.  People like to explore, which is what helps to keep me employed.  I am not against it but I really wish they would do things like that on their home PC.  It sure would make my job easier. 

Speaking of work, there was some files in my office and the girls would have to come in periodically to file.  They finally got around to moving all that crap out and I got a whole filing cabinet in the process.  Great just what I need, more space for my stuff.  Funny the things you accumulate or have to hold on to to play the CYA game. 

On the home front, things are status quo.  Johnny No Thumbs (my partner)  as I call him now, is doing okay.  I read something this week about Alzheimer's and I see him starting to fall into that.  I think he is aging much faster than I want him to.  One of his friends was diagnosed with cancer and has less than 1 year to live.  Really sucks to see a person that you love grow old right before you eyes.  I kind of wish I would have listened to my therapist and not fell in love with an older man.  If I had the same guy but much younger, things would be so different. 

Last night we went out for Pizza & a sandwich.  I had the Pizza.  It was good and there are left overs so that is supper tonight.  He is going to have fish, I think. 

I signed up for a trial of Amazon Prime.  It’s pretty cool, free 2 day shipping on a lot of things.  You can also watch select videos for free from Amazon’s video library.  If you have a e Reader you can check out books for free from the lending library.  The catch, easy it’s $78 a year.  The trial lasts for a month, which is a decent amount of time.  I think I will actually get more use out of this membership than I do with my Sam’s club card.  I paid for the membership and we haven’t been once yet this year.  Plus Sam’s only takes Discover for credit.  You can use a MasterCard  Debit card, who these days has cash in the bank? 

One of the girls this morning wasn’t eating.  She kept looking at the sink.  It is the one that doesn’t like to be touched.  Yeah..  I gave her special food and everything but she didn’t want to eat.  She had what looked like a piece of string in her mouth.  It could have been a piece of fish for all I know.  Anyway, I caught her licking her chops which is a sign (I think) that she ate something.  She usually only does that after a meal.  When I was out of the shower, she disappeared so I told my guy to keep an eye on her.  A Cat on a hunger strike is something that I don’t need!  I still have to make an appointment for Big Boy.  It’s been 6 months and I think it might be time to tap again. 

Well work is backing up so I need to go.  I just remembered something that I promised two days ago and haven’t done it.  Juggling is not my forte.  Take care and I will talk with you peeps later.