Well this is a strange feeling.
No games to shoot, no work scheduled, not taking a trip anywhere…it’s just a lazy Saturday morning during which I can sit in bed and do nothing other than yell at my cat to get his feet out of the water dish. I’m not entirely sure how to deal with this, although I’ll probably go for a walk at some point.
I spent twenty minutes working on my latest masterpiece (“Big Tree”) while watching the news in bed. It was a relaxing 20 minutes and I enjoyed it. Not sure that it will command the same price as “Night Lake,” but I’m certain that it’ll bring in a couple hundred thousand at auction.
Played the first of three red kettle gigs for the Salvation Army last night. We had a pretty good showing (two cornets, two flugels, trombone, tuba) and did okay for the S.A. I think. Probably netted them somewhere around $300 over a three-hour period. Doing all that good work was, of course, exhausting – so I went out afterwards and played pinball for a few hours with Scott.
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Work wasn’t too terrible yesterday. I came up with a new automation idea and convinced my boss that it’d be worth my time to work on it, so I’ve got that going for me for a few weeks anyway. Basically, I’ve watched as my team has done 20-25 installs every morning. It’s an extremely manual process – and it’s also like a feeding frenzy because everyone on the team is desperate to do something other than simple monitoring. IT-type people like to push buttons.
So I thought about a system to not only automate the installation a bit, but also to track who’s doing what, how long it’s taking, etc. Then pitched the idea to my boss, in spite of the fact that these manual installs are supposed to be ceasing in the near future. I didn’t figure he’d sign off on it, but maybe he knows just how bored I’m getting.
Next week, I’ve got to put together all the garbage for my year-end review. That’s always a complete waste of time, but big corporations just love doing the reviews.
I was also informed that my group’s office space in Atlanta is being moved from our current location (2 miles from my house) to a different building near Midtown (20 miles from my house). I wasn’t overly thrilled with that until it was revealed that call center people really like having me with them – so I’ll be staying where I am and the rest of my team will have to deal with the hideous commute that is Midtown,
Sweet.
Must get out of bed and do something. The aforementioned walk and, perhaps, a hair cut. Happy day, all!
TWD