I've realized why I like getting 1/2 a sandwich so much - because even
though you only pay for 1/2 a sandwich, you get an entire pickle
spear!! HAH! That's like getting TWICE the pickle for your money.
What a deal - it's like I'm fleecing the restaurateurs. Then again, I
forgot to eat my pickle today....
So, what random thoughts come to mind when you've been on hold with Delta for 70 minutes and 12 seconds...13...14...15.....??
1) Too bad I was on hold for 45 minutes the FIRST time I called, only to find out that I hadn't accomplished anything.
2) It takes at least two "supervisors" to fix some random problem that I created in their reservation system.
3) It's still worth the $120 I'm saving, plus getting my lovely wife and daughter home for Father's Day (they'll have been gone 2 weeks by then!!)
4) I have a hard time spelling the word privilege. I always want to spell it "privelege" (which is not correct - do not read this and say, "Well, Danny spelled it that way, it must be correct").
5) Sarah thinks I'm brilliant. I'll take it, whether she's just trying to get on my nerves or not. Then again, this is coming from the one who tried (unsuccessfully) to make cupcakes at 4am. I'll get back with you on this one....
6) It's hard to clean toilets without toilet bowl cleaner.
7) We're pushing 90 minutes here - this is almost getting absurd (I'll probably become a case study for issuing tickets).
8) I finally bought vertical blinds for our sliding glass door in our kitchen. But - it's really tall, and the tallest size ended up about 4 inches short - looks like a little boy (me, maybe?) whose slacks were just a bit too short and didn't fall to his shoes.
9) The Wall Street Journal is a great thing to have when you're eating out alone - keeps you from feeling quite so alone.
10) After 90 minutes - I got disconnected. Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Addendum: After all that, they got the reservation details wrong!! AARRGGGHHH!!!!
Today, the County Administrator introduced me as "The Rookie" to a new employee. It's fun being the new, young guy on board....
This mainly stems from the fact that now that I am a bureaucrat, I have joined the "BGA: The Other Tour." It's our golfer's group, and the County Administrator is the "Commissioner." I had the distinct privilege of playing my first ever BGA event the first weekend in June. It was a three-day golf adventure, and I learned that I have a lot to learn.
The first day was for fun, where I actually hit probably my best two shots of the weekend, and the next two days were almost pure agony (107 and 109, respectively). Regardless of my lack of good scores, I played relatively (read: relatively) well and had fun. I'm looking forward to working on that score.
This is a bit late for Memorial Day, but the sentiment remains.
I've never watched "Deadliest Catch" before, but I flipped it on last night for a few minutes and marveled that someone would choose, much less enjoy, that job. Then I saw and ad for "Oil, Sweat, and Rigs" (or something) where these guys risk their lives working on oil rigs. I immediately thought of how grateful I am that I don't have to risk my life every day at my job.
And then I read through an article in Worldabout soldiers and their families from Ft. Hood, Texas. They've lost hundreds of men in the war and the strain is undeniable. My job is nothing compared to these men and women who risk their lives - not for fast cash like the crabbers in Alaska - but for the sake of our country. That is sacrifice, and these are the jobs we should be showcasing on primetime television.
Yesterday I got a laptop for my work computer. This way I can work at home, if needed, or possibly even telework, if it fits into my job description.
I was trying to customize for all of my settings, and decided I'd take it home to add some files from home that I might need. I plugged in my external HD, and as I've had to do before, went into "Disk Management" in order to assign a drive letter to the external drive. At the same time, I was talking on the phone with Ang and slightly distracted.
Slightly....distracted....
After I hit "OK" I had a bad feeling about what I had done. I had not, in fact, actually changed the letter of the external drive. No, I had changed the SYSTEM hard drive letter from C: to E: . Yes, the hard drive which my OS is loaded upon. Immediately the system began to run slowly, and still slightly distracted and a little flustered, I decided a restart would fix things.
Nope. Rebooting actually made it worse. Upon loading up, I could log-in, and then it would immediately log back out. And again. Even in "Safe Mode". Nothing worked.
I had it less than 12 hours and had toasted the operating system. Nice job, Senior Project Manager. Oh well, a quick trip to the IT dept. and it was brand new, once again.
