pulling the call

 first day back at work after being on leave for a little over a week. there were issues with some of the machines. i was asked to call about the envelope stuffer, and when i found out the wait on seeing a tech arrive i was asked to call again to a different tech. this one i had seen most often, reminds me of the kind i would see when i was attending concerts. the term used was 'pulling the call'. there was a temporary fix done so more checks could get run through as a special project, remediation, is in full swing. some have been printed and still waiting to be run through, but i feel like i did plenty for the day. no surprise how some said 'welcome back'. when i was checking the branch for deliveries one employee there said it was great that i came back from vacation, i said 'we will call it that' and spoke of a line from the movie 'forrest gump'. when i arrived i wanted to get things arranged better, and go through a little over 80 emails, so it was a while before i actually got to production. about an hour later i did finally print some checks. i had a colleague in the shop for much of the day helping out, she was running the checks through the machine, it did make things easier for me. still a question of what is to be done with the copier, which had the toner cartridge ripped out. but when most things can be printed on a check printer it wasn't high priority to call about it on a crazy day. there was a team huddle, in the training room next to the breakroom. looking at emails it looked like it was chaos when i was absent, even some overtime to get california tax forms run through apparently on a saturday. i do like being back as i like being active. in the evening i went on a walk and found 74 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when we me meet dr. stephanie, as she was told by howard she could pilot the mars rover. it was followed by the one where amy is ill and sheldon takes care of her. when sheldon finds out she lied to him, she was ill but didn't admit to getting well because she liked the company, sheldon decided to spank her but she enjoys it too much. on 'the conners' harris had a miscarriage. and we see louise return from a concert tour, but she doesn't want to leave the bedroom for a while, saying she had no purpose without performing.