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But Wednsday was yesterday *pout*
Dec. 23rd, 2004 07:57 pmTwas the Day before the day of the night before Christmas and all through the office, not a person was working not even the boss.
Well sort of. Today was the last full day of work before Christmas. Unlike most of the world we actually have to come in tomorrow. Only until 1pm mind you but I'm like... what's the point. Who wants to work 5.5 hours the day before Christmas. It's hard enough at times to be motivated without a holiday going on.
Today was also the office's holiday munch fest. Everyone brought in a dish or something and we gnashed all day long. It was most enjoyable.
Found out that something I should have been doing all along needs to be done, and I had never really been told about it. The most I got was "this is how you do this... the closer will do it when they are done." But it turns out that some of the stuff I needed to do and the closers would do the rest.
Of course I find this out from my supervisor, not one of the closers or the other originations girl. (I'm in originations as well).
Oh well... I can do backwork tomorrow when I don't feel like actually doing other work.
Then I went to leave. First the weatherman lied. Yesterday the weather forcast for today was mild and the snow on the ground should have more or less melted. HAH! I tell you what... HAH! The temperature plummeted and the roads became icey as hell. Not to mention the parking lot was "take life into your own hands". I managed to get the ice cracked off my car enough to open the door, start the car and grab the ice chipper to get the ice off the car.
Now I apparently have a theft prevention mechanism in that if the engine runs long enough without being put into gear, it locks the doors. Knowing this I keep the door ajar when I clean off the snow and ice. Whic this time I did. However, we also have wind gusts going on, so staying on my feet was tough enough. Then a particularly strong gust makes the van to shake and the force was just enough to cause the door to latch and I hear a sickening "ca-thunk" and realize that not only did the door latch, but the locks fired and I am now trapped outside of my running car, with my purse, cell phone, door pass for the office all inside.
I manage to get a coworker to let me back into the building and I call AAA only to find out that I have used up all my free roadside services. And with only $1.50 in my purse I know that's not going to pay for a towtruck.
Luckily one of the girls still left at work had AAA and she called for me. 1.5 hours later the tow truck arrives and I'm finally allowed to be on my way.
I stop and beg money of the maternal unit so I can put gas in the van as it had been running and I'm now dangerously low on petrol. I get gas and finally head to Boo and Boogie's house to check on their little girls and make sure the house is still standing and the water running.
Which it is. And it only took me one hour to finally find both girls. They appear to be fine. I even braved the ladder to look in the drop ceiling.
It then took me 45 minutes to make the normally 20 minute drive home.
Wednesday was yesterday. Did no one send it a memo that it can't hit on Thursdays?
Anyway, Happy holidays to everyone as I doubt I will be updating before Saturday.
Well sort of. Today was the last full day of work before Christmas. Unlike most of the world we actually have to come in tomorrow. Only until 1pm mind you but I'm like... what's the point. Who wants to work 5.5 hours the day before Christmas. It's hard enough at times to be motivated without a holiday going on.
Today was also the office's holiday munch fest. Everyone brought in a dish or something and we gnashed all day long. It was most enjoyable.
Found out that something I should have been doing all along needs to be done, and I had never really been told about it. The most I got was "this is how you do this... the closer will do it when they are done." But it turns out that some of the stuff I needed to do and the closers would do the rest.
Of course I find this out from my supervisor, not one of the closers or the other originations girl. (I'm in originations as well).
Oh well... I can do backwork tomorrow when I don't feel like actually doing other work.
Then I went to leave. First the weatherman lied. Yesterday the weather forcast for today was mild and the snow on the ground should have more or less melted. HAH! I tell you what... HAH! The temperature plummeted and the roads became icey as hell. Not to mention the parking lot was "take life into your own hands". I managed to get the ice cracked off my car enough to open the door, start the car and grab the ice chipper to get the ice off the car.
Now I apparently have a theft prevention mechanism in that if the engine runs long enough without being put into gear, it locks the doors. Knowing this I keep the door ajar when I clean off the snow and ice. Whic this time I did. However, we also have wind gusts going on, so staying on my feet was tough enough. Then a particularly strong gust makes the van to shake and the force was just enough to cause the door to latch and I hear a sickening "ca-thunk" and realize that not only did the door latch, but the locks fired and I am now trapped outside of my running car, with my purse, cell phone, door pass for the office all inside.
I manage to get a coworker to let me back into the building and I call AAA only to find out that I have used up all my free roadside services. And with only $1.50 in my purse I know that's not going to pay for a towtruck.
Luckily one of the girls still left at work had AAA and she called for me. 1.5 hours later the tow truck arrives and I'm finally allowed to be on my way.
I stop and beg money of the maternal unit so I can put gas in the van as it had been running and I'm now dangerously low on petrol. I get gas and finally head to Boo and Boogie's house to check on their little girls and make sure the house is still standing and the water running.
Which it is. And it only took me one hour to finally find both girls. They appear to be fine. I even braved the ladder to look in the drop ceiling.
It then took me 45 minutes to make the normally 20 minute drive home.
Wednesday was yesterday. Did no one send it a memo that it can't hit on Thursdays?
Anyway, Happy holidays to everyone as I doubt I will be updating before Saturday.
