long days and longer nights....

well, the new phone system is in progress. it does work, and we apparently have most of the offices online. at least to some degree. still have wells to do, but that is waiting on the T1 being lit up and us getting the router back from our outside networky people. then i can go over there and actually try to get everything working the way it sorta is here.

at our little meeting this afternoon, TK-8103 mentioned that a lot of people are referring to the new phones as their 'bat phone'. heh. i was the first person to call it that, and i am rather pleased that a lot of other people are calling it that as well. i've heard other people call it that, but it was nice to hear that it was more widespread than i thought.

in case you were wondering what my bat phone looks like, this is it here: ShoreTel 530

we also have the ShoreTel 210 for most of the office. IS, managers and reception are the primary users of the 530's. i've made a few calls on it and things sound like a phone (i realize that's the whole point, but it really doesn't sound too different from what i can tell). M commented that my voice sounded a little different when i left her VM the other day and it took her a moment to realize who she was listening to, but i'm sure that won't last long. i would be curious to hear what it sounds like.

at lunchtime today i saw something that made my day much to my delight. CD was forced to move cubes (closer to his boss) and he has his beanie baby (chopstix the monkey, with original tag) sitting on the top of his cube in the corner, and the way he has him sitting, his bright red monkey ass and tail are hanging down in the trainwreck's cube. all i could think of was how appropriate it was. the monkey is mooning trainwreck. so rather than scowl as i walk past her desk, i can't help but smirk that she has a view of red monkey ass. i thanked CD and asked him to let the monkey stay where it was. he thought that might be possible.

TK-8103 also mentioned that he liked how CD has been moved as well as you can now see CD's vader poster from clear across the office. (one of the main paths thru the office looks directly into CD's cube)

i think i may have to sneak out early again tonight. i left a whole whopping 10 mins early yesterday which got me stuck in traffic 10 mins sooner, but i did get home 10 mins sooner. M had cooked dinner (chix/broc stirfry) by the time i arrived only to have her proclaim she wanted to eat out. (she's had a rather stressful time dealing with her current client who seems to fail to comprehend that they are paying about 1/3 of what they are actually getting. big client which is why they were cut such a deal, but they don't realize just how BIG a deal they got). so into the fridge went tonights dinner and off we went. we tried this cafe in town that we've walked past a few times, but never gone in because it is on the high end for our dining range, but she picked it and we ate there. (used to be a fancy pizza/more upscale italian place). the food was quite good. she had the monkfish and i had the salmon and we shared a caesar salad. good portion sizes, and all in all a very enjoyable meal. plus we had live music (tuesday and wednesday nights) to dine by. i wouldn't mind going back, but it was a little steep. we even had a visit from the chef/owner who wanted to make sure that everything was ok. (it really was)

hmm...550, i guess i'll post and go. how time flies when you start typing away. maybe i'll post my a/c story later. suffice is to say, power drills and a/c, don't exactly go together...