T minus nine days until surgery

[ER]

Thinking about you, Sprite!

[AoTFan]

I still have NO idea what's going on, but I wish you the best, Sprite!

[sprite75]

Surgery went well.  Been trying to rest up these past few days in order to be ready to go back to work.

I have five little incisions on my belly and 3/4 of my stomach is gone now.

I have a big ass bruise on my right arm - they had issues with the IV they put in, especially after they drew some Dracula fuel for labs.



I plan on telling people it's from protecting my beer from the cats.

[Paquita]

That's great news!  Sorry about your arm, but it looks kind of cool.  Sweet roll-top desk in the back there :).

[ER]

Welcome back, Sprite! May your courage be rewarded with much success.

[Trevor]

Welcome back, brother: here's a cold South African beer for you. 

[sprite75]

Since I work from home I decided to go back after one week.

So I went back to work this morning.

Other than being tired it's not too bad.

Of course there's several forest fires raging at work that people didn't do anything about back when they were little burning embers and now i have to try to put them out with a 1/4 full fire extinguisher.

[Pacman000]

Glad your surgery went well.

Sad you've come home to work that's piled up. Why is it time off only results in work piling up? 

[sprite75]

Glad your surgery went well.

Sad you've come home to work that's piled up. Why is it time off only results in work piling up? 

Apparently no one takes OOO auto replies seriously.  These OOO replies tell them who they need to contact.  Their minds translate the statement that I will be unavailable via phone or email into I will make an exception and immediately come running to their aid at any time while I am OOO.  I've found I have to be pretty strict though with my boundaries because there are people who will push the envelope if they can.  If I say I will be unavailable via phone or email then I'm unavailable, and I don't care if the person has a personal message from God complete with stone tablets. 

[AoTFan]

Since I work from home I decided to go back after one week.

You work from home?  Cool!  What do you do?

Of course there's several forest fires raging at work that people didn't do anything about back when they were little burning embers and now i have to try to put them out with a 1/4 full fire extinguisher.

Are you being literal, 'cause that's totally happening in some places (like California, I think.)

[javakoala]

Since I work from home I decided to go back after one week.

You work from home?  Cool!  What do you do?

Of course there's several forest fires raging at work that people didn't do anything about back when they were little burning embers and now i have to try to put them out with a 1/4 full fire extinguisher.

Are you being literal, 'cause that's totally happening in some places (like California, I think.)

I'm fair confident Sprite is saying that problems are mounting at work. I don't see him fighting forest fires from home, unless he has a big hose.

Yeah, I'll just stop there and show myself out.

[sprite75]

Software support.

And no I was not being literal.  Some balls got dropped last week so I was kind of upset about that because I didn't just drop off the face of the Earth at the last minute.  I had been telling people since over a month beforehand that I was having surgery.   

[sprite75]

Tomorrow it will have been three months since surgery, and minus 70 pounds just since then.  I'm minus 100 off my all time heaviest weight.

[ER]

Well done. I am glad for you. 

[sprite75]

Minus 81 pounds now and counting.