And thus begins my day of hell...

[flohtingPoint]

Today I have to:
-Draft several whitepapers on various procedures that end users need to do to properly monitor their network with some tools I setup recently for them.
-Breif a full staff room of higher-ups on the status of their networking monitoring install.
-Write up a plan for next week and shoot it off to be approved so that I can get clearance for the tasks and expenses.
-Drive back to my hotel, pack, check-out (very very very late checkout is awesome).
-Dash to the airport to catch a flight back to DC.
-Catch a cab from Washington Dulles to Occoquan.
-Unpack (read: open suitcase and throw contents all over my floor for quick access) and throw a load of clothes in the washer because I literally have like three clean articles of clothing in my place right now.
-Run out the door, jump in the Corolla, drive to the shop.
-Begin neutering my car so it doesn't need 3 tanks of fuel to make it to Carlisle or cause unneeded wear to my suspension.
-Remove cams to replace stockers
-Remove front revalved Koni's, replace with crappy AGX's
-Remove 12.5kg and 10.7kg springs, replace with crappy 8kg 6kg combo.
-Find front swaybar and hook it up.
-Drop fuel cell, replace with fuel tank.
-Find and replace stock ECU
-Buy beer for my fellow shop-mates for helping me out
-Drive home in car, praying they didn't mess up on their tasks and my ****box doesn't fall apart.
-Arrive home, see that my roommate probably didn't do the laundry because he's not terribly dependable and finish two loads.
-Think about packing the Corolla but instead fall asleep.

I'm glad that this is the only time I'll take the Corolla away from my local area this year. The rest of the places I take the for Corolla for auto-x are all local'ish (NOVA/Southern MD). When/If I make it to the nationals in Lincoln, I'm definitely renting a trailer.

[sentrastace]

[Bubba1]

Today I have to:
-Draft several whitepapers on various procedures that end users need to do to properly monitor their network with some tools I setup recently for them.
-Breif a full staff room of higher-ups on the status of their networking monitoring install.
-Write up a plan for next week and shoot it off to be approved so that I can get clearance for the tasks and expenses.
-Drive back to my hotel, pack, check-out (very very very late checkout is awesome).
-Dash to the airport to catch a flight back to DC.
-Catch a cab from Washington Dulles to Occoquan.
-Unpack (read: open suitcase and throw contents all over my floor for quick access) and throw a load of clothes in the washer because I literally have like three clean articles of clothing in my place right now.
-Run out the door, jump in the Corolla, drive to the shop.
-Begin neutering my car so it doesn't need 3 tanks of fuel to make it to Carlisle or cause unneeded wear to my suspension.
-Remove cams to replace stockers
-Remove front revalved Koni's, replace with crappy AGX's
-Remove 12.5kg and 10.7kg springs, replace with crappy 8kg 6kg combo.
-Find front swaybar and hook it up.
-Drop fuel cell, replace with fuel tank.
-Find and replace stock ECU
-Buy beer for my fellow shop-mates for helping me out
-Drive home in car, praying they didn't mess up on their tasks and my ****box doesn't fall apart.
-Arrive home, see that my roommate probably didn't do the laundry because he's not terribly dependable and finish two loads.
-Think about packing the Corolla but instead fall asleep.

I'm glad that this is the only time I'll take the Corolla away from my local area this year. The rest of the places I take the for Corolla for auto-x are all local'ish (NOVA/Southern MD). When/If I make it to the nationals in Lincoln, I'm definitely renting a trailer.

I can sum it in 3 words..."Git 'er done".

Good luck!

[AppleBonker]

throw a load of clothes in the washer because I literally have like three clean articles of clothing in my place right now.

Dirty clothes are more than acceptable in my book.

Seems like a sh*t ton to get done, so good luck!

[numbnuts240]

go to home depot and hire some mexicans, that should help cut down your time bay at least 25%

[Dire91]

Good luck! It's all worth in the end, CARLISLE WOOHOO

[frapjap]

You can replace steps 8-17 by renting a trailer.
Good luck with all of that, and enjoy your beauty rest.

[nissangirl74]

I hope it's all worth it for you!
Read this ----> Truck+trailer = Easy Button

[flohtingPoint]

You can replace steps 8-17 by renting a trailer.
Good luck with all of that, and enjoy your beauty rest.

Cant. I work out of town, my job is 100% travel. I wont be back in town until after businesses close and tomorrow I'm too busy to do anything as I have to work basically up until the point where I take off (and I'll most likely have to work some this weekend via VPN/teleconf). Basically, I have no time during business hours to go grab a trailer and load the car up on it, and then also return it when I get back in town. The returning part is mainly the big snafu, as I have to wake up at 4am Monday morning and get to Dulles by 5:30. Being the senior engineer on a high priority Department of Defense project is hell.

[Bubba1]

You can replace steps 8-17 by renting a trailer.
Good luck with all of that, and enjoy your beauty rest.

Cant. I work out of town, my job is 100% travel. I wont be back in town until after businesses close and tomorrow I'm too busy to do anything as I have to work basically up until the point where I take off (and I'll most likely have to work some this weekend via VPN/teleconf). Basically, I have no time during business hours to go grab a trailer and load the car up on it, and then also return it when I get back in town. The returning part is mainly the big snafu, as I have to wake up at 4am Monday morning and get to Dulles by 5:30. Being the senior engineer on a high priority Department of Defense project is hell.

Well, if we can assist by telling Robert Gates to take a chill pill and give your company an extra 2 days on the project so you can get your car to/from Carlisle without stress, we'd be happy to oblige.

Of course if I were to do that, my name would become Steven Sett. j/k

[frapjap]

Jeebus, that travel hopefully comes with a nice paycheck!
I'm traveling an aveerage of 2x a month right now, but would hate to be in your shoes. When do you find the time to sleep to remain functional?

[flohtingPoint]

Cant. I work out of town, my job is 100% travel. I wont be back in town until after businesses close and tomorrow I'm too busy to do anything as I have to work basically up until the point where I take off (and I'll most likely have to work some this weekend via VPN/teleconf). Basically, I have no time during business hours to go grab a trailer and load the car up on it, and then also return it when I get back in town. The returning part is mainly the big snafu, as I have to wake up at 4am Monday morning and get to Dulles by 5:30. Being the senior engineer on a high priority Department of Defense project is hell.

Well, if we can assist by telling Robert Gates to take a chill pill and give your company an extra 2 days on the project so you can get your car to/from Carlisle without stress, we'd be happy to oblige.

Of course if I were to do that, my name would become Steven Sett. j/k

lol, you'd have to talk to Joe Tucci. He's the head of EMC.

Jeebus, that travel hopefully comes with a nice paycheck!
I'm traveling an aveerage of 2x a month right now, but would hate to be in your shoes. When do you find the time to sleep to remain functional?

I'm not wealthy by any means, but I do ok. I can afford my hobbies, save cash for retirement and pay the rent, so I cannot complain too much =)

Sleep? I'll sleep when I'm dead =P Nah, it's not always this bad, but for the past couple months, I've been the only senior engineer, so every question/problem/nit pick falls on me.

[krash]

jeez dude, how you can get that all done within a day, I have no idea. Buy some Jolt and 5 hour energy! good luck man. you know carlisle PA is only like 2 hours away from here, maybe 3 for you. I keep forgetting that your car is a dedicated auto-x car

[flohtingPoint]

jeez dude, how you can get that all done within a day, I have no idea. Buy some Jolt and 5 hour energy! good luck man. you know carlisle PA is only like 2 hours away from here, maybe 3 for you. I keep forgetting that your car is a dedicated auto-x car

Coffee and a lot of friends that agreed to help me at the shop when they're done with work for the day.

Yea, it's basically a track only car that has to be semi-road capable as I live in an apt complex with very limited parking. The car only gets started up on event days or when I'm working on it and the farthest it's been from home is Summit/Frederick.

[PoorManQ45]

Question: Are you doing the grunt work in addition to the configuration of the networking equipment? The reason I ask is that usually those jobs are separated.

Why isn't most of your work done via VPN, telnet, and/or SSH?

My GF's father is one of the lead Network admins for Time Magazine. He rarely gets flown anywhere. Instead he sits at the office and monitors and reconfigures things remotely.

[flohtingPoint]

Question: Are you doing the grunt work in addition to the configuration of the networking equipment? The reason I ask is that usually those jobs are separated.

Why isn't most of your work done via VPN, telnet, and/or SSH?

My GF's father is one of the lead Network admins for Time Magazine. He rarely gets flown anywhere. Instead he sits at the office and monitors and reconfigures things remotely.

I'm not a network admin, I'm an engineer. I design and implement systems/configurations, where an on-site presence is needed as I need to see first hand some of their equipment, have direct access to systems, conduct meetings with the folks to find requirements/wants, and work directly with the admins to show them how to maintain what I implment. A lot of what I work with is non-routable IP's in the beginning (or at all in some cases), so remote work is not even an option.

Engineers bang the woman to make the baby, the admin's are the baby sitters.

[PoorManQ45]

I'm not a network admin, I'm an engineer. I design and implement systems/configurations, where an on-site presence is needed as I need to see first hand some of their equipment, have direct access to systems, conduct meetings with the folks to find requirements/wants, and work directly with the admins to show them how to maintain what I implment.

Ah, that makes sense now.

A lot of what I work with is non-routable IP's in the beginning (or at all in some cases), so remote work is not even an option.

A preconfigured router plugged in at the head end could be used to give you immediate access to the equipment. But this depends on what you're using. Some Cisco equipment comes with a base configuration that has DHCP and Telnet enabled, but alot comes with a blank slate...

Engineers bang the woman to make the baby, the admin's are the baby sitters.

Wow... Just wow!!! That is effing hilarious!

[flohtingPoint]

A lot of what I work with is non-routable IP's in the beginning (or at all in some cases), so remote work is not even an option.

A preconfigured router plugged in at the head end could be used to give you immediate access to the equipment. But this depends on what you're using. Some Cisco equipment comes with a base configuration that has DHCP and Telnet enabled, but alot comes with a blank slate...

Which would make sense if I was doing work for a small company with non-sensitive information. All my projects are with the Department of Defense though. Some of the networks are non-routable for a reason.

[flohtingPoint]

Half the day down, one half to go. Done with the office work, waiting to check out of the hotel and then start heading to the airport to fly back to DC.

[PoorManQ45]

Awesome! Now just have to stop by Home Depot to get the Mexicans!

[flohtingPoint]

Awesome! Now just have to stop by Home Depot to get the Mexicans!

Cabbie wouldn't stop by home depot.

Just got home, must resist sleeping... Starting laundry now, having a bite to eat while looking over some of the parts that came in for my MR2 build, then it's off to the shop.

[flohtingPoint]

Well, everything got done, but I think I have to stop by the shop again and chop a piece of my bumper off, as the car sits a bit lower on these springs and rubs on my 15's. Probably will need some help at the site to roll my fenders a bit more. I honestly cant wait for a break in my schedule so I can chop my fenders up, throw on the fender flares I have and get the car repainted.

[TroubleBound]

Damn dude that was a hell of a lot for one day i cant believe you got it all done! I wish i could motivate myself to do anything productive..

Lol at PoorKnowItAllQ45, coming in to give his superior advice and getting schooled.
Quick lets all take career advice from the guy who lost his job because he couldnt do it right! Something about TPS reports right? Didnt you get that memo? "I totally started filling them out right eventually tho, no reason to fire me" Heh whatever makes you feel better on your way to your failed Verizon interview.

[PoorManQ45]

Lol at PoorKnowItAllQ45, coming in to give his superior advice and getting schooled.

Wow, you are seriously an idiot. No one here was "schooled". He described a secure network in which he is not allowed to route outside of the network.

Lol at PoorKnowItAllQ45, coming in to give his superior advice and getting schooled.
Quick lets all take career advice from the guy who lost his job because he couldnt do it right! Something about TPS reports right? Didnt you get that memo? "I totally started filling them out right eventually tho, no reason to fire me" Heh whatever makes you feel better on your way to your failed Verizon interview.

Wow, you are seriously retarded.

You got called out because you are so retarded as to not know what order great events in history occurred! Now you're all butthurt over it and following me around.

[flohtingPoint]

Damn dude that was a hell of a lot for one day i cant believe you got it all done! I wish i could motivate myself to do anything productive..

I have a lot of good friends who own cars in the shop. They volunteered to help me out =)

[TroubleBound]

I have a lot of good friends who own cars in the shop. They volunteered to help me out =)

Oh i see, still got a lot done. I need some friends like that !