I sure am glad that this is night number seven... I really need some time off!

Nothing but sleep and work makes Doug a dull boy. You can tell by the journal entries lately...I can't think of anything interesting, so I'll jus' ramble a while here.

I'm getting really upset at work. Nothing gets fixed, equipment breakdowns have no priority. There are backups, of course... but those backups require twice as much work. OK for them people in the daytimes... they have other people around. It's a whole different story on nights, when I'm the only one here. The "bosses" don't understand that the physicians get upset if I don't do things in a timely manner. I refer the docs to my boss, but it doesn't seem to do any good, either they don't say anything or they get ignored, too.

My annual evaluation was due on 01 Jul 96, and I still haven't got it. In my mind, there is absolutely no excuse for that. I've brought it up a couple of times, I got "I'm working on it" for an answer. If it isn't ready during my next rotation, I'm going to personnel about it. There is money involved, too. I'm getting more pissed the more I think about it.

Evaluations are neither easy nor fun, I've been there as a supervisor, and I hated doing them. But that's what I was getting paid for, and I got them done on time, dammit! Well, mostly, anyway.

The damned Saab is still in the shop, it evidently wasn't the linkage anyway. No idea what's going on there, but we've already paid the guy for the work, so I'm getting pissed at them, too. I was wanting to take it to Texas, it gets a lot better gas mileage than the van. It drives better, too, but it's a bit cramped for cargo space. When Karen and I go on vacation, it's like we're moving.

I have a headache, and no drugs to combat it with. Ah, I found some tylenol. Much better. I'm doing laundry for the trip this week. Gotta get packed up tonight to leave early in the morning. Karen is gonna love Texas, I think! We really enjoy going on trips together... it seems like that's the only time anymore we get a chance to really talk!

But I still haven't heard from JD since his birthday... I hope that he's not mad at me. I don't know why he should be though, but I've been known to be insensitive...

At the very latest, there will be an entry next thursday morning, although I hope to be able to FTP them up here from JD's computer. In which case, the next one will be Saturday morning. 'til then, then....