Middle America's Worldview

I was really hoping to get some of my 20 something projects worked on today since I am not on support. Well, that didnt work out. Not only was I replying requesting emails, but phone calls all freaking day. The IM's (Sametime Instant Messages) swarm like flies. Get this. The charge issue from the weekend resurected again today. I thought the vendor analyst would be taking care of this, since it is the vendor analyst charges. Hell no. She dumps it on me. I scramble around 1:30 p.m to find the answers everyone is asking. I managed to pull in the information and it looks like we may not have missing batch charges, rather they are only late. This would make sense due to the way networks work.

Think of it this way. You have a waterhose attached to a hydrant. The hydrant is the first server. The waterhose is the interface and the bucket your putting the water is the second server. When the waterhose (interface) is interrupted (like the routers going down) the water (batches) remain until the interruption is cleared. Hence when the routers comes back up, all the batches are delayed but now can go through. Make sense?

Anyway, we will confirm it tomorrow. Just pisses me off everyone seems to be shoving the responsibility around, but unwilling to take it on.

This evening I was able to again wrestle and play with the kids. I was also able to take my daughter to basketball practice. It was nice to have some time, just the two of us. She is going to a program called "Upwards" that also has bible teachings with good basketball practice, teaching. Looks like my little girl will be in Basketball for some time. She enjoys it and actually is getting good. : )

On a downward note this evening, I think I screwed up. I was suppose to call in some petifores for a Teachers bridal party tomorrow. My wife off handly said thanks to me for calling it in. I had that deer in the headlights look. "I don't recall ever getting a hold of them, honey." Oh that wasn't good. I do recall calling twice that day but never remember anyone answering the phone. So no loving tonight and I will probably be dead in the morning when the verification is in effect.