Okay the first week in this trip to OK is done. This time things are going much smoother than the last trip down here. We did have a couple of major set backs, but I've taken care of those. There was a snafu with the plans for the next part of this conversion. Some are saying the next classes are canceled and I won't need to come and others are saying that we still need to be here. We aren't sure yet what is exactly going on. Because of the canceling of the next class I determined that it wasn't cost effective to have my traveling companion for this week to be down here.

She was to learn the product so that in October she could teach and help with the classes. But if they aren't having the classes in October then we don't need her down here learning this. They felt they had enough staff that additional classes wouldn't be needed by then and that they should be able to handle it.

When I told her that I was going recommending she be sent back home. She came unglued and went a wee bit psycho on me. I'm actually a little afraid she might do something stupid. She made accusations that I was stabbing her in the back... (Which I don't understand because this project has nothing to do with her.) Due to us not having any confirmation on what is going on with the next class I determined that I was going to let her stay, but that's only because I don't have any other resources.

Ktreva is going to a Re-enactment this weekend. It's her first without me. Originally she was supposed to work this weekend, so I didn't even try to get out of working this weekend. Then she didn't have to work, but it was too late for me to make plans to come home. Thus I'm down here for the holiday weekend and she is off re-enacting. Yea, I'm a bit jealous.

However, I get to do a little road tripping this weekend. I'm going to Oklahoma City to meet up with Rave of Quid Nunc and then I'm heading to Dallas to hook up with Bloodspite of Techography. So I'm going to have a good long weekend ahead of me. I may not be re-enacting, but at least I'll be busy!

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1 Oh that's great - Rave is a great gal!! Have fun!

Posted by: Richmond at August 30, 2008 02:24 PM (TwLUK)

2 I told you......Let me say it again...I TOLD YOU!!!

Posted by: Bruce at September 02, 2008 04:56 PM (G9jO6)

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Things are going much smoother with project this time. There have been a couple of set backs and hitches that we didn't foresee, but other than that everything seems to be going really smoothly. I don't think I could have asked for this to go any better than how it is going right now.

The other bright side is that the last time I was in Hilton Doubletree in Downtown Tulsa. This time I am in the Hyatt Place suites. Which are really nice. I have a kitchen sink, fridge, work desk, 44 inch plasma TV with HD connections, A sectional couch with a large ottoman and some really nice decorations. This is a really nice hotel. I'm really more comfortable here than at the other hotel.

The Hyatt is a bit further away from the office than the Doubletree, but it's worth it. Especially since there is a ton of places with in walking distance for food, drink and snacks. Since I'm going to be here for five weeks, that's pretty handy.

I'm still looking for anyone down here that wants to get together. I'm working on something with Rave of Quid Nunc for Labor Day Saturday, let me know if you want to join us.

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1 Ahhh you were actually able to get them to cough up a few more bucks for an extended-stay hotel eh? Cool deal.

Posted by: Shadoglare at August 26, 2008 09:12 PM (zCpon)

2 Are you going to visit the museums and be a tourist? If so, let me know how it goes. I love first hand info on different cities.

Posted by: vw bug at August 27, 2008 04:10 AM (FPOeI)

3 So this is what the rooms look like? http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/place/virtual.jsp?room=g Wow, pretty dang swanky...

Posted by: Shadoglare at August 27, 2008 03:11 PM (Volhe)

4 Glad things are starting to look up for you dude. Take care.

Posted by: Wes at August 28, 2008 07:19 AM (1crE/)

5 tiffany rings,tiffany Necklaces,tiffany Bracelets,tiffany Earrings,tiffany Charms,cisco routers

Posted by: tiffany jewelry at February 10, 2009 12:21 AM (zfzkt)

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After my overly morose and really depressing posts of yesterday IÂ’ve drank my way out of my funk. A case of beer just doesnÂ’t last as long as it once did!

When I walked out of the hotel this morning it was already a baumy 92 degreesÂ… at 7:45AM! The high today reached a heat index of 110, the low tonight is 79. ThatÂ’s not a low, thatÂ’s a farooking high! While it was so hot they had various heat index warnings issued for the area, back home was gettingÂ… is gettingÂ… pelted by storms. My support was supposed to fly in and be here by 10:00AM, basically leaving me on my own with the trainees for about 2 hours.

Well those storms really screwed up those plans. They were scheduled to depart at 8:00 AM. They couldnÂ’t board the plane until 8:45. Even after boarding they were not allowed to take off. The plane was taxied all over the airport to different run ways only to be reassigned to others as the weather broke. Employee-M called me on her cell phone at 9:15 AM to tell me that they were trapped on the runway. Finally the plane was able to take off, at 10:15!

Since they had been on the plane so long, Employee-M had to use the restroom. When she got went in, the toilet was full. Not the unflushed kind of full, but as the tank is full and there is no room left in the tank for you to flush anything more into. She called it to the attention of the flight attendant. Apparently they were not planning on a lot of people using the toilet, so the tank wasnÂ’t emptied between flights. Well an hour and a half on the runway would fill most tanks on a commuter toilet. The flight attendant had to get onto the intercom and let all the passengers know that the toilet was full. They still had an hour and half flight ahead of them. From the way my staff reported, the smell was horrible and permeated the entire cabin.

They finally got to Tulsa at 12:15PM. Then it was back to class. Fortunately the class seems to be doing really well with the materials and was not much of a trouble at all for me by myself. When they were finally in the classroom with me, I was able to sit down and get caught up on some of the other work I needed to get done. There is a better than good chance that I can actually make up a lot of time this week.

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