#10
Last weekend I spent a long weekend in Kentucky with my family. I should have known I would have some technology issues...
1. cell phone
We stayed at a cottage on a lake not too far from Louisville, but still in a pretty rural area. Cell phone service was nearly nonexistent. I had no service inside the cottage and had to walk up and down the road in order to find a spot where I got a signal so I could check my voicemail. On Saturday I planned to drive over to Lexington to visit my college roommate, and I needed to call her to find out what time she'd be ready for us to come over. I found a spot in the road right in front of the cottage where I could get a signal and make a call. I left my friend K a message and went back into the house. A few minutes later my phone beeped that I had a message (although it didn't ring). I went back outside but couldn't get a signal. After about 10 min., I gave up on my cell and went back in to use the land-line to get my message. I found that I couldn't charge long-distance calls to the cottage and I had to use a phone card in order to use the phone. Luckily, I've had a prepaid phone card kicking around in a pocket in my dayplanner since, oh, 1999. So that was a bit of a hassle.
2. online class rant
I was the 'discussion leader' in my online class this past week. This meant I had to find an extra article for the group to read and post in on Oncourse by Tuesday night, post my response to the regularly assigned readings by Thursday night, read and respond to classmates' posts (and "keep the discussion going") by Saturday night, and post a summary of the week's discussion by Sunday night. I am really glad this is my last online class--while it has been convenient to get credits out of the way without having to spend another night a week on campus, it seems that the workload is so much worse--and I really don't like being on such a rigid schedule, especially since I had NO internet access on Sunday to post my summary (see below). I think I just resent having to be "connected" at all times. 5 weeks left...
3. car trouble=Sarah doesn't finish her homework
My boyfriend's Jeep overheated on the way home today--the thermostat (?) was stuck open and the car wouldn't cool down. We had to wait for his dad to get a trailer and drive down to pick us up and drive s-l-o-w-l-y back up I-65 towing the jeep. Not. Fun. So, we didn't get home until very late and I just went straight to bed. I thought I would just post my summary Monday morning, but I was busy at work. Oops!
I've also been crazy-busy at work. Last week I went to a training session to learn more about the Sharepoint system we're going to be using exclusively at the end of June. I also met with the women who are in my same role in the other therapeutic areas in the company to discuss how we can do our jobs more efficiently...that was a trip. I'll share more about that in another post...
1. cell phone
We stayed at a cottage on a lake not too far from Louisville, but still in a pretty rural area. Cell phone service was nearly nonexistent. I had no service inside the cottage and had to walk up and down the road in order to find a spot where I got a signal so I could check my voicemail. On Saturday I planned to drive over to Lexington to visit my college roommate, and I needed to call her to find out what time she'd be ready for us to come over. I found a spot in the road right in front of the cottage where I could get a signal and make a call. I left my friend K a message and went back into the house. A few minutes later my phone beeped that I had a message (although it didn't ring). I went back outside but couldn't get a signal. After about 10 min., I gave up on my cell and went back in to use the land-line to get my message. I found that I couldn't charge long-distance calls to the cottage and I had to use a phone card in order to use the phone. Luckily, I've had a prepaid phone card kicking around in a pocket in my dayplanner since, oh, 1999. So that was a bit of a hassle.
2. online class rant
I was the 'discussion leader' in my online class this past week. This meant I had to find an extra article for the group to read and post in on Oncourse by Tuesday night, post my response to the regularly assigned readings by Thursday night, read and respond to classmates' posts (and "keep the discussion going") by Saturday night, and post a summary of the week's discussion by Sunday night. I am really glad this is my last online class--while it has been convenient to get credits out of the way without having to spend another night a week on campus, it seems that the workload is so much worse--and I really don't like being on such a rigid schedule, especially since I had NO internet access on Sunday to post my summary (see below). I think I just resent having to be "connected" at all times. 5 weeks left...
3. car trouble=Sarah doesn't finish her homework
My boyfriend's Jeep overheated on the way home today--the thermostat (?) was stuck open and the car wouldn't cool down. We had to wait for his dad to get a trailer and drive down to pick us up and drive s-l-o-w-l-y back up I-65 towing the jeep. Not. Fun. So, we didn't get home until very late and I just went straight to bed. I thought I would just post my summary Monday morning, but I was busy at work. Oops!
I've also been crazy-busy at work. Last week I went to a training session to learn more about the Sharepoint system we're going to be using exclusively at the end of June. I also met with the women who are in my same role in the other therapeutic areas in the company to discuss how we can do our jobs more efficiently...that was a trip. I'll share more about that in another post...
