am full of gronk this morning, but the boss is back from vacation, so my first day with him - being late or externally gronky not really an option, so I got coffeed and have been pretty steadily doing work for over 3 hours (including having to set up a meeting with 15 min notice and not knowing teh system!)! therefore need a break.

still, a much better day than many others are having, so I will take it.

You know when I'm going to do absolutely nothing about these very serious problems? In the middle of a test.

Heh. I mean, poor kid.

I've had two cups of tea but my brain still isn't awake yet. And I've already solved one problem for a client (although I could have solved it in half the time if my brain was awake).

The co-worker who had parked their car next to mine is apparently having a Monday, as well--he/she left her lights on. I called it in to the security desk with the hang-tag number so the guard can let the person know. Then, I found out that the payroll system is also having a Monday, since there was a changeover in servers over the weekend that obliterated our payroll submissions from last week. No big deal, we just had to resubmit this morning, but I'm sure they weren't happy to discover the screw-up.

The good thing about the changeover is that, apparently, they changed their mind on the status of last Monday (NYE), and decided to give it to us as a holiday. So, everyone will be getting an extra day off this year to make up for either working that day or taking it as PTO.

Then, I found out that the payroll system is also having a Monday, since there was a changeover in servers over the weekend that obliterated our payroll submissions from last week.

That made me panic for a second, as Monday is payroll day for our big client (we wrote their payroll system) and my boss who usually deals with it is out of town. Then I remembered that he's actually at the client's offices today, so I guess I don't need to worry about it after all....

My brain is taking a Monday. Unfortunately, the rest of me has to be in class(es). Maybe if I take my brain out and attach electrodes, I could jumpstart it?

A bunch of pretty, artsy light bulbs (made to look like hot-air balloons): [link]

For Jilli - light bulb with skull filament: [link]

Cool lamps: [link] They have "The Titanic lamp"

due to the way it's shaped, appears to be sinking into any surface you put it on

The site is Flash, so I can't link directly to it....

but you take your kicks where you can get them.

Above the waistline, sunshine.

It's pissing down rain here. Ugh. We're so not leaving the house today.

I have 2 coworkers out. It's the Monday after a Saturday class that wasn't on site (this means much fielding calls and making calls to schedule appointments). I'm having particularly needy phone calls all morning. I need to learn everything I can about trends in oil and gas for my interview which I stupidly scheduled for 9 am on the day after LSU plays in the BCS championship which I'm watching at the bar.

I need a smoke.

Cool picture of the rings of Jupiter: [link]