Showing posts with label under the weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label under the weather. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

AGOL Under the Weather

Just woke up from a nap and took a turn around blogland reading almost a dozen of my favorites, wondering if other people felt the same unsettling vibe as I did today. It was enough to beg my boss for me to leave early this afternoon. Maybe it is what today represents in the US and around the world? (No, Tawny, not JTall's birthday.)

I arrived later than Bridget and my boss which didn't bother me at first until a bit later when I found out my boss was going to be in a company orientation class all day and I would have to deal with my Nemesis Vendor myself. I luckily avoided them first thing and they ended up being assisted by another group who was expecting equipment from them in a secure area. Goddamn...The debacle these motherfuckers have created and the resulting loss of my own productivity from them trying to fix it have reached their threshold. The whole implementation is almost over and I cannot wait to have a post implementation meeting with this sales rep to go over the unexpected extended timeline. Yeah, it's going to be a beaut.

As the day wore on, exhaustion wore on me. My eyes felt like they were going to fall out of their sockets. My temper had to be reined in, too. These feelings usually don't happen to me. Tawny was out for the day so I couldn't talk to her about it at work. My boss and my lunch buddies remarked on how quiet I was which made them uneasy and earned me a questioning. My nerves were fighting against something. I wish I could explain. When a mysterious nausea and a slight panic started to set in later in the afternoon, my boss agreed to let me go home early.

Spoke to Tawny on the way home who wasn't faring any better (depressed about her daughter leaving for college) and then to Myrna until I arrived at the grocery store. I was able to verbalize part of what I was feeling to them and was reminded by Myrna how much I am loved. That's Myrna -- whatever is going on in your life depressing or silly, she just reminds you that you are loved. It's her blanket expression for everything and it did bring comfort to me...Took care of Cabal and ate a quick dinner before napping on the sofa. Now here we are with a depressing blog entry. Sigh. Hope tomorrow is better. This is not AGOL-like...at all.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Red Moon Setting

Startled this morning by the lunar eclipse when I walked my dog. It evoked such a visceral response akin to the first time I saw this moon scene from Time Machine.

Before midnight the moon was in its glory and this morning after 5am it was just a bright smile line with a red shadow cast against the rest of its face. Once I remembered it was the eclipse, I stared at the rare occurrence in wonder. Will the heavens ever give up its full secrets to us mere humans? Are we worthy of its vastness? We are all made of the same stuff as stars. Maybe in the next millennium...

Felt really aged today as I readied for work, but when I looked in the mirror to check, all I saw was a very young looking 36-year old having good face and hair day. Must be my state of mind. It just turned 114.

Roped by my interim boss first thing to take his place in a conference call. Thank God it wasn't as painful as anticipated...The one thing that wasn't anticipated was an IT manager coming to me whining about something he should have been able to solve. I gave him three different viable solutions right off the top of my head. Not one, not two, but three! Manager-0, Lowly Emp-3

Am I being too flat? Where is that famous AGOL fizz? Everyone (strangers included) were mysteriously being extra nice to me today. I tried to flash my Chiclets a lot especially to the president of my North American division. Still trying to get that Smile Ambassador gig he doesn't know I have created for myself. So far I have him making a point to say hello to me while everyone else is asking Who's that guy? I think he gets a kick out of me saying I am groovy. Maybe I need to step up my teeth whitening regimen which could take me to the next level of making my mouth a natural light source. Something to ponder certainly.
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