Back to work today. Wrenched knee and so of course I had to spend the entire day running from one end of the building to the other doing all sorts of hands-on work. Blah.

Stayed home.. My Real Boss - the one who signs my reviews, was cool with it. so i monitored email and hell desk and had my cell on while I took care of my daughter and cleaned the house.

Worker Bee/PC guy from yesterday put in his hell desk tickets again. I tried to get a hold of him but he was out. Fulfilled the letter of the ticket and closed those.

i can't wait to get back so I can relax.

Came in today despite fever and pink eye from friends' kids. Care-ful-ly explained network upgrade to workerbee/PC guy who had his two cents worth. Care-ful-ly re-explained network. Lightbulb moment happened. WB is happy. WB put in five helldesk tickets that I need to take care of. Care-ful-ly re-re-explained network upgrade AND all the work I need to do to get it done. Nothin' but attitude. Cancled WB's tickets.

I love mondays

Main file server acting up. Logged in and saw close to 5000 files being copied. Logged out and explained to user about cause and effect.

Copier/printer down. A PHB was all hot and bothered. "You need to fix that right away." Called local printer support place and had them fulfill contract.

And so it goes.

In the middle of updating the network at The EP site. I swear if I ever find the vendor(s) that installed half of the cat5 here, I will ban them from the building. Wires everywhere and no strain relief in sight. One vendor actually zip-tied the cat5 ONTO the flourescent lights.

The original installers put D-rings in the network room, but failed to ancher the rings to anything more substantial than the drywall. Note: 75+ cat5 cables in a bundle with no strain relief held only by D-rings screwed into draywall will destroy drywall.

Retrofitting sucks!