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It didn't work, I'm going home go bed.
October 4th, 2001
I'm tired, as might be expected. I'm working from home, at least for this morning, possibly for the day, because I don't feel up to driving.
That is, if I can get my laptop to work. My home desktop has none of the software I need for my job. (Nor will it ever: that software doesn't play nice with other stuff, and I prefer not to have to occasionally battle my way back to a stable configuration.....)
Right now, my laptop's screen has decided to flake out. I have it hooked up to Scott's monitor (he's at work, after all), which it does not like, and therefore the image is pathetic. I'm debating whether or not to try to fix it further, because frankly, getting it to this state (where the image was roughly useful) was a pain in the backside.
Trying to sort out last night's mess, but waiting for a call back from one of our specialists to help me.
Update: Hah! Still waiting for the call (the specialist was late today, apparently), but the monitor is behaving, now. Mind you, I had to sort of whack the computer, and reboot it a few times, but it's behaving.
That is, if I can get my laptop to work. My home desktop has none of the software I need for my job. (Nor will it ever: that software doesn't play nice with other stuff, and I prefer not to have to occasionally battle my way back to a stable configuration.....)
Right now, my laptop's screen has decided to flake out. I have it hooked up to Scott's monitor (he's at work, after all), which it does not like, and therefore the image is pathetic. I'm debating whether or not to try to fix it further, because frankly, getting it to this state (where the image was roughly useful) was a pain in the backside.
Trying to sort out last night's mess, but waiting for a call back from one of our specialists to help me.
Update: Hah! Still waiting for the call (the specialist was late today, apparently), but the monitor is behaving, now. Mind you, I had to sort of whack the computer, and reboot it a few times, but it's behaving.
Okay, I feel better about this. We're back to good free space (I cleared out the transfer db and everything went back good). The guy who knows more about it is going to have a look at it tomorrow, to evaluate it, but since it's not a crisis, it's moving into next week. Either way...it's not my call alone, yay!
I got some other work done, but it was mostly grouchy bits. Email is being flaky; the VPN dropped me several times while I was trying to copy files; etc. (But the VPN did not drop me while I was connected into the client site, which could've really screwed things up, so it works out.)
Got the latest version integrated in on my laptop (which I meant to do today, but to do it in the office). I've only worked about five hours today, so I'll put in a half-day of sick time, because frankly, my head is stuffed up and throbbing lightly (I just took tylenol and decongestant again, so that should help) and I'm tired.
I'm going to nap, I think. Or at least laze about. I won't accomplish much more today, and there's nothing I need to accomplish, as there was last night/this morning, so.... Yeah.
Technically, I could skip the sick time. I worked twelve hours yesterday. But I also shorted a few minutes each on Monday and Tuesday because of the dentist; and almost four of yesterday's hours were fixing something I screwed up in the first place. I've got the sick time, I'll use it. I'll feel better about things if I do.
Anything that lets me go nap during a workday with a clear conscience is all to the good, right?
I got some other work done, but it was mostly grouchy bits. Email is being flaky; the VPN dropped me several times while I was trying to copy files; etc. (But the VPN did not drop me while I was connected into the client site, which could've really screwed things up, so it works out.)
Got the latest version integrated in on my laptop (which I meant to do today, but to do it in the office). I've only worked about five hours today, so I'll put in a half-day of sick time, because frankly, my head is stuffed up and throbbing lightly (I just took tylenol and decongestant again, so that should help) and I'm tired.
I'm going to nap, I think. Or at least laze about. I won't accomplish much more today, and there's nothing I need to accomplish, as there was last night/this morning, so.... Yeah.
Technically, I could skip the sick time. I worked twelve hours yesterday. But I also shorted a few minutes each on Monday and Tuesday because of the dentist; and almost four of yesterday's hours were fixing something I screwed up in the first place. I've got the sick time, I'll use it. I'll feel better about things if I do.
Anything that lets me go nap during a workday with a clear conscience is all to the good, right?