4/17/02
a day in the life at GORPtravel. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:01 PM
To: Smith, Jane
Subject: ?

hey, the maude story didn't quite make it down here. is she ok?

n.

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Jane
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:02 PM
To: Nancy
Subject: RE: ?

Well, I told you about the bridge thing, right? How she swallowed it last night and it was stuck?
Well, I think she is okay...she has to have some horrible procedure done to her to remove it and she is still at the hospital.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:03 PM
To: Smith, Jane
Subject: RE: ?

i didn't know it was stuck, or that it was causing her enough pain that she had to go to the hospital!!

she was joking about it with me this morning - i never would have thought by 4 p.m. she'd be in a hospital!

n.

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Jane
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:07 PM
To: Nancy
Subject: RE: ?

Well, it was causing pressure and she was sure it was stuck. She kept saying "I can feel it right here" and pointing at her chest. She called her doctor, and she poo-poo'd her, saying that wasn't possible. Maude argued with her and said it was possible b/c she could feel it.

She told her Dr. she was coming in for a chest x-ray anyway, called Mary, and away they went. Maude said "I will be right back." Well, apparently, Maude was right.

Poor Maude.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:08 PM
To: Smith, Jane
Subject: RE: ?

did Mary call back with the status report?

i hope she's ok, and if they have to do something invasive, she doesn't feel obligated to come in tomorrow..

n.

-----Original Message-----
From: Smith, Jane
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:09 PM
To: Nancy
Subject: RE: ?

I am not sure which one called with the report...
Kate was saying "colonoscopy" -- YIKES!!!

For the record, "Maude" did have a colonoscopy, and had her esophagus cauterized where the brige was cutting into it. And she did come to work the next day. crazy!

4/13/02
wow, i didn't even document my birthday night on the town. i sure am lame. a quick summary, a week later- it was a hit. We went to Fado's Irish Pub in downtown Denver. About 20 people showed up. We hung out there for a few hours and then mistakenly followed pimp-daddy Rook to what the girls in the group thought was a meat-market, so they stayed behind. Begin first division of group. Knocked group size down to about 10. Rook got the 411 hookup on his buddies and ditched us to go to a real meatmarket, which prompted another 50% bleed of the group. Finally, Tim (from college and Missouri) led us to a pretty cool bar with a live band and 3 distinct seating areas. We hung out there until JoAnn's husband was about to pass out (which he apparently did as soon as he got to the car.) My Beer total for the night: 2. Ivan's total: "Nancy, you're driving home!"

Saturday, I went to my parents house for the typical cake and dinner thing. I really miss birthday cake. I think I need one now. A nice chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting and cherry filling. Mmmmmmmmmmm, yummy.

On the career side, things are looking up. I have prospects. Three of them. Apparently clearing the crap out of my career section "got the chi flowing." maybe i *should* paint the room black.

so now it's a little past noon on saturday, the sun is shining, the cat is huffing (like a bull) at a squirrel crawling on a tree outside the window, and i'm still in my pajamas. i really really need to get a life. at least i've got one up on ivan - i'm not still in bed asleep!

Song of the Day: Lucky

4/12/02
our office is moving from one location to another. here's the status report, as presented to a coworker who wasn't around for all of the fun.

7:00 a.m. the Web site was down (it came back up eventually) and the bank of cubes that was supposed to be moved early is still intact.

7:45 a.m. A guy called Dorothy who wanted a private train from Denver to Yellowstone, then an additional private train to Oregon and other points West

8:00 a.m. Tim and Bill got here and Dorothy notified them we ran out of tape. Bill called Rich and asked him to pick some up on the way in.

8:15 a.m. Bill asks Tim if we can really move the outfitter file cabinet while it's full. Tim tries to shake it and they realize that it's full. They start investigating if they can take the drawers out. It may need to be emptied. 8:18 a.m. Rich arrives with a portable drill, a toolbox, and one roll of tape.

8:29 a.m. Dave starts to formulate a plan. Everyone(Tim/Bill/Rick) is excited that somebody has a plan.

8:30 a.m. The work crew arrives. 3 teenage boys. It's supposed to be four. Dave gets them started on dismantling cubes. Dave says "be real careful with those computers, boys!"

8:34 a.m. Dave: "Do we have a ladder?" Rich: "Do we have a ladder?" Tim: "You guys dont have a ladder?" Rich: "There may be a ladder in that backroom over there." Dave disappears. Dave "Ok, we got a ladder." (Apparently there is live electricity running into the bank of cubes and Tim needs to disconnect it.)

8:36 a.m. Rich: "Where is the truck and where are the keys?"

8:45 a.m. Tim is crawling on the floor messing with electrical inputs into the cubes. Dave is instructing the boys on how to take the cubes apart (pieces are just now coming off) Rich is walking around looking busy. Bill is on the phone.

8:55 a.m. Tammy noticed that they took down the Info Box computer before she had a chance to check it today.

9:03 a.m. There may have already been a casualty involved with the boys. I think I heard an "are you OK?" and I keep seeing nervous glances toward Dave's cube. I'm going to get some water to investigate. -- No blood. Maybe they broke something and are hoping nobody notices?

9:10 a.m. Dave needed a box, I told him that my scissors couldn't leave the area, so he used his teeth to tear the tape. Tim is giving the boys advice on removing the cubes, and whats-her-name said that she really doesn't want to pack up her cube. Shannon advises her it's not that bad.

9:34 a.m. Rich collects keycards and door keys.

9:42 a.m. I am going to help Tammy clean out the cubes in the former product area. This should be an adventure!

10:10 a.m. SCORE! I found an almost full book of stamps, which i split with Tammy. Still 4 cubes to go.

10:43 a.m. Linda declares herself "The Swedish Defridgenator"

11:08 a.m. Tim just walked by cursing and mumbling about our system. The boys just reported that the dumpster (outside) is totally full. It was empty when they got here this morning - they saw them emptying it.

11:42 a.m. Denali Wilderness Lodge claimed that we had the pricing wrong on our site. Turns out Dorothy just forgot to add the single supplement. Took me 15 minutes to figure that out. Meanwhile, Tim started joking with the boys that they should move the outfitter file cabinet, which weighs about 3 tons. I am afraid he's going to ask them to empty it. I need to finish up what I'm working on so I can do that. Dont want those things out of ABC order.

12:33 p.m. We got free pizza and beer! we're all done eating and i need to go back to packing the outfitter files.

12:55 p.m. One of the boys comes into the office: "The elevator is stuck and those guys are on it!" Dave goes to investigate. Sure enough, 2 of the boys are stuck in the elevator. Dave: "We need to call property management, those boys are stuck in the elevator." nobody knows the property management number.

12:57 p.m. Rich is calling the property management emergency number - "We have a little problem with the elevator. It stopped." meanwhile, maria told one of her gulliable friends that she's getting married, and said friend believed it and told everyone else and is now she is calling all of her friends to tell them it's not true.

1:06 p.m. I have just been recruited to pack the supply cabinet. I don't know when I'll get to pack my own desk...

1:16 p.m The two boys come into the office shouting "free at last, free at last!"

1:57 p.m. "Dad, dad! The elevator's stuck again. There's nobody in it, but it wont move."

2:00 p.m. The product department (me) is shutting down so I can focus on making sure everything I am responsible for is in a box. Any other news will have to come through somebody else.

Song of the Day: Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back (technically yesterday's song of the day, but i didn't write anything yesterday)