I suspect "my" Michael's real first name is not Michael. I wonder if it's cool. Maybe it's Otto. I don't know why I think that. But I would totally take accented surfing Otto if I couldn't get a Vlad.

Timelies all!

For my onerous task, I tackled the pile of stuff on my computer desk. Divided it into stuff to go elsewhere, stuff to be thrown out and stuff to remain on the desk. Much less stuff now in the third group...

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I have no Vlad. Sad now.

Yay bonus, ita!

Yikes, java. But it sounds like you're doing as much as you can.

If you are applying for a job which requires grammar and proofreading skills, why might this NOT help you: "I have always had an extensive vocabulary, and have a natural aptitude of the English language. I am also a very skilled typer and am very advanced with computers." Cover letter FAIL.

Yikes, java. But it sounds like you're doing as much as you can.

Well right now I am anxiously hitting the send/receive button in Outlook! I can't move forward with the testing until I hear back.

I, too, am hitting send/receive, because I just got a call and an email about someone else calling my sites and trying to set things up with them, which no one had told the rest of us needed to happen, and maybe don't need to happen, but if they do I actually already have set up but will need a new plane ticket for because I just canceled/changed it...all ridiculousness. Madness! Clusterfuck! No one knows what's going on! Right hand is not talking to left hand!

Sounds like you've been Full On Non-Onerous all week though.

Two weeks of parades starts to feel a little Onerous. But it was quite glorious. I can't believe it's over!

Onerous task *was* the dreaded phone calls. Now onerous task is, shit, seriously, THREE proposals to write by WHEN??????

People who have been working for themselves for more than, say, a month and a half: does the roller-coastery nature of the business ups and downs ever get less gut-twisty? Because, wow. It's uppy and downy.

Okay, IT Director called. He is a little frustrated with me, but is SO much more frustrated with the vendor. And we're both so over being angry at the vendor.

It turns out that the 272 pages of script testing I'm doing? They were developed for the non-hosted solution. We are among the first clients who are using the hosted solution. And nearly every sequence is wrong for hosted; they're missing key steps. And we ALSO just found out that local admins won't have the ability to unlock a user's account who accidentally locks themselves out (by trying wrong log-in 3x) - we have to wait for the vendor to do so! And vendor's system admins are in Cork, Ireland. Oh that is SO not going to fly.

So it's another con call in the morning with everyone, where IT Director and I get to yell.

But he did tell me to stop testing and go have a "stiff drink". So, I shall.

I just won at a very twisted version of cableprovider-bingo. I don't have P-C luck, so I got the phone bank person who needed quota hits on triple play and when I asked if there were any options (Verizon for the same services is 1/2 what I'm paying. CRAZY), she said no and sat there quietly until i said "well, okay then!" and hung up. I filled out a web form. no answer. I chatted with a bot. Nada. I tweeted. Bing. 5 hours later, new price.

Seriously, if you're a company providing phone, internet, email, etc. and no one can reach a helpful person using your phone, internet, or email systems? UR doin' it wrong.