up at 3am...grumble

Must have lots on my mind that woke me up at 3am, so I'm downstairs on the laptop watching old reruns of "The Graham Norton Effect."

Woke up thinking that I WOULD be able to do my c/w lessons on April 6. I'm going to have to work at Popejoy Hall that night dealing with "Hairspray" daily settlement, but I can just go in after 9pm. That's kind of a relief, since I'll be missing next Thursday, being up in Philadelphia that night. The weekend DJ will cover, along with the amazing Scott leading the line dances. I'll miss being there, since Thursdays have such positive energy.

IN SPITE of Sidewinder's Ranch having no publicity at all for the C/W lessons, word of mouth seems to be working. Danny counted 32 on the floor when I was teaching Cotton Eye Joe, with at least another dozen or so sitting it out. The 2 hours just flies by, since I don't really take any breaks from teaching. The Ranch just installed another huge color sign by the front door, listing all the regular weekly events...but Thursday c/w isn't on it. Johnny's karaoke from 9pm to 2am IS on it in huge bold letters, but I can't imagine that there's that many that show for it. Since we can't stay away much after 10pm, especially on a weeknight, I have no idea how it does...they have karaoke three nights a week!

I know this morning will fit my usual trend when I wake up way too early like this. I'm totally wide awake at the moment, but know that I'll fade about 5 or 5:30, crawl back into bed with the Danster, and wake up WAY late for work, feeling like hell. Oh, well.

In other news, I'm relieved that john_nyc is back home, if not totally well. Ya feel so helpless when you hear a friend has health issues (especially when the medium is LJ) and here you sit 2000 miles away unable to do a thing for it.

up at 3am...grumble

Must have lots on my mind that woke me up at 3am, so I'm downstairs on the laptop watching old reruns of "The Graham Norton Effect."

Woke up thinking that I WOULD be able to do my c/w lessons on April 6. I'm going to have to work at Popejoy Hall that night dealing with "Hairspray" daily settlement, but I can just go in after 9pm. That's kind of a relief, since I'll be missing next Thursday, being up in Philadelphia that night. The weekend DJ will cover, along with the amazing Scott leading the line dances. I'll miss being there, since Thursdays have such positive energy.

IN SPITE of Sidewinder's Ranch having no publicity at all for the C/W lessons, word of mouth seems to be working. Danny counted 32 on the floor when I was teaching Cotton Eye Joe, with at least another dozen or so sitting it out. The 2 hours just flies by, since I don't really take any breaks from teaching. The Ranch just installed another huge color sign by the front door, listing all the regular weekly events...but Thursday c/w isn't on it. Johnny's karaoke from 9pm to 2am IS on it in huge bold letters, but I can't imagine that there's that many that show for it. Since we can't stay away much after 10pm, especially on a weeknight, I have no idea how it does...they have karaoke three nights a week!

I know this morning will fit my usual trend when I wake up way too early like this. I'm totally wide awake at the moment, but know that I'll fade about 5 or 5:30, crawl back into bed with the Danster, and wake up WAY late for work, feeling like hell. Oh, well.

In other news, I'm relieved that john_nyc is back home, if not totally well. Ya feel so helpless when you hear a friend has health issues (especially when the medium is LJ) and here you sit 2000 miles away unable to do a thing for it.

Bonus points of sorts

University of New Mexico has something like 7,000 staff and faculty members, dozens of whom I interact with either daily or occasionally, and almost always by email, rarely in person (I hate that).

One of the ones I interact with is a UNM CPA named Joy, who moved from General Accounting to Taxation a few months ago. I figured it was a downgrade for her, but she's head of the department now. Another woman who had been in that department recently moved on to another area because she couldn't work with her. I have NEVER worked well with the woman, not liking her either by instinct or by the various email interactions we've had about UNM accounting topics as they directly affect my department. She's even snarkier than I am when she digs in and won't give on an issue. Nutshell is,I come away with any interaction with her thinking she doesn't have a clue. That may or may not be true, but that's as it is. I don't think just by being a CPA (I'm not) that bestows any godlike qualities.

Today, she had a meeting with my coworker Karen with a state taxation auditor and the Bookstore accounting manager in our multi-use office area. Note that I rarely see Joy; it's mostly edgy email interaction. Although I was working away on my own project in my corner, after their meeting was over, I brought up a recent discussion to Joy and (coworker) Karen about credit card fees and taxable sales postings from a recent email we'd had. She didn't have click on who I was, even though my nameplate is sitting by my desk.

In talking about the problem some of the departments have with taxable sales reporting, Joy said she has a terrible time getting reconciling information from the source of the ticketing sales. I thought that was odd, since Kim (the ticketing accounting person) is amazingly receptive about any issue brought to her. I told Joy I'd try to address the problem, and away everyone went on their own work mission. As she left, she clicked, "Oh, you're the FAMOUS Bill Eyler." No explanation. I was stymied. Ah, well, I was thinking I must be famous in a bad way.

With one email to Kim, I solved the problem in 2 minutes. This problem has been around for YEARS and no one had dealt with it.

I emailed Joy, letting her know the booking problem was solved as of this coming Monday.

She emailed back: "Bless You! Thank you for helping! Everyone has such good things to say about you in the BANNER project."

I think the fences are mended. At least for me.

Bonus points of sorts

University of New Mexico has something like 7,000 staff and faculty members, dozens of whom I interact with either daily or occasionally, and almost always by email, rarely in person (I hate that).

One of the ones I interact with is a UNM CPA named Joy, who moved from General Accounting to Taxation a few months ago. I figured it was a downgrade for her, but she's head of the department now. Another woman who had been in that department recently moved on to another area because she couldn't work with her. I have NEVER worked well with the woman, not liking her either by instinct or by the various email interactions we've had about UNM accounting topics as they directly affect my department. She's even snarkier than I am when she digs in and won't give on an issue. Nutshell is,I come away with any interaction with her thinking she doesn't have a clue. That may or may not be true, but that's as it is. I don't think just by being a CPA (I'm not) that bestows any godlike qualities.

Today, she had a meeting with my coworker Karen with a state taxation auditor and the Bookstore accounting manager in our multi-use office area. Note that I rarely see Joy; it's mostly edgy email interaction. Although I was working away on my own project in my corner, after their meeting was over, I brought up a recent discussion to Joy and (coworker) Karen about credit card fees and taxable sales postings from a recent email we'd had. She didn't have click on who I was, even though my nameplate is sitting by my desk.

In talking about the problem some of the departments have with taxable sales reporting, Joy said she has a terrible time getting reconciling information from the source of the ticketing sales. I thought that was odd, since Kim (the ticketing accounting person) is amazingly receptive about any issue brought to her. I told Joy I'd try to address the problem, and away everyone went on their own work mission. As she left, she clicked, "Oh, you're the FAMOUS Bill Eyler." No explanation. I was stymied. Ah, well, I was thinking I must be famous in a bad way.

With one email to Kim, I solved the problem in 2 minutes. This problem has been around for YEARS and no one had dealt with it.

I emailed Joy, letting her know the booking problem was solved as of this coming Monday.

She emailed back: "Bless You! Thank you for helping! Everyone has such good things to say about you in the BANNER project."

I think the fences are mended. At least for me.