HoundBlog

It’s Wednesday — Kevin made it to San Diego and I made it in to work. We are both sleep deprived at this point and while I can’t speak for him, I am VERY tired! Yesterday was a l-o-o-o-n-g day starting at 4 am and ending at 10:30 pm. Got up this morning again at 4 am and, although I didn’t have to be at work until my normal 7 am, I still logged in from home and started some processes so that I would have one more thing done before the day officially started. Today I have to get the mapping done for completed calls that are awaiting billing and move some of that data over into the test database. We plan to begin testing processes tomorrow and I will need some data to “play” with. I met with Jean, Traci and Rhonda yesterday afternoon to go over the plans to “turn it on” July 2nd. I still have to think through some of the little things that will happen once the trigger is pulled, but I truly think that I’ve planned well for a smooth transition.

I still have to build more reports, so am working more with Reporting Services to get that done. I wish I were smarter or more educated. This is slow going and somewhat frustrating as if I forget a step, it’s really hard to go back and pick it up. In other words, it’s not idiot proof. 🙁

I will probably run reconcile on Sales and Inventory this weekend so we can be sure to start with a “clean” database. Reconcile resolves all those orphaned items that inevitably are created when people bail out of the application in the middle of processing something.

Well, I suppose I’ve bored you enough with my talk of work and projects.

My repaired camera came back yesterday. I am so happy to have it home! I’ve missed it terribly! The Kodak just is no substitute for the Sony! :!:They even replaced the grip on the front that Taji beaked. While it wasn’t something I asked to have repaired/replaced, it’s nice that they did it as now my camera looks brand new again. Then again, it’s lost a bit of personality 😆 I seem to not be satisfied no matter what.

I noticed that the blackberries are ripening. The berries appear to be rather small this year due, no doubt to the lack of rainfall. Of course, now that it’s too late to help the berries, we have had rainstorms the past two days. My fig tree did produce leaves, but there is no fruit this year due to the late freeze we had that blasted all the blooms. While that doesn’t impact me too much, the birds and bees feasted on the figs and I worry that they will “go without” this year. There doesn’t seem to be as many blooms overall on trees and shrubs, so bees and hummingbirds will lack nectar. I do have hummingbird feeders out, but the bees don’t come to them — wasps do, but not bees. Speaking of the hummingbird feeders, I’ve noticed a chameleon has taken up residence on the one hanging in front of my window. She has learned that she can catch all manner of insects that are drawn to it. My goal this weekend is to photograph the colorful but shy skinks that I see scuttling around the house. I’ve admired the blue ones for some time now, but I’m now seeing red ones as well. I must do some research on line to see what they really are and if the reds can breed with the blues or if they are separate species. The reds do appear to be more blunt of body than the blues. You’ll see when I put up the pictures.

Well, I’ve really rambled on today, so must get back to work before my boss gets here and catches me goofing off.

Love to all,

Margaret