Unicorns

Ever since I was little I have had a fascination with unicorns. I don't know why, or even what intrigues me so but I just remember it always has. Jay and I even had Unicorns at our wedding.

I am sitting in my office listening to music while I work. The selection playing is "the last unicorn". For all my fascination I haven't ever looked up where the legend of the unicorn came from. I know that they symbolize purity. I know that there are many references to hunting unicorns in Renaissance tapestries. Maybe I should find out more about something I have been attracted to for so long. Don't know why I didn't think of that before now. Got to admit though, they just look so cool.

Call Center Trivia

As I mentioned before I work in a call center environment. As a Project Manager I do many thing but somehow I became responsible for Telecom issues for the call center. Last weekend out Telecom Engineer was on vacation. This meant that I had to be on-call for any Telecom issues. Not that I can fix any of them. I can however, call around to get someone else to fix them. Of course, Saturday morning I tested the phone lines and they weren't routing right. I spent until early afternoon working with our vendor to get the issue resolved. Nothing new really just something I don't do every day. And spending my weekend checking phone routing every 4 hours is not my idea of fun.



Jay spent the weekend watching movies and sports. Jay loves to DVR all the football games and spend the weekend watching as many games as he can. Since we have two DRV machines he is able to record 4 games at the same time. Of course he has to watch some all day too or he will run out of room on the DVR. I think he has it down to a science of how many he can record and what he has to watch to keep ahead of the space limitation. It is funny to watch.



Jaron played games all weekend. He is entertaining, and I love having him around. I can always count on him being close. He was supposed to be home alone this last weekend. Jay and I were going to go to St. George so he would be on his own for the first time. Didn't go after all. I think Jaron was a little disappointed.



Hee hee hee.

Arizona Fall

So who said we don't have fall colors in Arizona. Jay and I drove up to Show Low Arizona to see the leaves change. We miss the leaves in Utah changing so we thought we would find them here. It was beautiful. Jay just loved the drive! I have to admit, Jay does take great photographs.

Technology

I am a Project Manager for a Health Care Insurance company here in the desert state. Project Manager is a good job for me because I get to do the the three things I like most: Organize things, play with software, and work with people. I was telling Jace yesterday that I didn't find my job though, it found me. I didn't know I was going to do this when I was young. It just worked out this way.

I was thinking about this yesterday because I work in a call center environment. (OK - The funny thing is I did want to be a telephone operator when I was like 5 - I thought all the buttons looked fun to push.) I just heard a one hour call with a few of our Managers about how the agents can't talk on the phone and type in a lead at the same time..... I was like... WHAT? I have been doing the same thing since high school. I can't believe someone can't talk and type at the same time. They can talk and write on a piece of paper at the same time! Our Agents (Licensed Agents) are writing scheduling information on paper then typing it in later. Sometimes a few days later.... What gives? Are they nuts? These are adults in the 20's through 50's.

Then I started to consider. What I started on computers I was in my early 20's. I was using a dual disk dos program. You had to put a different diskette to spell check. (Now that is funny to think about.) I was also trained on a dictaphone.... I was on the phone as a certified software technician when Windows (GUI - Graphic User Interface) came out. We all knew that it would be the standard, it was so much easier for the average user. Now I can't imagine living without a computer. Even the kids homework reminds me of typing on a manual typewriter to do term papers in college. (I always seemed to get to the last three lines and make a typo - I had to start the page all over.) Is this what it felt like for someone that lived through the invention of electricity, the telephone, the Automobile.

There once was a spider named DAVE!

Halloween is upon our house and that means we have to bring out DAVE. Dave is a spider. A 2 foot square stuffed spider. Dave has been with Jace since we moved to Arizona but Jace left him home. Since we don't get fall here we like to decorate the house for halloween. Who am I kidding, we have always decorated the house for halloween but in Arizona our theme is the spider. We have webing up the stairs and over the TV nock. We have 3 2 foot long spiders outside climbing over the house. And then we brought out Dave. He is hanging from the ceiling in the entry of the house. Jace used to carry Dave on his backpack to school each halloween, until Dave became a 7 legged spider instead of an 8 legged one. Jace then decided it was time to keep him at home where he wouldn't get hurt. Dave misses Jace, but he does like his perch above us all.

Franky is a different story. Franky is a 8 foot inflatable frankenstien. He is also mine. But I can't find him. I know I wouldn't throw him away. I just know it.... But I haven't been able to find him for 2 years now. It is so sad. I have his spot all ready for him. I miss Franky, not as much as I miss Jace but all the same i do miss him....

Hee hee hee Happy Halloween!

Fall Colors!

One of the things we miss most about Utah is the fall. Everything about the fall is wonderful. Crisp air, leaves changing to vivid orange, yellow, and red, all of it is just amazing. Well, we don't have fall here. So this is how we see the colors we miss...






Nothing like an Arizona sunset......