Like An Old Pair Of Boots

Day 4 in the new job, and to be honest I'm still in that new job cruse. So far about 20 different people have asked me how I like it and the only thing that has come to mind is, it's like slipping on an old pair of boots. UMC was a challenge like no other I've faced in the IT industry, I came in the crew was still small (just like the new job)and it was learn it as you go (also like the new job). I built up a wealth of knowledge on the way things worked at UMC, knowledge I pretty much believe that I am in sole possession of. Working IT in a hospital is pretty much the same no matter what hospital you work in, the department is still trying to figure itself out or new management means a new way of doing things. What remains a constant is the fact that it is a hospital, the vendors are still writing patches for Win 95 versions of their software and pretty much you have to make everything last way past it's expiration date because there just isn't money to replace the item.

UMC was over 300 beds, making it a fairly sizable hospital, still in the medium range but getting real close to a large (usually 400+ beds) facility. Good ol Platte Valley Medical Center has 70 beds, I can tour the whole facility, every single department in roughly 23 minutes, as with UMC it was a good hour and a half (not including getting stuck in elevators). PVMC is a "non smoking campus" as UMC was a good luck not getting mugged campus (not really - but I needed a catchy comparision). At UMC we were a swarthy band of techs following our leader CIO Barbie into the jaws of hell. Then Barbie left and things were never really the same. Sy has moved on to security and according to G he really is digging it as well as making pretty damn good coin. I'm glad, Sy needed a place to put down roots, he was never really big on change or adventure.

This is a good spot for me at this time and place in my life, I'm sure frustrations and other things will come round to make me believe I made the mistake of a lifetime, but think about it; have you been happy and right with the universe every single day on your job? I would bet the farm you said no, if you didn't either you don't work or really shouldn't be reading this blog. Working for a living is a drag at best. You can think of at least 20 different things you could be doing if you didn't have to go to work. I would say at least 2 out of the 20 may even accomplish a goal and not involve totally spacing out all day or turning the whole day into one big nap.

So really as of this writing I could still be slugging it out at Judicial, it appears that a few ex-co-workers are in hot water for the ever so terrible crime of looking into a directory with some one else's name on it on a shared server. One has already resigned in liu of taking a dump truck load of crap and still be forever on the shite list. A 9 year employee and most likely one of the best techs on the team; let go without a single care.

The second was my old partner @ Adams. Ghetto is a good guy and made a mistake on like his second week on the job and looked in a directory on the shared server. I could write volumes about what I think about this, but I'm no longer there and really would like to forget much of that time.

So this post is really a place marker in time, I don't have a point; no moral or reason to what has been spewed forth other than the knowledge that sometimes we revert back to what we know best, be it for safety or used as a safety net when one is falling. Don't fear those old boots, but do mind your feet; sometimes the most comfortable pair of shoes cause you the most damage.

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(Quoting Lee Ving lead singer for FEAR - 'If any one of youz can figure out the words to this here song claim your prize in the men's room')