Well, That Was A Whirlwind Vacation! :-)

.....I guess everyone at work figured out 'the way forward' and implemented 'the plan'. I have been told to come back to work tomorrow morning. That was a fast vacation! But the good news is that my leave request was officially denied by management and duly signed. Which means that any left over leave I have on the books after the last pay period of the year will get rolled over into 2011.

.....The Mid Level Boss still thinks that I'll have the week between Christmas and New Years at home. And possibly two or three days next week as well. Once 'the way forward' has paper, support, materials, and people (i.e. the PLAN) there isn't a whole lot for me to do. Especially considering that the Shipyard will be shut down during that period. It kills me though that even though Bangor and Bremerton are considered one command, one is shut down and the other will stay officially open during the Curtailment period. :-)

.....I enjoyed today. Worked through a bunch of e-mail. Cleaned the kitchen. Took several naps. Went out and had lunch with TBT and picked up some sugar free flavorings. I was thinking it was a good preview for the next two weeks. Maybe I should have spent more of that time actually doing things instead. :-)

.....TBT visited the local St. Vincent's as well. I think that if I do get a day or two over the next couple of weeks that I'd like to clear out the Computer Room. The Ingasbo Boxes can go into the closet or downstairs. All the files can find a new home. Then one of several wingback chairs will make it home from St. Vincent's to the Computer Room. Along with a side table and lamp, and maybe a footstool. Then I can have a relaxing reading area. Maybe even work from the chair using a wireless keyboard. In my mind it reminds me of that silly orange lounge chair I used to drag to events with me when I camped with the SLTC. Man, it was comfortable! But the looks I received from people were funny! :-)

.....Still would like to get all of my notes organized. I've been invaded by the Sticky Note Monster and it is an insidious beast! Post-It Notes are supposed to be reminders of things that need to be done. But it is sure hard to get anything actually done when there are reminder notes everywhere! The truly important things get lost in the mess and it is hard to get anything actually started. Let's see what I can do to tame this beast over the next hour or so. But I have started off on the wrong foot anyway by checking into Live Journal first rather than getting started. NOT a good precedent. :-)

.....We did get our first Baronial Report to Crown out the door today though. It is somewhat late, but it was our first one. I'm still a little unsure of its contents. I followed previous reports to a degree from Their Excellencies Cedric and Brighid, but kept finding myself writing it like a Seneschal's Report. :-) Ah, well, if you like to read before bed to help get you to sleep, reading our report might be the best thing aside from a hot toddy!

.....Managed to get more clean up of the desktop computer done as well. The e-mail folders are now clean! I moved, saved, deleted, etc. over 400,000 e-mails. The oldest ones being from 2000. I found myself reading my e-mails to the predecessor Team to Team Haggis as we were gearing up for my first June Faire. I was a much different person in those days. A lot sillier, that's for sure. I'm not sure how I managed to get the Team to actually follow my lead, to be honest, as I couldn't seem to go in one direction for any more than a few moments at a time. I chased chickens everywhere, whether they belonged to me or not! But it was evident that I was having fun, and that's the important thing.

.....After a few weeks of work I finally eliminated enough to actually defragment the computer. It took a while, but things are actually moving a little faster again. Wow! A ten year old computer! Dell used to make some good computers. As is evidenced by this one. I've abused it horribly and it is still chugging along. Amazing!

.....Sigh! Must get some laundry done if I'm going in to work tomorrow. Whine! Whine! Whine!

.....At least it is only a one day work week before the weekend. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.