Post Christmas Friday.

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No one knows exactly why St Stephen's day became Boxing Day. It has something to do with giving gifts to employees and the poor (as per Good King Wenceslas) but the origins are shrouded in mystery.

As I understood it, it was the day that the nobility gave the leftovers from the Christmas feasting to the commoners.

The foods were placed in baskets and later boxes and given out.

Seriously.

[Chris]

No one knows exactly why St Stephen's day became Boxing Day. It has something to do with giving gifts to employees and the poor (as per Good King Wenceslas) but the origins are shrouded in mystery.

I'll bet it has something to do with boxes.  I used to know the answer, but I forgot.  I've slept since then.

Got back from my two-mile walky.  I feel good.  I think I'm going to bump it up to two and a half tomorrow.  It's 60° and humid outside... it feels like a steam bath.  Tomorrow will be nearly 70°.  Blech.

[Chris]

I did get some good news today.  After January 1st, I will be spending two days a week working with the regular IT group (as opposed to the helpdesk/call center).  Sweet.

[Miss Mia]

I did get some good news today.  After January 1st, I will be spending two days a week working with the regular IT group (as opposed to the helpdesk/call center).  Sweet.

That's great Chris!

[Chris]

That's great Chris!

It's only little stuff that the regular group doesn't have time for... replacing power supplies, repairing this and that.  I'm wondering if it's a plot to see how well I get along with the rest of their group.  It's a little carbon copy of the guys I worked with at Ford and we always got along.  Other than the rabid (ie. liberal) political BS and my dislike for 'bring your crotch monster to work day'.  This company is about 1/5 the size of the FMCC branch I worked in.  I think they also want someone who has actually handled customer issues and not just internal support.

I'm a little worried about when they will post the network admin job.  I need to get my CCNA before then.  I don't want to come up short.

[Miss Mia]

It's only little stuff that the regular group doesn't have time for... replacing power supplies, repairing this and that.  I'm wondering if it's a plot to see how well I get along with the rest of their group.  It's a little carbon copy of the guys I worked with at Ford and we always got along.  Other than the rabid (ie. liberal) political BS and my dislike for 'bring your crotch monster to work day'.  This company is about 1/5 the size of the FMCC branch I worked in.  I think they also want someone who has actually handled customer issues and not just internal support.

I'm a little worried about when they will post the network admin job.  I need to get my CCNA before then.  I don't want to come up short.

????

Any chance you get to do work with them only helps you out.

[Chris]

Last year's Bring Your Child To Work Day was a mess.  It happened while we were consolidating buildings.  We had movers, construction, infrastructure/wiring going on.  It was a mess, and we were expected to handle business as usual.

When I originally started, we were in four buildings.  They sold them all, and leased two of them for their own use.  We had to have new offices built and new wiring (electrical & data) to accomodate the new sardine cans.  My stepfather's company is in one of the other buildings and I have friends who work in the fourth one.

[Miss Mia]

Last year's Bring Your Child To Work Day was a mess.  It happened while we were consolidating buildings.  We had movers, construction, infrastructure/wiring going on.  It was a mess, and we were expected to handle business as usual.

When I originally started, we were in four buildings.  They sold them all, and leased two of them for their own use.  We had to have new offices built and new wiring (electrical & data) to accomodate the new sardine cans.  My stepfather's company is in one of the other buildings and I have friends who work in the fourth one.

I loved "Take Your Daughter to Work" day.  One year my best friend came with me to my mom's work.  Her dad worked at Lockheed and her mom was a stay-at-home so she couldn't do either of those.  LOL.  It was fun, and we were the only kids there and everyone was nice and my mom made sure we didn't bother anyone.