I'm having to work at it today

I’m having to almost force my concentration on what I need to be doing today.  The effort is pretty much working, so far.

 

Concentrate

I have GOT to concentrate on these Easytrieve conversion issues today.  I have not installed any modifications and I really should have by now.  Now that Xmas is over, hopefully things will get back to normal.

Even when I set myself up to concentrate well, I don't quite cut it.

I was going back and forth between 6 screens, one of those my phone and one my netbook.  Oh, and listening to a ‘Star Trek’ episode.  And eating a pomegranate.  I was actually working on this new assignment, trying to determine what FTP stuff needs to be converted to SFTP, while going back and forth between a few things on 3 different sources.  And while suddenly remembering something about a past item and detouring to look up a past email and forward it to someone.  It came to me that I’d probably have better luck if I changed to white noise, so I did that.  After 40 minutes of the white noise, I’m now listening to a movie, cuz it didn’t seem to be helping all that much.

Honestly, what was the point of even coming in this week?

I can count on one hand the number of hours that have been productive this week.  And, I would still have fingers left over.  Tsk, tsk, tsk.

 

When I Start Work

It’s 8:23 and I’m really getting to work.  I’ve been here since 6:45 and not enough work was done.

 

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

This is where my time went today.  Not good at all.  I can’t even pretend that I worked much today.

 

 

Not Enough

I have not done nearly enough work today to have it qualify as having worked.  I had to run to the store and pay on my overdue store card so that I can buy some gift cards.  Afterward, I discovered that I paid the wrong amount, so I had to make a 2^nd trip to pay the missing amount.  And I have been spending the last amount of time – quite a chunk – ebaying.

 

#END

 

Thanks ….

 

Monica Collins

Appl Sys Prog Analyst I

Information Technology Directorate

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214-312-2353 

collinsm@aafes.com

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Leg bounce

My leg is bouncing like crazy again today.  Not really sure of the cause though.  I have not a lot of coffee so far today; I only had one cup all of yesterday.  I have not had a lot of any kind of stimulants that would do it.  And, I am calm about the project that I am currently working on.  A real pain in the ass, cuz the shaking interrupts me.  Constantly.

 

Bummer #2

This software that I have that keeps track of what I do on my work PC has the nasty habit of pointing out that even though I am always busy doing something, I get very little of significance done.  That sucks.

Bummer #1

I am just now getting started on work, as in starting in on the assignment at hand.  I have been doing other things related to work, but it has still taken me this long to get those minor things cleared.  That does bug the hell out of me.  A lot.

Thinking Inside My Head vs. Thinking Out Loud

I’ve noticed that I am able to think inside my head (i.e. not talk to myself) great in the car on the way in to work.  When that happens, I use my turn signals and do everything else that I’m supposed to be doing.  Shortly after I get to work, probably as more people start to arrive and noise picks up, I switch to what I refer to as ‘thinking out loud’.  So, is it the noise of people talking around me that causes me to do that, trying to clearly hear my own thoughts?  Or is it that when I’m alone I find the idea of my voice breaking the silence disturbing so I think inside my head?  Inquiring minds want to know ….

 

testing testing testing, 2nd verse not the same as the first

This is a test to see if I can update both Yahoo newsgroup and blogger post.  I have added something before my signature so that it doesn’t show up on the post.

 

testing testing testing

This is a test to see if I can update both Yahoo newsgroup and blogger post.

 

Thanks ….

 

Monica Collins

Appl Sys Prog Analyst I

Information Technology Directorate

214-312-2353 

collinsm@aafes.com

 

 

We Have Moved!

I am moving my posts from Yahoo newsgroups to here, since no one seems to be able to see them.