This collection of entries is from March 11, 2003.
Huh... I've been working three months. Doesn't feel like it was that long. I'm still trying to fit in, to join "the club" of the long-timers (5-7 years) that I work with. Getting information around here is like pulling teeth, getting direction is worse. No one else in my department has worked a full 5 days straight in the office, most working from home if possible, or at least keeping "bankers hours". I can't blame them too much - after all, the IT staff used to be 52 people and these people are the ones that were involved in the building of the company and infrastructure. Now, there's six of us, with one scheduled to be released next month and two more that don't have their date set. Not the greatest environment. But I can't complain too loudly - after all, I am getting paid (though only 57% of what I used to make). There are too many unemployed IT people out there - I used to be one of them. You've got to grab whatever comes your way.
Apparently, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits that live in Washington state are rapidly approaching extinction. There's probably only a dozen left in the wild, and now they've been added to the Federal list of endangered species. Nuts. I don't like hearing about bunnies going away. But, then again, I'm a sap for bunnies. I can't help it. When you live with one, you sort of get attached to the species.