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I've been struggling with a new web based program that is the latest disastrous brain child of a major funding agency. There are so many bugs I've been asked to keep a list. At the same time, my computer was going crazy and I couldn't tell if it was them or me, so to speak. Now that we know it is them, they are all apologetic. Tomorrow is the deadline and I've already told them they won't get it until next week. Last night I stayed late and I couldn't save my work because they had taken the program offline for maintenance. Today, I couldn't save because it timed out on me. So I went to Macys and am now the proud owner of a foot massager that I'm hoping will also fit my head. :eye:

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So after toiling away on one project's funding, I tried to save it and I got a surf control message. This is a continuation of the pop up hell I have experienced since last week. Another e-mail to the help desk. This was our biggest project. A zillion fund sources over 15 years and I have to start over. I wonder if anyone would care if I set a bottle of Wild Turkey on my desk to get me through this? I don't even drink Wild Turkey. I don't even know what it is but this feels like a Wild Turkey moment. I sorta feel like a Wild Turkey right about now. Gobble fucking gobble.

maren Newbie

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I've been struggling with a new web based program that is the latest disastrous brain child of a major funding agency...

Oy ge-fucking-valt!

Medical, arts, or social/educational funding???!!!

This sounds SO-O-O-O familiar to me -- but at least for this week I escaped the clutches of glitches, barely...

Won't recount them 'cause just thinking them through would bring back the headache they caused...

Rainy Day? As in, "let a smile be your umbrella"??? Sounds like it's been one of those days when the umbrella gets blown inside out!!!

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Thanks for the kind words, everyone. 

Root canal.  Ouch.  Good luck

Ah...I had one 15 or 16 years ago. That was nothing compared to the removal of my first wisdom tooth. The idiot twisted it when he pulled it so it took me a week of pain killers to recover. The second wisdom tooth went so smoth I went to a singing class the next day, no problem.

And then there was the time we thought I had a tumor in my leg. it wasn't. Only an Aneurysm that created a cyst. At least they saved my leg.

Now THAT SUCKED :)

All this happened a while ago. The root canal is a bit of a wakeup call, I've been so depressed for the past 7 months over my business, my elderly parents health that my muse kind of stopped for a while.

So cheer up, it could be worse.

As for the Wild Turkey moment, sometimes it works (try a good vodka, less of a hangover ;) ). Sh*t. At least the ball is in their court. :P

RainyDay Newbie

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Maren: Neither discipline you mentioned but I work for a public agency. Our industry is in utter chaos right now from the federal level on down to the local level. I guess that's true for anyone programmed for public funding at any level.

Oy is right. I even wrote that in my last post but deleted it.

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Thanks for the kind words, everyone.  

Root canal.   Ouch.  Good luck

Ah...I had one 15 or 16 years ago. That was nothing compared to the removal of my first wisdom tooth. The idiot twisted it when he pulled it so it took me a week of pain killers to recover. The second wisdom tooth went so smoth I went to a singing class the next day, no problem.

And then there was the time we thought I had a tumor in my leg. it wasn't. Only an Aneurysm that created a cyst. At least they saved my leg.

Now THAT SUCKED :)

All this happened a while ago. The root canal is a bit of a wakeup call, I've been so depressed for the past 7 months over my business, my elderly parents health that my muse kind of stopped for a while.

So cheer up, it could be worse.

As for the Wild Turkey moment, sometimes it works (try a good vodka, less of a hangover ;) ). Sh*t. At least the ball is in their court. :P

You are so right. When you have your health, you can face just about anything. Been there with elderly grand parents who lived in another state. That is so hard to deal with. I still feel guilty for putting them in private care facilities.

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We've got a computer at work with a bad file that's making it impossible for our system to function properly.The file is well hidden and we may have to empty the computer of all information and re enter what we need in hopes that we can get rid of the offending file. Just thinking of having to deal with that is making me tired.

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Drink some Wild Turkey(That's some pretty powerful stuff), crank up some Sly & the Family Stone followed by Hendrix, then slip into Sidewinder or similar souljazz, and FEEL THE GROOVE. It won't make your problems go away, but you'll at least feel better and maybe that will help you through this ordeal. Work can really be awful sometimes, I know well. Hang in there, Rainy Day.

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