On to the next battle

Well, basically a month later the first battle has been won and I've decided to tackle another challenge. Perhaps I am a little crazy or perhaps I am a little over confident since my youngest son adapted real well to the toddler bed or perhaps both but I have decided today was a great day to put my two sons into the same bedroom.

I do not doubt for a minute it is too early to try this (the feet pounding on the floor above me instead of being silently nestled under covers is all the proof I need) but it took me far too much effort to move furniture around to change my mind now. It will definitely be a long few nights but hopefully by next weekend they figure it out. Let's just hope I am up for the challenge. Right now it isn't looking good.

The first major battle begins

I have discovered through my first son that choosing when to introduce kids to various monumental development items such as toilet training and transitioning to a toddler bed comes down to one thing, when parents are willing to do battle with their kids. Sure kids themselves will give clues as to when they are ready but no matter how much a kid may seem to be ready to move onto achieving a major milestone it rarely comes without a fight.

After a very brief discussion with my wife I decided that this past weekend was a great time to begin the war of getting my youngest son into a toddler bed. There was no dire need to start this 'adventure' now as he has not taken to daredevil stunts such as climbing out of the crib or anything else that would warrant this transition to start post haste. He seems to enjoy my older son's bed so I thought he would enjoy his own, which he does, just not necessarily to sleep on.

Saturday night was the night the toddler bed was introduced and it seemed to go rather well as he did not fuss much more than usual, a little but not too much. This was a good sign but when it comes to kids I always seem to be wary and the next day it proved to be warranted. Nap time in the toddler bed was difficult and in fact it never happened. After listening to my son stomp around the room and several resets, it was evident the crib was needed. Then at bedtime, he might have been put to bed too early and after about an hour of fussing and crying out, he finally fell asleep, not in the bed but at the gate in the doorway.

For at least a month prior the signs seemed to point to introducing a toddler bed but now that my son has it, he doesn't seem to like it, or at least, he doesn't like to sleep on it. We are hoping this will be a small battle and not a war but we have some tricks up our sleeves (i.e. some things we can try add or remove) and are ready for the fight if it gets serious. We have been through this fight once before, he hasn't and we have the biggest weapon on our side, his desire to be like his big brother.

I'm having a movie kinda day

Coworker talking to someone else: I don't like today
I quielty mumbled a phrase from Empire Records: What's with today, today?
Then chuckled.

Reading someone's last name, Hancock, my mind went right to a Tommy Boy quote.
Can't recal who said this: Mr Callahan, I need your John Hancock on these reports.
Tommy Boy replies: John Hancock. It's Herbie Hancock...

And it continues. Given that there are lots of inconsistencies and lack of direction given to me to perform my job I like to be remain annonymous to as many coworkers as I can. Today someone came to a co-worker and was directed to me. I almost responded to my co-worker that I am and want to remain like the great Oz, unseen.

Yes I am quickly losing my sanity here.

What's with the stink?

Some days I wonder if perfume/cologne is suppose to attract, repel or just cover up someones natural stink because they forgot to shower. Honestly people.

On the train this morning

I'm just chilling on the train, sort of spacing out, when this stink drifts my way snapping me out of the zombie trance I was in. Of course this stink in women form chooses to sit directly in front of me. Now it wasn't exactly a horrible smell, it's not like she forgot to shower all week or anything, but it was a very unpleasant chemical smell that no matter how long one is exposed to it they will never get used to it.

I was just grateful that there was not that long to go before reaching Union Station. Surely the day can't get much worse if I was actually grateful to be nearing Toronto. So anyhow, as we travel on towards work, the lady begins checking her appearance in the window and makes small alterations to her hair. Perhaps she kept forgetting she had done this as she repeated the hair alterations a few times before we reached our destination.

For the amount of times she checked her appearance I was thinking there was someone at the office she was trying to attract. I really wanted to tell her that it didn't matter how she looked because by the time she got within five feet of whoever she was trying to impress, that person would turn and run trying to escape the stink.

The wait is over

Tuesday the wait finally came to an end as the new system began. Yesterday was busy with testing and today and tomorrow should be more of the same as I we make sure the system functions correctly and I try to set the basic framework for managing the data. It is good to finally get to work on a new system so it is kind of unfortunate my last days are here. Hopefully I have enough time to get the basics done or they are gonna be screwed when I leave. It will be tough enough even with the basics in place.

The waiting continues

Until Tuesday. I have one more day of extreme boredom to get through before I get something to do. On the bright side, I can count my days left on one hand.

More things I am not going to miss

Since I have time on my hands, here are some things I am not going to miss while I am off work. Driving to the GO station and hoping the train is on time; the constant pounding of elbows and bags into my side, arms and legs while riding the train; the other annoyances public transit offers, i.e. smells, loud obnoxious people...; getting to work and having nothing to do; working with idiots; taking the train home and hoping it is on time; taking the train home and hoping I actually get home; and those inconsiderate drivers at the GO parking lots.

So in general, I am not going to miss a damn thing about my work / commute while I am off. This is not to say I am going to thoroughly enjoy the five months with screaming kids and never wish I was at work. Nope, I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying I am not going to miss coming to this workplace.

Playing the waiting game

Got to work today in hopes of starting implementing this new system but as of yet there is no news on this project. I really can't take another day of doing nothing so I really hope this project is ready for me today. Guess I just have to wait and see.

Another day wasted

For a second day in a row I have spent almost the entire day online. Still waiting for this new system to be up and running so I will have work to do but so far nothing. I can't wait to get outta here not just for the day but for my 5 month leave. Another 6 days to go! Hopefully they are a lot easier than the past two.