The Living Dead

Okay, so if yesterday sucked...today sucks even more! I have to go into work sometime today. I will be re-installing software onto a few co-workers machines. This is really the only time I can do it, as we are just plain to busy to do it during the week. I guess thats part of being a Sys Admin. It wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that we went to a double feature movie last night, "Old School" and "Daredevil". They were cool. Thats the first drive-in that I have been to in like 10 years or so. We didn't get home until 2 a.m., and like always, the kids are up bright and early and arguing at 7 a.m.!!

Amaizingmail.com called the owner yesterday to advise him that they could not connect to the FTP server. Like that is automatically our problem. So the owner called me. This is the first time ever, since I set up all the servers at work, that I have gotten a call on the weekend to fix something. This happened just before I had to have my daughter to her Girl Scout cookie booth. I told the owner that I had to drop her off, and that I would scope it out as soon as I got back.

When I got home, I logged into the server, and everything appeared just fine. I ran a few tests and they all passed with flying colors. I called the owner back to let him know that the problem must be with their server. He was very appreciative and said that he would call them back to let them know. I really feel that Amazingmail.com is just to arrogant and assuming, that they feel like when they snap their fingers, they want us to "jump to it". I really hate people/companies that are that way. They are a great company, but with them, it is always someone elses fault that something went wrong first. It seems that they never feel like maybe they are the ones experiencing the problem. Like yesterday.

I was wanting to really get some PHP learning in today, but I don't think that is going to happen. Alyssa is already whining about making breakfast, and wanting to watch her movies, thereby antagonizing her brother, and upsetting her mom. I really have come to hate Sundays. Jodi is always in a bad mood on these days. I love my kids, but I am starting to really resent the termoil that they cause in our family. I really hate that Jodi doesn't seem to want to do anything about her schedule so that she can work a normal schedule like the rest of us. She would certainly get more sleep than she does now. We would spend more time together too, and get to do more as a family. And I feel that this would reduce a lot of the stress in our family. But she doesn't really talk to me about it, and all the hooks I throw out there to talk about it never seem to catch anything.

Tomorrow it starts all over....