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the week that was
Mar. 18th, 2011 01:16 pmOn call week routinely kicks my ass, and this one was no exception, starting with help from DST throwing a wrench into my already not-normal sleep cycle, followed by getting paged at 4:15 am on Monday. Tuesday I ended up working from home because I had slept past my alarm so badly. But we did have a system problem that resulted in a mini-fire drill for which I rose to the occasion and saved the day. Or a few minutes of it, at least. Thursday we were graced with the presence of the company CIO. After about the dozenth time he said to not to hesitate to ask him questions or point out things he's missed or got wrong, I did. Three quick, rather pointed questions, which to his credit, he didn't dodge. He didn't really answer, either, but he did ask me to email them to him so he could respond in detail. So now I have something to do for Monday.
I did go out for a one-man St. Paddy's day celebration, and enjoyed potato & leak soup, ale steamed mussels, Irish breakfast (with a salad on the side to offset all that protein), and because they had chocolate mousse on the dessert menu, I went with that. And a Guinness to wash it all down, of course, which made for a nice evening, even if I was all on my own.
Tonight I took Dan to see the Manchester Monarchs hockey game. He got a free ticket from school, and a $10 coupon for the pro shop, where he picked out an outdoor hockey game that consisted of padded sticks and what I can only call fancy hacky sacks; he wanted that so he and his little sister can play together. That's a nice kid I have there, even if I do say so myself.
The Monarchs lost, 1-nil. They only had 18 shots going into the 3rd, and finished the game with 25. I think they had as many turnovers. The had a couple of power play chances, and a least one of them failed to take even one shot. But, Dan said it was fun and asked to go again, so success was had where it mattered the most.
Tomorrow morning and Sunday afternoon I have to do some systems work. In between I want to take Dan to the coin show on Sunday morning, if we can get up and down there by 10. Except I have to figure out why my ATM card isn't working. Got declined last night at the restaurant, and tonight getting gas. I checked my bank account on-line when we got back from the game and prior purchases and checks are clearing, which is a Good Thing. I'm hoping a phone call to the bank tomorrow will fix it, but this is my life, and things are seldom that easy to fix. Still going to try for it.
I did go out for a one-man St. Paddy's day celebration, and enjoyed potato & leak soup, ale steamed mussels, Irish breakfast (with a salad on the side to offset all that protein), and because they had chocolate mousse on the dessert menu, I went with that. And a Guinness to wash it all down, of course, which made for a nice evening, even if I was all on my own.
Tonight I took Dan to see the Manchester Monarchs hockey game. He got a free ticket from school, and a $10 coupon for the pro shop, where he picked out an outdoor hockey game that consisted of padded sticks and what I can only call fancy hacky sacks; he wanted that so he and his little sister can play together. That's a nice kid I have there, even if I do say so myself.
The Monarchs lost, 1-nil. They only had 18 shots going into the 3rd, and finished the game with 25. I think they had as many turnovers. The had a couple of power play chances, and a least one of them failed to take even one shot. But, Dan said it was fun and asked to go again, so success was had where it mattered the most.
Tomorrow morning and Sunday afternoon I have to do some systems work. In between I want to take Dan to the coin show on Sunday morning, if we can get up and down there by 10. Except I have to figure out why my ATM card isn't working. Got declined last night at the restaurant, and tonight getting gas. I checked my bank account on-line when we got back from the game and prior purchases and checks are clearing, which is a Good Thing. I'm hoping a phone call to the bank tomorrow will fix it, but this is my life, and things are seldom that easy to fix. Still going to try for it.
