Only 4 Years ago...........

It was 7:10 am, I was finishing my 12 hour nite shift. I was on the phone with our NY office, discussing the details of a batch job running on one of our servers. She put me on hold to verify some code info......and I was casually watching the big screen monitor mounted high on the wall a few cubicle isles over.

CNN was showing a plane flying into to first tower. I was still on hold. As I stood up to have someone across the way turn up the volume.......my cohort came back on the line. I'm not sure if I was all that calm when I told her I thought a plane just flew into her building. She said they heard a loud bang, but their supervisor was looking into it. She didnt believe me. Why should she believe some programmer from AZ telling her a plane just flew into her building.

At that point, I think I told her the 2nd plane hit...f*ck what her boss was saying...everything was not okay...I was not making it up...I described the chaos we were witnessing on the tv...."use your sick time....vacation....just leave!" We hung up and I joined the crowd forming around the TV in silence. I still wonder if she got out, or how her life changed forever on that day.


My shift ended.....the new crew was on their way into the building......some had been listening to the radio during their commute across the valley.......others were just learning.....some were crying.....others just stood in shock. One of my co-workers, who, on anyother day would be someone I would admire for his constant sunny disposition, walked by in tears trying to get thru to NY on his cell.

Today, if I were to hug him, as I did on 9-11, in the lobby of that fortune 500 org., we would both be advised on "inappropriate behavior in the workplace". How sad is that ?!?!

In the days that followed, when I wasnt glued to the set, crying, or wide awake having anxiety attacks into the night...........I made new friends at the grocery store, let people in line ahead of me-- no questions asked, hugged people with no hesitation, and vowed to be more in the moment.

How long did it take tho.....before people were back to: not acknowledging each other in line at the grocer, inching their cars forward because 'letting someone in' would delay them, re-establishing the unwritten rules of interaction in public, and operating on auto-pilot thru the day????

So.....what can I commit to....today?.....and each day after?

I can acknowledge "friends I haven't met yet".....allow people to cut in front of me in traffic, at the store, and if I'm ever in line buying tickets for a concert (Brico:).....hug when I get the urge.......and be in the moment..................

What will you do?

TRUST ME! ....This is some funny SH*T

Just CLICK HERE to hear :)

Pump up da Volume!!

I just thought he was sooo goofy...

Myy yaaa aahhh heee!!.....Myy yaaa aahhh hooo!!.......Myy yaaa aahhh haaa.....myy yaaa aahhh HA HA!!!!!

Testing

So, Im trying to figure out how to get text to have a line thru it when creatively correcting ones writing,......I've tried the spyinglooking at other bloggers postings.......(code <>, strike or <>, del)......within this posting..........we shall see if either worked......if not...I could use some advice from anyone reading this ......is there a way to code it in so one doesnt have to bracket each time when writing????? tanx , M

Games I'm not Looking Forward to......

• Sag, you're It.
• Hide and go pee.
• 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
• Kick the bucket
• Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
• Musical recliners.
• Simon says something incoherent.
• Pin the Toupee on the bald guy

Katrina has Spoken.....

The Astrodome
I know I should be working on my comps.....

I know I shouldn't be BLOG-surfing.....

I know I shouldn't be glued to the season finale of "The Closer"

I love Kyra's character..."thangk--Uuuu"....

but since I am:

curled up in the fetal position (cursed uterus!),

avoiding my comps,

BLOG-surfing,

and..... watching my girl....

I wish to share this BLOG and strongly recommend it to anyone stopping by.

The Blog is a daily LIVE feed from New Orleans......full of eye witness details, stories, pictures and comments. The contents of this BLOG say it better than anything I could come up with to describe my feelings of anxiety, heartache and helplessness since Katrina hit.

Okay.....back to my books..........NAMASTE'

They Pulled the HURRICANE card...going to hell!

Okay......when I heard this ....I immediately thought ...this org. (if I knew the name I'd put it in here ...BOLDED and in RED)..but I dont.....so.......

They are going to hell!! for pulling the hurricane card! Stuart...(friend of mine, pictured above), had ordered some photography films to be shipped to him to take to a client in Aspen, CO and asked that they be expedited. NO problem, the customer service person said.;....we will send them out to reach you by wed am. Stubie thought.....okay......get shipment.....work my photographer magic and ship out to client...........called client....assured them it will arrive there by FRI.

So.....what day is it today??? FRIDAY!! where is the "expedited shipment"? NOT at STU's house.....I can tell you that much. so.....wed eve, he calls and they gave some bullsh*t about the package is on its way. He checks the 'puter website for the said "shipper" and it was never expedited out!! ......CALLS the org. back ........explains he is aware of their f*ck up.....and demands they reship another order.....and credit back the shipping costs.......

This is where it gets good......they claimed it was out of their hands......."THE HURRICANE" was to blame for the delay.......

Stu checks the website again.......IT NEVER LEFT THE ORG !!!! when they said it did........UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

Definately going to hell.......LOSERS!!!!

okay...I feel better........ :) **back to the books