Activated Jordan's i870 and Dani's i850

Jordan's i870 arrived yesterday and was assigned a phone number today. I called in to have her put on the rural and fleet ID that Dani and I have.

Shortly there after, Dani's new phone, the i850 showed up and I had that activated on her number. I showed them how to use them and went to work. Worked from 1pm to 9pm. Fairly good night, 2 activations, but I feel the likelihood of return on these units is high. Customer had to many questions and wanted to many service guarantees. Came back from work, Dani was bringing in the laundry about 10pm. The tanker committee was meeting at the Fire Dept, so I went over there to see what they decided. Looks like we are going to get an Elite Power tanker. This will be a GREAT improvement over the old tanker we have been using.

Sorry, Got Busy, No Entry

Well, I've been slacking on my journal. I have been working full time at Standard Process, and part time at Sprint. My mom has been in the hospital with heart problems and she currently has an infection at the site where she had an IV. It doesn't look like she will be out of the hospital any time soon. Jeff is back playing EQ, which is cool. So I created a new character on his server named Putty. I like the new feature that that link refers to, it's a new service offered by Sony to display your characters online without having to update your character manually. Works sweet, I wish City of Heroes would do this too.

Just got home from work.It was a pretty routine night, ran the Alfa Laval and the Vincent most of the night. Gus a co-worker was pretty grumpy, and when I asked him about it, he told me to leave him alone. Came out of work to find my car buried under 4 inches of snow. Apparently the Weather Service has issued the following warning:

"A WINTERY WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN....PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRALAND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARELIKELY TODAY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO LIKELY THIS EVENING.A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THEENTIRE AREA. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MILWAUKEE...MADISON... SHEBOYGAN...JANESVILLE...KENOSHA AND THE WISCONSINDELLS.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY.SEVERAL VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THISLOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF WINTERYWEATHER.THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WET AND HEAVY...THEREFORE DESPITEBLUSTERY SOUTHEAST WINDS...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOTEXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THEDAY...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. SLOW DOWN...AND REMEMBERYOUR SAFE WINTER DRIVING SKILLS. DO NOT OVEREXERT YOURSELF WHILESHOVELING THE HEAVY WET SNOW"

We were planning to go see King Kong today, but I'm not sure we will be able to go now.

Busy Day

Had a pretty busy Tuesday. In linux class we had a test on chapter 14 and then we went thru chapter 15 pretty thoroughly. Lecture lasted the whole morning and we didn't get a chance to do any lab work.

Got home at about 1:00PM and slept till 6:00PM, got up and went down to the Fire Dept to get my flu shot and recertify on CPR.

Went and visited with Dani at the Citgo and then went home and laid down again from 10:00PM to 10:30 and went to work at Standard Process.

The Big Shopping Day and Aggravated Mall Management.

I knew the mall had extended hours today, but I thought the mall opened at 9am. So I thought I had plenty of time and showed up a half hour past my start time to find that the mall opened at 7am. Charleston decorated the kiosk in Christmas fashion (YECH). The game plan for the day - work outside the kiosk, greeting customers and drumming up sales. So Charleston stood at one end of the kiosk with a couple of camera phones greeting people and showing them the LG 225 and the Samsung 940 and I loaded some MP3s on the i870 and stood at the other end showing off it's capabilities. This was really fun, especially when that silly assistant mall manager Laurie showed up and told Charleston and I that we couldn't be outside our kiosk. We told her that our lease goes 4 feet around out kiosk and we would continue to work where we are. Shortly afterwards, she sent a security guard to tell me to get back into our kiosk. I told him to "forget about it" and he left. Laurie came back and had a lengthy conversation with Charleston which resulted in giving her Gary's phone number. Not much happened after that. I saw Donna W, one of the EMTs from the Palmyra Fire Dept. She purchased a headset.

Body in Question

Went back to Barnes and Noble and picked up that book "Body in Question".

Forensics, Indiana Jones, Superman, a Village Board Meeting and Stealth

I went to Barne's and Noble and found this cool book, Body in Question. It's a book on forensics. I walked around with it, and then put it back when I left, but now after I think about it, I may go back and buy it.

The rest of the day at work was pretty uneventful, as life at Brookfield Square will be. On my way out, I stopped at Game Stop and saw they had the Indiana Jones trilogy for only $39.99, so I snagged it along with Superman II. The first Superman is good, but I really liked the second one with General Zod, Nod, and Ursa. Lets see if I like it years later.

When I got home, Dani and the kids hadn't gotten back from my Mom's yet. So I ran over to Video Pix and rented Stealth. On my way home from the video store I saw Chief Rutkowski on his way to a village board meeting. I didn't think we had one tonight, after having a special one on Wednesday. The only really interesting thing discussed at the meeting was the additional antenna that Verizon Wireless is proposing to put on the water tower. I asked for clarification about the nature of revenue from the Verizon proposal, and President Johnson says that all revenue generated from the project has to go to the water dept. After the meeting I mentioned to him that they should have also negotiated free phone service for DPW, Police, and the Fire Dept. I also mentioned the possibility of having a company like Verizon sponsor a tanker for the Fire Dept.

Went home and watched Stealth, talked to Donna for awhile in Yahoo! Messenger and then had to do my homework for class.

Physical for Material Handler Position - Standard Process

Just got home from my pre-employment physical for Standard Process. This is the second time I have seen Dr. Martin, the first time I saw him was when I had my physical for use of SCBA on the Fire Dept. He approved me for work pending the results of the drug test. So I look forward to starting my career at Standard.

Sprint Vendor Rally

Before class today, I went to a Sprint Vendor Rally at the Country Springs Hotel. It was pretty entertaining, Samsung was there and I got to see their answer to the Motorola Razr. I played around with it a bit, and I think it's better the Razr, which I have never really been a fan of. Also there was Palm, Boost Mobile, TeleNav, Motorola, and Comet Tracker.

After visiting all the vendors, there was a drawing and I won the UTStarcom CDM 105 pictured right. It's a decent phone, but I will probably sell it so I can purchase an i850

I was going to skip out of the Rally early, so I could make it to class by 8:30, but wanted to stay and see if I won anything. As it was, I was only an hour late for class, so it wasn't to bad.

Dad Called

I was really happy to get a call from my Dad today. He sounded like his ole self! When I picked up he said "Is that you?" playfully like he always does. I never thought I would be so happy to hear him overuse a joke!! He says he's feeling a lot better and hopes to be out of the hospital by the weekend. I'll stop by to visit him tomorrow after class.

I Got the Job

Jenny called me to let me know that I got the job at Standard Process. I have to stop by today or tomorrow to pick up forms for a physical on Friday. I look forward to working there, everyone I know that works there likes it. They have a GREAT benefit package.

Live Fire Training at WCTC

We didn't have our normal training last Thursday because of a special training we were having tonight at WCTC. We took advantage of the their burn building to have live fire training.
It rained the entire time we were there, but we were still able to complete 5 evolutions.
WCTC's compressor was down, so we had to take Dousman, who was nice enough to let us use their system to refill all of our bottles.
Now that I am home, I am VERY sore. I'm going to be hurting tomorrow!

Interview - Standard Process

Just got back from my interview with Jenny Nelson for the 3rd shift Material Handler position over at Standard Process. SP is only 1 mile from my house, so if I get the job, I'll be able to ride my bike to work and save a ton of money. Currently I am driving about 30 miles one way, wasting about an hour and a half of my day driving. Plus SP has some great benefits, health insurance and a gym open to employees 24 hours a day.

I feel the interview went well and I got a tour of the plant. I really hope I get this position.

Dad's in the Hospital

On my way to Linux class. I got a call from Dad's friend Donna. She says that he became very ill while visiting and she had to take him to Waukesha Memorial She says it doesn't look good, he is in ICU. This solves my mother's concern over not seeing or hearing from my Dad for a couple of days. So I call Dani and my mother to let them know.

Mom's taking Aaron to class and he is adamant about going to complete our final exam. So I decide to go as well. I had to much trouble focusing on my test and Todd let me go advising me that I can make up the test later.

In the hospital, Dad doesn't look good at all. He is unconscious, on a respirator, and every other machine imaginable. He is in total system shut down and the Doctors only give him a 20% chance of surviving.

My Highest Yahtzee Score EVER!

This is the highest I have ever scored playing Yahzee! I had 4 Yahtzees totaling 608.
The above untouched picture was the score as it appeared on my Yahtzee handheld pictured below.