I had something a little weird happen earlier

Earlier today, I went down the hall to the restroom.  I was kind of scooting along, not paying attention.  When I got into the stall, my hanging headphones clanked up against the metal dispenser.  I had built-up static and I created a shock going through the headphones up to my ears, which was where the buds were.  Afterwards, I was thinking of static and I suddenly had a vision of me rubbing balloons against carpet and sticking them to the wall.  I think that I did that when I was about 5 and my sisters and I had gone to my father’s for the weekend.  Interesting that I thought of that.  I rarely remember all of the parts of that trip.  The pictures that he took of us were about the most that I usually remember.  Lisa didn’t remember them at all when Gwen gave her a copy of them.  When I she brought them to Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, she was surprised that I remembered them.  My mother was very surprised about them, since she knew nothing of them as well.  So of course, that became a Xmas present to her that year lol.

 

Thanks ….

 

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle, Matrix Reloaded

 

me again

My OCD is going to be the death of me.  Obsessing about things to the point of ridiculousness.  My lips are a mess, not because they are always chapped, but because I always rip the chapped skin off; I cannot stand the look and feel of chapped lips, yet I never remember to keep lip balm on them.  And it irritates me if I don’t clear as much of the dry skin off as I can.  I will waste precious moments peeling off dry skin so that none remains, so that my lips look smooth.  I can’t even stand the thought of kissing someone when my lips are dry, I’m so sure that they would notice.  Yuk.

 

My face is just as bad.  Zits cannot stay on my face.  I’ll be sitting at my desk, trying to nonchalantly pop a zit that is still buried too far underneath the skin to come out, but no matter, I will get it out, because I can’t stand for it to be there.  It looks like I have freckles all over my cheeks and chin from years of scratching at my face.

 

And the list goes on and on …

 

Thanks ….

 

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle, Matrix Reloaded

 

A Monica Collins

A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D21

; AAFES.COM

' 214-312-2353 

 

FW: it's me

 

 

Thanks ….

 

Monica Collins

Appl Sys Prog Analyst I

Information Technology Directorate

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214-312-2353 

collinsm@aafes.com

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From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:05 PM
To: Covert, Don L.
Subject: RE: it's me

 

Everything that you said might possibly be correct.  Possibly.  I like Tune-up because it has so far been able to do what numerous other packages have not been able to do: get my home pc to process faster.  My home pc had become as slow as my work one had.  Yes, I am quite good at killing pc’s.  I am trying to utilize what is already on the machine.  I gave up using EverNote in place of OneNote, even though I consider the former far superior.

 

I was merely looking out for the well-being of my new pc, nothing more.

 

From: Covert, Don L.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:57 AM
To: Collins, Monica P.
Subject: RE: it's me

 

Sometimes I wonder if you don’t go looking for solutions more than is really required.  Sure, sometimes the tools may not be the best, but they come bundled with the system, won’t cost anything, and (generally) Microsoft tries to make sure their utilities aren’t resource-hogs which may not be the case.  Just a thought.

 

 

From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:21 AM
To: Covert, Don L.
Subject: RE: it's me

 

I give up.

 

From: Covert, Don L.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:20 AM
To: Collins, Monica P.
Subject: RE: it's me

 

So… you are going to add unapproved software to your new workstation to monitor its performance?  You do know that XP/Vista comes with a hard drive defrag utility, etc…?

 

From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: FW: it's me

 

 

 

From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 9:51 AM
To: 'dayofanadder@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: it's me

 

I have finally gotten a new, and much faster, PC.  Hopefully I won’t kill/overload it too quickly.  I have lost soooo much time over the last few weeks because my old machine was just too stuffed and could not even process at a decent speed anymore.  I’m going to run the Tune-Up Utilities that I came across quite frequently, to make sure that the HD stays in sufficient shape.

 

I don’t want to bet that I’ll have killed this one within a year, however I know myself all too well ….

 

Thanks ….

 

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle, Matrix Reloaded

 

A Monica Collins

A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D21

; AAFES.COM

' 214-312-2353 

 

it's me

I have finally gotten a new, and much faster, PC.  Hopefully I won’t kill/overload it too quickly.  I have lost soooo much time over the last few weeks because my old machine was just too stuffed and could not even process at a decent speed anymore.  I’m going to run the Tune-Up Utilities that I came across quite frequently, to make sure that the HD stays in sufficient shape.

 

I don’t want to bet that I’ll have killed this one within a year, however I know myself all too well ….

 

Thanks ….

 

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle, Matrix Reloaded

 

A Monica Collins

A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D21

; AAFES.COM

' 214-312-2353 

 

Me

I will get a serious case of hyper-focus while I’m downloading ill-gotten music from Amazon. I will ignore having to go to the restroom, I will ignore thirst, I will ignore other things that I think of that I need to be doing instead of that, I will forgo trips downstairs that I should be doing instead of this, etc. This is ridiculous. And I know that I will return to the downloading instead of going to the restroom and going downstairs to drop off my reimbursement paperwork. Big sigh. And the fact that I literally pissed my pants last week has not slowed me down either. I really need to find a way to block myself from getting to Amazon and other sites that can wait until I get home for. All I can think about is getting free tracks, so I keep going in and downloading albums.



I wish that I could say that things were better years back when I didn’t have a PC connected to the world wide web, but I know they weren’t. The only real difference is that instead of hyper-focusing on something when I couldn’t focus on work, I found other things to temporarily focus on instead. I’d go to the store and look around, I’d go visit someone that I was interested in, etc. Lol, just about the only thing that I wouldn’t do is walk around the building, or take a lap around the track, or go to the gym and walk on a treadmill or lift some weights. Interesting.



The 2nd thing that I’m currently hyper-focusing on is going to the thrift store to look for clothes to buy for costumes. Ever since I start making costumes for dance, I’ve been very focused on it. I come up with all kinds of ideas for it. However, I don’t put the same effort into actually making a costume. I will put off a planned one until absolutely the last moment possible, then I have to rush to get it done. I want to have the costume done, and I want to make it myself, however the actual work puts me off. For one thing, sewing (and beadwork) is very labor intensive, and fairly boring at times. It’s interesting: I feel bored by a knitting project towards the end, but I think it’s more impatience. With sewing, it’s in the beginning, where I have to combine so many small parts into larger parts. With crocheting, it’s a combination of impatience and boredom back and forth throughout the project. I like crocheting, but it can be a bit slow for me.



I just realized that I did not eat lunch. I forgot all about it, sitting here, surfing.



Thanks ….



‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do. I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle

Me

Earlier




I'm making myself only work on one item at the moment, because I really really need to get it done. Although no set time limit has been set on the project, I should be farther along than I am. However, as to be expected, while I'm working on the one, I'm thinking about other projects, the ones that I am very behind on. More than just 'thinking' about them, I would say. I remind myself of that Star Trek episode with the Kelvins that could literally multitask, doing many things at one time, who had encased themselves in a human form so that they could invade human space. Meant to do many things but trapped in a body that can only do one thing at a time. A total bitch.



I am behind on everything, work, cleaning, xmas projects, CFC, Papyrus articles, everything. I have more than I have time for, but I can't really put any aside. I think they call that screwed.



13:12



I wish that I had better control over my impulses. My memory lapses cause me fewer problems than my





Thanks ….



‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do. I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle

Re: Better planning

http://www.diyplanner.com/node/6116 - comment-363863

I was reading one of the replies on this thread when I had a bit on an epiphany.  Everything that the repliers mentioned made sense to me.  As much as I like my Palm, I’ve learned to not use it for day-to-day to-do keeping.  So instead, I have continued to keep notes on paper and use the PDA for long-term data and for calendar items, so that it reminds me of things, usually by making some noise with an alarm.  However, there is one method that I’ve noticed that I come back to, every 1 to 2 years, and that is using blank paper, specifically a blank notepad, as the first reply mentions.  This will seem odd but some woman in this D*I*Y groups was mentioning that she works better with blank pages (she was asking how to remove the lines from one of the templates).  After reading this, her theory makes more sense to me.  I remember that Tommy Hood would always use a legal pad, except that he wrote all over it, ignoring the lines.  Lol, I think that me and the woman I mentioned see it same: lines ‘fence’ us in.  Lines kind of equate to rules; i.e. lines mean you ‘have’ to do it a certain way, which might change your flow of thinking.  Anyhoo, sorry for the long path through the forest to get to this conclusion: instead of coming back around to blank notepads, I need to start from that point this time around.

I even use the checklists like replier #3 talks about.  I’ve used them for many years, without even giving them a whole lot of thought; they were just my set of instructions on how to do something.  The major processes I performed with Sales Based Replenishment and PO Amendments had at least one checklist backing them.  And I now do the same thing in catalog.  A good process to stick with, I think.

Thanks ….

‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle

FW: 7 Habits of Highly Defective People

Thanks.



'Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do. I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle




From: Collins, Monica P.

Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:35 PM

To:
Subject: RE: 7 Habits of Highly Defective People



I didn't know about losing the 50 IQ points, but I am familiar with the rest of it. My personal theory or take on it is that the more stressed a person is, the less the thinking and reasoning parts of our brains work, leaving the 'base' processes running the show. When I'm stressed/pissed/etc, all of my dime-store words leave my brain, and I have an inclination to punch people in the arm because I can't put words to the thoughts in my head at that moment. Lately, when I find myself getting too far into an argument, I try to get out of it before everything's gone, and I'm only left with 'yeah, well up yours!' because I couldn't think of a classier line to throw out.



Thanks ...



'Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do. I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle




From:
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:34 AM

To:
Subject: RE: 7 Habits of Highly Defective People



Are you trying to tell us something?










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From:
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:23 AM

To:
Subject: 7 Habits of Highly Defective People

I'm taking this course online today and ran across an interestingly true passage that everyone should remember. Definitely something to print and hang on the cork board in your office.



Defective people have a tendency to personalize issues. Rather than remembering to manage their hot buttons, they allow themselves to become emotionally hooked by events. The chief problem with this kind of behavior is that stress makes us stupid. It’s true. You may have heard the popular saying “under stress, we regress.” That’s true, and the reason that we regress is that when we get emotionally hooked, our IQ's actually drop.











Remarkably, studies show that our IQ's can drop by as much as 50 points when we are stressed out, irritated, harried or beleaguered!







That's quite a drop. Most of us cannot afford to lose that many IQ points and still be functioning effectively.

It's Me

I can't believe the thought that I just had. I just found myself thinking that I wished that Duv would make love to me, instead of just having sex. The last time that subject came up, Jim was making the same complaint of me. Guess I've done a 180, huh?

It's Me

Once I figured out how much time I need to get ready for work, I will sleep until that very last moment, even when I don’t need to.  I set my alarm for 6:00, since I was driving the truck to work.  When it went off, I moved it down to 6:30, and I wasn’t even  sleepy, I just wanted to get back into bed.  I did that all this week. 

I actually need more than an hour to get ready in the mornings, with all of the cat stuff that has been added to my morning routine.  And anything extra, like collecting my electronic devices out of the workroom or getting a pack of toilet tissue from the utility closet, of course adds time.  But I refuse to get up early if I don’t ‘feel’ like I’ve slept enough, even when I’ve had over 6 hours.

Thanks ….

‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle

It's Me

Two of these weeks were practically empty.  I tend to avoid recording project times when I haven’t done any worthwhile work; on the flip side, I’m fairly good about recording when I do something so that I make sure that I get it recorded so that I don’t have to try and remember it all at the end of the week.  Two weeks in a row where I’ve done very little of significance.  That’s not good.

_____________________________________________From: Collins, Monica P.Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:05 PMTo: Parnell, JoannaSubject: RE: PWA Timesheets Need to be Completed

I remember doing one of those, so I am unsure as to why it did not submit completely.  I have now submitted all four weeks.

_____________________________________________From: Parnell, JoannaSent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:27 PMTo: Collins, Monica P.Subject: PWA Timesheets Need to be CompletedImportance: High

Monica,

I need your PWA timesheets for the following time periods:

8/24 – 8/30

8/31 – 9/6

9/14 – 9/20

9/21 – 9/27

Thanks.

This is me

I take stuff off of my Google Desktop sidebar, I put stuff back on.  Bask and forth.  I take stuff off because I either have too much stuff on there.  Or the stuff has the potential to interrupt my day by distracting me.  Then, I turn around and add it back because I wanted to be distracted by it.  In other words, I wanted to do those things as well as the other things that I should/need to be doing.  Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.  Very time consuming.

Thanks ….

‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle

FW: Why move them from implemented to completed?

Seems like I am always apologizing for something or other.

A Monica Collins
A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D1
; AAFES.COM
' 214-312-2353

-----Original Message-----
From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:29 PM
To: Parnell, Joanna; Shaw, Sean M.
Subject: RE: Why move them from implemented to completed?

Ok, I guess that my confusion is confusing everyone else. Sean, I do not know
what I should be selecting, since others have closed out my SRs for me, up til
now. I do not know what order they should be in. Please, feel free to change
it back if that is where it is supposed to be. I have completed these projects,
they have already been installed into production, and they can be closed out.
Sorry about that.

A Monica Collins
A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D1
; AAFES.COM
' 214-312-2353
-----Original Message-----
From: Parnell, Joanna
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:09 PM
To: Shaw, Sean M.; Collins, Monica P.
Subject: Re: Why move them from implemented to completed?

Monica please respond

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----- Original Message -----
From: Shaw, Sean M.
To: Parnell, Joanna
Sent: Thu Sep 25 13:38:55 2008
Subject: RE: Why move them from implemented to completed?

Maybe I'm confused ... I thought completed meant that you completed the work and
implemented meant that it is in production ... therefore, completed would come
before implemented. Am I missing something?

________________________________

From: Collins, Monica P.
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:36 PM
To: Shaw, Sean M.
Subject: RE: Why move them from implemented to completed?



Isn’t that what I am supposed to be doing? They are completed.



Thanks ….



‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old
aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do. I'm interested in ... the
future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle



A Monica Collins

A Programmer/Analyst I, IT-D21

; AAFES.COM

' 214-312-2353

From: Shaw, Sean M.
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:59 AM
To: Collins, Monica P.
Subject: Why move them from implemented to completed?



Monica,



Will you please explain why you changed the status of these SR's to completed
after they were already marked as implemented?



Thanks.



Sean

This is me

I slept in today.  I woke up at 5:00 just fine.  Wasn’t sleepy.  Just wanted to go back to bed.  And I let myself get away with it.  I am never going to lose weight if I don’t go back to the gym everyday.

Thanks ….

‘Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’ – Alexander Pope

'We are all here to do what we are all here to do.  I'm interested in ... the future ... and the only way to get there is together.' - The Oracle