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Good morning to anyone that actually takes the time to read it....or just hello if your in a different time zone!
I don't know what it is today but I figure its partly the weather. Just feel blah. So yeah...let's blame the weather.
Sitting here at my desk in my office and its actually a slow day since its getting close to Turkey day. More then likely be running on a skeleton crew tomorrow and off for Thursday and Friday (yeah!!). Alright...back to this. Normally I feel pretty blah by mid winter since there is like a ton of snow in Michigan by then. But I am still usually in a good mood if you take out the weather factor. But this week....nah...complete opposite.
More then likely its just a combo of things. Weather...holidays...dealing with the entire family for an entire day, minus my dad since he went to FL early this year. Go figure on that. Smart man. I love my family but I hate spending an entire day with all of them...I'm one of the single ones in the family...still...but I really have to start saying No to the entire family function. My cousin bailed...she found a way to only show up for the food and leave right after...dangit. So that leaves me and my other cousin to fight off the questions of why haven't you settled down yet. (sigh) I love my family...I love my family. lol
I came to work yesterday and was thinking its a moaning monday...and it literally was since I had to listen to people bitch and moan. I know its just me for the IT here but there are portions of it that I am not responsible for (AS400 or simply put main frame work is the big thing). It truly sucks when you walk in the door and see your voice mail light blinking like crazy with 10 messages...all for main frame issues. Called them all back or emailed them telling them to call the main frame support. Well...it seems almost all of the main frame support took this week off but 2 people and neither are answering phones or emails. Gee....so I get the pissed off overflow.
Solution? Send out a mass email to all the folks having issues and CC the entire main frame section with the issue letting them all know that its just 2 people responsible this week...and that I wasn't able to get ahold of them by phone or email. Oh....and I CCed the head of IT for the entire company. :-)
Wouldn't you know it...suddenly there are responses. He was literally ticked that there are only 2 people for 12 plants working the main frames. FYI....normally its 1 person for 1 plant. For the holidays its supposed to half are working at the least. Opps.
And wouldn't you know it...I come in today and almost the same issue....but this time I don't have to send out a mass email. Thank god.
Don't get me wrong....I actually love my job. I like where I work and most of the folks I work with. It's flexible hours and awesome pay. But it kills me that there is so little communication between the IT Staff on vacations and days off. Argh!
It's gotta be the weather....It's gotta be!
