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I was thinking again last night, about how I translate what's going on in my life to what gets printed here. Generally my posts are pretty much a snapshot of what was going on, or what was in my head at the time. So today I decided to try a little experiment. I want to do an hour by hour up date on what exactly is going on during the times that I'm not losing my mind. So, let's get started....

5:20am-6:00am
I was dreaming about work when my alarm went off. I don't know what was going on exactly, but the job had jut started, we were moving in mods and kids were riding bikes across the lease. Then my alarm went off and I hit snooze. I dozed for a bit, thinking about Pan's Labyrinth, which is playing in the theatre, and which Billy saw on the weekend in Texas. His version was in spanish, which made me wonder if the version up here is also... then my alarm went off again. I got up, had a shower and got dressed after sorting my clothes from my laundry hamper that I washed on monday onto my bed, and the dirty ones from the floor into the hamper. I decided I need to clean my room tonight. Then I came downstairs, checked penny arcade and the ISB, and decided to blog. So, here we are, 6:00am, starting hour two of this catastrophe.

6:00am-7:00am
I sat on the couch and tried not to go back to sleep for the next ten minutes. Barb played with the cat and I yawned more than once. We piled in the van then and drove around to pick everyone else up. The ride in is usually a time for me to catch up on some sleep, but I drive one of the vans now, so it's almost completely out of the question now. So, I get us safely to site, take off my coat and rinse out my mug and pour myself a cup of coffee. Sat down here, logged into my computer, email and messenger, chatted with Billy about anime and started posting hour#2.

What thrills await us between seven and eight??

7:00am-8:00am
Hectic, as usual first thing in the morning. I've set up my second computer and shuffled through the obligatory first six random songs until I found something I hadn't heard for a long time that I was sort of in the mood for. Then I started entering receipts from yesterday, wrote and reconciled a few purchase orders (that will carry over into our next hour) and did a pile of photocopying. Oh, and I also kicked 4 people out of my office already, individually. I have a steady stream of people in here these days, and though I no longer get frustrated and fly off the handle, it's still fun to good naturedly tell them to fuck right off. Not so oddly, I have been busy enough that I'm still working on my first cup of coffee.

8:00am-9:00am
Crazy busy. Everyone comes in at the same time and asked to have their requests moved to the top of the pile. Huh. So, all of them are now the top and the pile looks like a field of paper. I finished my first coffee some 45 minutes ago, but haven't gotten around to getting up for a refill. I got an email from Karnie and we're chatting about Valentine's day, also I'm chatting with Jen. She's looking for a phone number for environmental services. My music is no longer on random, either. I'm listening to Coheed and Cambria, a cool band that I got from Billy. I've listened to the quite a little bit, and find the almost random music style similar to the early days of Moist, but harder somehow. Interesting stuff, I know.

9:00am-10:00am
Let's see. Diane and I discussed Telus' plan to subvert telecommunications by stealing her emails, and Karnie and I are talking about the leading cause of divorce: bad valentine's day gifts. Apparently while she was working at wal*mart, guys would show up on the day and buy jewelry based on what was expensive rather than what suited the lady in question. Apparently, shopping for lingerie is the same story, regardless of the size. Kooky. Then I finally got a coffee and a smoke, only to be bombarded again.

Coming up next: Trent prices out a table saw.

10:00am-11:00am
Also known as the Adventures of IncrediTrent, according to Amy. She wrote in an email this morning that me throwing myself out of bed was a pretty normal thing since people tend to be superheroes in their dreams. I gently reminded her that I'm always super. This can only be surpassed by conversation with Karnie about tomatoes vs. potatoes, and plans for her birthday which falls on next days off. Diane is talking about coming to visit me in Cold Lake this weekend and I'm going for dinner tonight with Jen. On the work side, I'm still listening to Coheed and Cambria (most of it is live which kicks ass), and still throwing paper around on my desk. Billy and I were talking about just throwing it in my "Fireking25" filing cabinet and lighting the whole works up. Let's see, I still have a couple of minutes left.... Oh, and I have to phone the post office today, to find out why my mail key doesn't work AGAIN. Terribly frustrating, that bit.

11:00am-12:00pm
Well, gmail is also being stupid, it seems. So conversations for the most part are on the back burner for a bit. On the other hand, not being distracted by all the people I talk to has given me time to really procrastinate working. I've still been tracking material and printing tickets and back orders, but my enthusiasm is sure waning. The internet connection got really, really slow suddenly. I can’t access anything, which was pissing me off, but now it’s lunch time, so I have more important things to do. I suspect the pace for the rest of the afternoon will be a little more relaxed and will feature a visit or two to Billy.

12:00pm-1:00pm
Well, that was about the most uneventful part of the day. I took my ibook over to see Billy and he wasn't there. I sat there for a few minutes, texted him to see where he was at and then came back. I then sat back down, considered working, did some photocopying and then played two games of spider solitaire. Billy sent me a message to let me know he need my password, and I've been more or less sitting here since. I answered a few material related questions too. It's quiet without music in here though, and as I told Billy, makes it harder to ignore people.

On the brightside, it's getting really nice out. It gives me hope of spring since the last week has been in and around the -30c temperature.

1:00pm-2:00pm
Alrighty, now we're getting somewhere. I solved the problem of the mailbox. Turns out they did change the lock again by mistake. But it has been fixed, I guess, and I should be able to check the post again. Further, Billy brought my ibook back and I'm listening to Rilo Kiley for the next little bit. Again, oddly interesting music from Billy. There was other stuff, but I have an incredibly short memory when I try to think of things that I thought were good ideas twenty minutes ago. I wish this thing could just translate my thoughts right to the screen. Fuck, that'd be a show and a half. I'm almost doing more work, but also losing all sense of ambition the nicer it gets outside and the more people come in to ask questions.

Maybe it's the mellow music...

2:00pm-3:00pm
So what happened just then? The last hour was a bit of a blur and keeping up is getting kinda hectic. Still, it's all for a good cause. Diane and I talked a little about Canada Post and telus being in cahoots to subvert communications, after I told her what happened with the mail key. Then I more or less worked like a mad man for the rest of the hour. On the brightside (because I'm all about brightsides) the day is going very fast. It'll be just a few more hours and I'm out of here. Now I'm back to Coheed and Cambria, musically.

3:00pm-4:00pm
Barb walked into my office just now (3:16pm) and said, "we should get another cat." Yup, she's crossed the line into that crazy-cat lady territory I suspected she has been headed for since we brought Lexxy home. Diane got a kick out of it. I suspected she would, because that's how we always end up with more than one cat. The logic is that one cat is lonely on it's own. The truth is, two cats will sleep in seperate places and ignore each other just as well as one cat ignores everyone else. Apart from that, I've had people come in here hovering. I hate that. I have more important things to do than listen to people argue about seperate stuff while standing behind me. So I kicked two more people out of my office today. So another hour comes to a close, two more to go.

4:00pm-5:00pm
The cat debate continues. And I'm getting tired. I usually power out about this time everyday. So tonight, I'm planning on dinner with Jen, maybe cleaning my room and getting my new mail keys. I'm out of coffee. I keep putting my empty cup to my lips and tipping it back, but I don't really want to get another one. Billy and I are chatting now about Captain Herlock, and anime series he lent me last night. And now he's sending links and pictures. He's apparently as worn out and unmotivated as I am. Well, I'm setting a goal of 7 more tickets before it's home time, which shouldn't be too hard.

5:00pm-6:00pm
Ok, so time's running out. It's 5:36pm and I'm already looking at packing up. On the other hand, I still have to run out and start the van for the ride home and pack up my ibook and stuff. I'm planning on bringing my computer out with me tonight, so that even though I don't have internet, I'll still be able to keep up with the updates and publish them all tonight. As for the tickets, I ran into a stack of long ones since last update, and only got 5 more entered.

Oh, and I remember what I thought of that I didn't post earlier that I was thinking about; keys. For some reason keys seem to be repelled by me these days. I don't know if it means anything. I'll have to give it a good going over.

6:00pm-7:00pm
The drive home pretty unrearkable. No one talks in our van, so I zoned out and listened to the radio for a bit. I got home safely, put my clothes away (which DOES count as cleaning my room) and got the mail keys!! Then I talked to Diane briefly while she was getting ready to go out for dinner with her family. Now I'm hanging out, waiting for Jen to get off the phone. My mood is relaxed, and somewhat subdued. It's a result of being bombarded today by all the people who have been hanging out in my office. jen's probably really curious what exactly it is I'm writing about, so I'll have to explain this little effort of mine. But here we go, into the first of the off hours...

7:00pm-8:00pm
What is awesome? Cottage cheese and salsa?!?! GROSS!!! I HATE Cottage cheese. Almost as much as brussel sprouts. Anyway, here were are, about to have supper, working on a beer, and just chit chatting. Jen apparently thinks cottage cheese and salsa is a taste sensation.

8:00pm-9:00pm
We've been discussing all kinds of stuff. Work mostly. I tend to get kinda selfish when it comes to work. The truth is, I hate mistakes. I don't trust people, because I believe that they will sluff responsibility to point the finger at someone else. I take responsibity for everything because I believe that I could have prevented everything that comes back to me. Therefore I am reluctant to let things out of my control. I assumed responsibilty for 5 departments, and therefore control each to the minutest detail. Point is, I'm watching something about thumbsucking while debating my own drives. Jen is bored out of her mind.

9:00pm-10:00pm
Well, we had BP's and chat about this and that will I kinda half assed watch a movie called "Thumbsucker". It was interesting, but the end was kinda pathetic. Anyway, I left there, Jen dieing of boredom, and came home. I've put in Captain Herlock and play to fall asleep watching it.

Thanks for hanging out.

posted by September @ 5:49 AM