ANA Y4 D346

Scream. Yesterday's silence turned into scream too.

Busy day yesterday. I made progress in my attempts to get data. I set a meeting with a vendor to understand their stuff. I dealt with IT.  

ANA Y4 D345

Silence

Nothing exciting to report. Went to work. Worked on stuff came home. Made chicken sammiches for dinner. Went to bed. 

ANA Y4 D344

Silence

Quiet day. Did the rest of the laundry. Spent time outside with doggo. Ate through all the leftovers in the fridge for dinner. Nothing exciting but nothing bad either. Time to go to the styrofoam mines.

ANA Y4 D343

Still screaming.

I had an incredibly busy day yesterday. Took the dog to the groomers, did towels, did my laundry, mowed the front yard, made ribs, took apart the kitchen faucet, replaced the diverter in the shower. I guess that's it. Felt like more.

Today I have to mow the backyard. Whee. 

ANA Y4 D342

Back to screaming.

Good day yesterday. Wrote my second AI python app. It now scans a TMDL file and returns back a data dictionary. Not too shabby. I also scheduled a meeting with the head of analytics on the other side of the company. 

We had thai for dinner. Watched some tv. Today is groomer day for doggo, laundry, and lawn mowing. Whee. 

ANA Y4 D341

Silence

Got my first "paycheck" today. Half a check. But it was $130 more than a half a check would have been. That difference in insurance really does make a difference. I won't know for sure until the 22nd when I get a full check, but it still makes me happy today.

I had a rough day yesterday. My head wouldn't let up no matter what. Made it hard to focus and function. Somehow I still managed to write a Python app that called a local LLM, scanned a directory, read the .DOC and .PDF files, read the first 4000 characters, and gave a 1-2 line summary which it dumped into a CSV file. I am going to use this as a starting point to read the current models out in the environment and tell me what data sources and tables are being used. Not bad for week 2, eh? If I get the new code working I will feel pretty good for where I am. Next week I will meet with the DBAs and ask for access based on my findings. 

I also managed to replace the diverter in the shower. That still needs some work. Even though I got it replaced, the new one has a governor on it that is making the water "hot" but not hot enough for me. I need to take it all apart again, move the block over two notches, then reassemble. Hopefully this will put an end to my water issues. Hopefully.

For dinner I made chicken parm. I also went to the grocery store last night. We're good until next payday is my hope. We might get lean towards the end, but we will figure it out. Watched some tv and went to bed. I am less tired this week which is good. I think last week waking up at 3am in the hotel and then pushing through the days hurt me. At least now when I am home I get an extra bit of sleep. Not a lot. Sadly not on the weekend either. Tomorrow is dog groomer so I have to be up early for that. 

ANA Y4 D340

Scream

Yesterday was crazy. As of right now, I technically have no boss. So some backstory. I haven't seen my actual boss since my first day. He was scheduled to be out that first week I started for an event. No big deal right? A few days on my on my own, meet people, get familiar. Well, his wife is sick and she ended up having surgery scheduled for Monday. It was supposed to be a simple surgery, out by Tuesday. He was planning to be back in the office yesterday. Yeah, no.

He popped his head into my office around 8am yesterday morning and this was clearly a man who hadn't slept in days. Surgery complications. She was still in the hospital. He is going to be out for at least another week. What I learned is when this happens and someone takes an official Leave of Absence, they fully shut you out. He has no email, no access. For the next week and a half, he doesn't exist. That means I now on paper report into the EVP. Who we all know doesn't really have time for me. I am on my own. This will be the ultimate test of my character. I am still plodding along learning things. I had my LOTO training yesterday. Lock Out Tag Out is the full name. Learning how to properly turn off machinery for safety. Those of us in these kind of positions actually get personalized locks. I also have meetings with other people scheduled. I am okay just find it funny. I did spend time yesterday writing an agent that scanned a directory, read the files in the directory and moved them to proper folders. That was kind of cool. I will spend more time on stuff like that today.

Got home around 5, made cheesesteaks for dinner. Home the next few days. Let's see what the rest of this week brings. 

ANA Y4 D339

Silence

Yesterday was a rollercoaster. First I had to sit through this 90 minute town hall meeting with like 50+ people. There was at least seven different presenters and I swear I felt like a 10 year old in a college physics class. Just terms and things flying at me with me having zero understanding of what everything met. It was very overwhelming and frustrating. I spent a good chunk of the day trying to find every document on the internal sites to learn what all these things meant. I finally had a meeting with some data people in the afternoon and I even thanked them for speaking a language I finally understood. The day ended positively but man it was hard.

Came home, made burgers. I have only about 4 hours at home before I have to go to bed so I am trying to not to waste them but jeez it's hard. I am just so tired. Getting up at 4:30 isn't helping.

Let's do it again. 

ANA Y4 D338

Scream. It came back during my drive to work which sucked.

Had a really boring ass day yesterday. Sat in my office and played with data models that are not all that good sadly. I have five hours of meetings today which will at least make the day go faster. I did take a slightly different route home which also helped. A litttle less traffic. Nothing else to report right now. 

ANA Y4 D337

Silence

Back to the office I go. I am sleeping in REM cycles again. Waking up every two hours. It's annoying as hell. Had a quiet day yesterday. Didn't do much. C worked which screwed me up. I was confused all weekend. Cleaned the house. 

I don't want to go.