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January 17

Today was awful (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Well, today sucked.

Today was the culmination of all the bitchiness from the past week, all the anger and frustration and all the confusion. The monetary issues don't help either, making me feel quite guilty about my trip to Japan.

In the long run, we'll be okay. Especially if one of the things we're hoping on works out. However, it won't be a smooth ride.

To be honest: my bad mood even got me doubting about school today! What if all I wanted back in June was to enjoy my spare time? What if that blowout wasn't a sign that I wanted to switch jobs, but that I wanted to have fun and play games? Because right now, I'm in a position where I can play even -less- games!

We've chalked that up to my current mood though. Whatever happens, I'm going to at least finish this year properly. During summer break I'll be able to relax and get my bearings again.

Also: the fact that all of our checking accounts are maxed out landed me in some hot water today. I'd gone to the office by car and had been unable to find the free parking spaces, so I had to park for the extortionate amount of twenty euros! At the time I didn't know that I was maxed out, so I was in for a nasty surprise in the afternoon! ;_; I had to scrounge for loans among my colleagues who, cool as they are, did loan me the required bucks. That was quite embarrassing, having to fess up my brokeness to semi-strangers. :/

Luckily, I'm feeling a bit better now, all thanks to Marli. We were both feeling horrible, but we talked a lot and we're not as bad anymore.

I'd like to apologise to my colleagues though, for leaving the office so early. :(

Posted in: awful , crap , depression , fight , money
January 16

HP support call from Hell (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

I must say that Hewlett Packard have a very interesting definition of "mission critical tech support". One of our servers isn't feeling too healthy and it's covered by one of their uber-hot contracts, so they've given us this phone number to call in case of emergencies.

Well... I just spent sixty minutes on hold (exactly sixty minutes!) waiting for _anyone_ to answer the phone and then an automated message came on, telling me they could not take my call right now. D:

What. The. Fuck?!

Did I mention that that hour was spent listening to the exact same loop of twenty seconds "No woman no cry" and ten seconds "All our operators are busy. Please hold the line." And I don't mean that the song was being repeated... NO! I mean the exact, same, fscking, twenty seconds of the song were being repeated. It's driving me nuts, because I'm on hold... Again...

What the hell are those guys doing?! x_x

EDIT:
At least the project guys left their office door unlocked so I could quickly snag a bit of their unfinished lunch... Else I wouldn't be having dinner either. =_=; Posted in: angry , crap , hp , tech support