Duh...

I am so retarded. It's not a ZEN server; it's a XEN server. I don't know what the difference is, but it's not a peaceful picture in my mind anymore. We had the network guy out again today with more problems. I actually convinced him to call the tech support center for our software, and surprise, surprise, they told him that our software is not compatible with the new Xen server. Shocking. Of course, our tech people thought to check that out first, right?

Zen Server

OK. What the heck is a Zen server? That is apparently where my library automation system has migrated to. I cannot access this server, but heck, why would I need to work directly on the system?

Such geniuses we have here. Who sat around thinking, "What can we do to f*^k up the lives of our librarians? Let's move their library system without telling them about it. And yeah, while we're at it, let's import data from a March archive into the system."

Really. When I opened the system, the date was from sometime in March of 2008. We've only circulated thousands of books, added a couple hundred, and inventoried the entire collection in that amount of time. Nothing important, really.

Ugh. I hate network people. I hate incompetent ones even more. I need some Zen in my life.

Tomorrow!!

Well, I have it. Sunday Night Dread. It is back in my heart. It will live there for the next nine months. It's not that I don't want to go back to work. I do. I am excited about a new school year, new kids, old families, great colleagues, the whole thing. It's just that I love summer. So much. I LOVE summer. I love the flexibility of summer, the long days and late nights, doing whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it. It's over. Everything in my life now has to get crammed in to two days on the weekend. It's going to take some getting used to.

OMG

OMG I am teaching a class for a state university!! I cannot believe it!! There is much work to be done, but I think it will be exciting. A cohort of teachers getting their LMS endorsements will be in the class; I hear there may be 20 students! Something new in my career.