December 3

From my brain

Contents 1 2007 1.1 Me 07:58, 3 December 2007 (EST) 2 2004 2.1 Me 17:47, 03, December 2004 (EDT) 3 2003 3.1 Me 03:08, 05, December 2003 (EDT)

2007

Me 07:58, 3 December 2007 (EST)

So, I go for the consultation with the sleep neurologist today to see if I have apnea. Honestly, it's none too soon. I'm just so tired of being...well...tired all the time. If I worked a manual job or something, it would make sense, but I sit on my butt all day begging my bosses for work, and then screwing around on the internet. Go home, get six hours of sleep and wake up feeling like I only took a two hour nap.

Hopefully they can figure something out. The rest of my body's hormones are finally in check. Just gotta get this last thing figured out.

2004

Me 17:47, 03, December 2004 (EDT)

And thus my thoughts of first shiftdom are shot down in flames...

TheEvilOne pulled our team into meeting today under the guise of discussing our upcoming employee evaluations. Blah, blah, blah, self evaluations, blah, blah, blah, please be objective.

Then, he drops the bomb: There is a task force organized to find a new home for us. Apparently TEO has realized that he doesn't DO anything with us any longer (from a management perspective), and that it's kinda wrong to just let us fend for ourselves like the kids in Lord of the Flies. Well, through the end of it he stated that it was still uncertain where we would be placed (and that he wasn't going to discuss where those options were), and that there was a thought about putting in a manager to the group.

Several handfuls of praise for my "informal management" of the group were placed on my shoulder, but comments were made as well to the effect that it's not fair to the group as I'm on second shift. He reitterrated that it's also unfair that we have to "hunt him down" to make a heavy decision, and that we should have someone more accessible. (Another couple handfuls were distributed to each for the way our team handles responsiblity which I think was well recieved by all of us actually.)

The rest of the team was excused at the end, at which point TEO discussed why I wasn't considered. He said it was a combination of knowing that I generally enjoyed the freedom to work on second shift, but more importantly, that he knew I'd need more money.

He said that if I was promoted, I'd lose my shift differencial, and then whatever uplift I'd get for moving up to management, it wouldn't be much (if any) more than the shift diff amount = zero-net increase. I told him flat out that would not work. I'd have to make more money to move. I did also make mention that the team all mentioned that they needed me on first, but that I would have to have more money in order to do so.

There goes my hopes (for now) of moving down to first AND getting it set up so Wifey wouldn't have to work. Now I need to find someplace to go for a liquid dinner tonight.

2003

Me 03:08, 05, December 2003 (EDT)

The Chronology

So I don't have to go through this EVERYTIME for every person, I'm just pointing them here.

• 1400
  • Checkout at Bob Evans, Hilliard.
  • Duster was already buttoned for cold-ass weather, so wallet was hoved into front pocket.
  • Proceeded to return home and drop off wife and child.
  • NOTE: Hillarity DID NOT ensue from this point on.
• 1515
  • Arrived at work. Late as usual.  :)
  • Beeped self in (using ID badge contained within wallet) side door (normal entrance) as well as in through 3rd floor entrance.
  • Removed coat upon reaching desk, threw on short file cabinet at end of desk.
  • NOTE: Wallet is definately in building at this point.
• 1625
  • Recieved need for "house call" for a problem report. Go down to second floor.
  • FIRST TIME LEAVING DESK
  • Chatted with Genghis Kitty, finding out that the evening was to be sans-Zejan. (snicker to self: She's mine all mine!)
  • NO SMOKE BREAKS THROUGHOUT EVENING
  • Chat with various friends/co-workers
• 1715
  • Return to desk.
  • Discover quite disgruntled Phantom who has found that wife did not replace several items in laptop bag. He then proceeds to put on earbuds and zone while waiting for wife dropship.
  • Begin further work on crowbarring XP into usefulness after recent install onto PC.
• 1845====
  • Food. Food good. Food left over in fridge after refusal by both Kitty and Zej previous evening. Fuck them, I'll eat it.
  • Pull out George Foreman Grill and proceed to cook burger at kitchen area 10 yards from desk.
  • SECOND TIME LEAVING DESK
  • Time noted as to possibility of purchasing cables at Radio Shack for newly fixed PS2.
  • Begin to chat with Sonya regarding usual whatnot.
  • Back to kitchen to flip burger.
  • Chat with Sonya
  • Phone call with user.
  • Flip burger.
  • Return to user and say, "OK" to innane questions.
  • Finish cooking food and return to desk.
• 1930
  • Grill still running. Return to kitchen and clean it.
  • THIRD TIME LEAVING DESK
  • Gave up on run to RS. Will do it another time.
  • Return and sit down at desk, noting two cleaning staff employees standing near desk. One recognized (was buffing floor while enroute to clean grill), other is new.
• 1945
  • Too much Mountain Dew has been consumed. Nitrogenous waste removal routine required.
  • Pass between staff (pardon, 'xcuse, pardon), proceed to nitrogenous waste receptory.
  • FOURTH TIME LEAVING DESK
  • Return to desk within 5-7 minutes.
  • Proceed with crowbarring.

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Now, somewhere around 9:30ish, you can begin to insert sporadic charges being billed to debit card from wallet. This isn't discovered until later, but, I digress.

• 2245
  • Feign gentlemanliness to oogle Zej's woman.
  • Genghis Kitty to leave work. Sans-Zejan, proceed to stalk the Kitty solo.
• 2255
  • Get slightly more delayed than usual. Throw on coat, and walk briskly down hall.
  • FIFTH TIME LEAVING DESK
  • Decide to take stairs to catch Kitty walking down stairs.
  • On reaching 2nd floor door, realize wallet is NOT in coat pocket.
  • Think to self that self had taken said wallet from pocket, placed it on desk absentmindedly, intending to place it in back pocket home.
  • Wait for door to open (scare the hell out of Rachel), enter door.
• 2305
  • Provide male escort to Kitty out to her carriage.
• 2310
  • Return to building, waiting for door to open.
  • Finally someone comes to aid.
• 2315
  • Return to desk, look to desk for wallet. NOT PRESENT
  • Look near filing cabinet where coat was originally placed. NOT PRESENT
  • Proceed to lift up filing cabinet to search area thoroughly. NOT PRESENT
  • Resign to denial reasoning that wallet was found on floor, but during one of above absences, was delivered to Lost & Found in not knowing me.
  • Proceed to fiddle further with XP, then go home.
  • SIXTH AND FINAL TIME LEAVING DESK (but of course...wallet was gone)