really was going to shut this down.  But I’m sitting here at my desk, with the network down, leaving me nothing to do except write.
 
It’s been strange lately at my job.  I guess it’s been strange at just about every company, especially technology ones.  But I’ve been here less than a year, and I just went through about my third re-organization.  This time I end up with a new boss and everything.  Unfortunately, I don’t even know if this guy knows who I am.
 
I really hate being bored at work (kind of like I am right now).  If it was up to me, I’d rather be swamped than have to try to keep myself occupied.  I have to admit, most of my year has been pretty good, with enough to do that I feel useful and I’m learning a lot, but not so much that I’m burning the midnight oil (or even the 7:00 PM oil).  Still, I feel sort of stuck right now – what do I do, go up to this guy I don’t even know and say, “Hey, give me something to do?”  I guess I’ll have to do it eventually, so I might as well not procrastinate – but I guess I can’t do anything anyway until the friggin’ network comes back up….
 
I’m finally getting involved in our new church.  I just played in the band for the first time, and it was a blast.  I mean, these guys are pros – I don’t feel worthy to even be up there, but they actually think I’m pretty good, so they let me stay anyway.  My Thursdays and Saturdays and Sundays are going to be a lot more crowded now, but that’s a good thing.  Come to think of it, what I did at church is exactly what I don’t want to do at work – I went up to some stranger and said, “Give me something to do!”
 
And with that, the network is back up….