tour guide for senior leader

 at work a senior leader finally showed up to get a look at the check shop. it was the first time since we had moved it downtown nearly a year ago. i didn't mind being a tour guide at all. there was some mention of being on the same floor because of having to pick up something from the mailroom. i said i didn't have too many complaints about my work at this point, the main one would be how hard it can be to get toner cartridges for the check printers when i need one. i was advised to email this senior leader about it, so i will see if anything can be done. it was nice getting caught up on running checks through the machine, as i am usually able to do by the end of the week. good thing i went to the Walgreen fairly early in the morning for a snack as a courier did show up a little later with the big envelope order. in the evening i went to the Hy-Vee in Eagan for groceries, and i was able to get another big box of trash bags. at Walgreen these are locked up, but not at Hy-Vee. i prefer not having to wait for someone to unlock a case. i got a picture of the small pumpkins decorated for Halloween. no plans to buy any of them but the drawings on them with markers were good. 

trumpet player sighting

 when i was taking the first of two buses home from work i boarded and decided to sit near the door next to someone who looked familiar. it was a trumpet player i recall from some open mic shows i had performed at pre-covid. the dude called me a celebrity when i was getting off near the hockey arena, i had to laugh about that as i don't see myself as one. at work the boss was in the shop, it was unexpected as it is usually just once a week. some mention of too noisy on his floor due to construction workers. it led to me re-opening the case on the newer printer, although it led to an annoyance on my part. there was no warning that the printer would be re-booted remotely, and it was in the middle of printing one of the Fargo files. it was a total of nearly two thousand checks in the file and i had to re-print most of them. when it was re-booted remotely earlier in the week, i didn't care as much as no files were printing at the time. the boss wanted the case re-opened due to overflow pages, and we don't get that many of those. i drank a can of miller with the evening meal and now there are four beers waiting. when i was taking a cart back to a nearby store i noticed there was something still in it, an unopened pack of trident gum, it was bubble gum flavor. i claimed it. on Facebook there was plenty of postings about the 75th anniversary of the first Charlie Brown comic strip, and no surprise how i hit 'like' on most of those that i saw. i even spoke of getting a shirt and jersey this season at baseball games that had this theme. 

another a.i. meeting

 we had another A.I. meeting, but this time it was in person and on another floor. the boss didn't like that i was a few minutes late but i had to take two elevators to get there, and there is always something to do in the shop. i was still trying to get the Fargo checks from the previous day run through. still not convinced how it will help me do my job, when most of the time when i communicate with others it is to send tracking numbers. or to say i can print the file when it is approved. when i made it back to the shop the tax specialist was waiting to pick up a check. in the morning i made another trip for coffee, this time it was to the caribou. there was an email about various promotions for the week, and i liked knowing it was a double point day. the baseball playoffs have started, the wild card round. still a question of when i will see a game on TV as the early round games are often only on cable. the news did speak of police officers using A.I. but it is still a reminder of needing to be careful with it. i know this from seeing an 'overview' when i google things as not all of it is accurate or sometimes things are left out. 

lutheran worship hymnal

 when i got off the bus in the evening i saw a book near the bus stop. at first i wondered if it was a bible, but i took a closer look and it was a hymnal. it said 'Lutheran worship' on the spine, and looking inside it appears some pages were partially burned. how it got there, i don't know. i moved it to a nearby little free library. i just hate seeing things go to waste. i made it to work a little early as i didn't have to wait long between getting off the first bus and getting on the second. i decided to go to the convenience store in the building where i work and got a bottle of Dunkin donuts coffee, as well as a Smucker's un-crustable. it was a peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich. and i bought a postcard along with another Jeff Foxworthy redneck greeting card, this one had a pretty good pun on it. just after midday the tech arrived, after i put on the ticket to call me on my cell phone as i hear it better than the laptop connected phone. on the first attempt it looks like they called the laptop and left no voicemail. i reported how the printer rebooted something like five times in the morning. we did send more check files to it and near as i can tell the remote updates, which is what those reboots were, helped. although no one told us in advance that those would be done, so i sent plenty of files to the other printer, as nothing would print on it until it is done rebooting. some of it what was discovered, as expected, was trial and error, what works and what doesn't. for one thing, i guess we still have to send overflow pages, of there are any, to the same printer as the checks. didn't know if were getting that capability again but it looks like we won't. the tech did say some things we are dealing with are internal ones with the bank, specifically what the server will allow. when the boss left on the afternoon, there was mention of a refrigerator being delivered at his home. 

printer skipped checks

 i was asked by my boss about the check printer that arrived late last week, i said the first file i tried printing on it had skipped checks. there were supposed to be over seventy checks, but it didn't print twelve of them. on another file, it also hesitated and printed all of them, but out of order and spit out a blank page before each check. i was told to call in a ticket, except i don't like using that app that much. once i was caught up with other things, especially running checks through the inserter machine, i made the call. i made sure to move up my lunch, not knowing how long it would take. it said it would take three minutes to be connected with an agent but i waited for an hour, but at least i did get a ticket created. while waiting i stayed active and created most of the overnight labels i needed to do. in the evening i went to perform, another small lineup though. at the outset i was one of four performers, eventually it became seven. one of those who decided to perform later on was the lady i hug and is known for having the Kermit doll. i did stories about the bank, rerouting to work, a toy from the grocery store, the play, the festival, and the photo event. 

fujifilm event

 i was double booked for the day, but the second event will stand out. first was the Czech and Slovak festival close to downtown St. Paul. i got a free can of grape slice, hadn't seen this brand of soft drink in a while. i also got what looked like bratwurst as well as a muffin. and i signed up for a dinner that will be held at the same venue a month from now. i really enjoyed the Fujifilm event, held at the walker art museum in Minneapolis. i had put the email invite aside but didn't delete it on Thursday, then registered a day later. i said i don't get invited to invites like this too often. it was due to being on their mailing list after buying a fuji camera from a best buy more than four years ago. when i tried to do a 'check and clean' i was told my camera was not eligible as it is an obsolete model, no longer sold. i did take plenty of pictures while there on this camera and tried some of those on display as well. and there were the souvenirs. one was a polaroid-type photo, two separate images. one of me, the other of the nearby skyline. a metal cup i drank out of, a 'dirty soda bar', i chose a drink with a cherry in it, a non-alcoholic mixed drink. and the purple ticket i was given upon arrival was good for swag, i chose a keychain that was a roll of film and decided it will become another Christmas tree ornament. i did watch some of the pro football game on TV when i got home, chiefs won big over the ravens. the Sunday night game ended in a tie, packers pla6ing the cowboys, i was watching it and fell asleep and it had just ended when i woke up. then i did the dishes. 

shaving legs, eating peas

 no, not me. i went to a play in the evening in Minneapolis, called 'please!' and the actress in it was seen shaving her legs and eating peas. a weird story, but compelling on some level. i think it was due to the call with a friend, who was at a club and called her to encourage her to come to the club. and the response was 'i can control this environment when i am at home'. i can relate, especially when i was young. the diorama of the Ferris wheel on a table was good, the most realistic of what was on the table. the opening act was a story about a man who wanted a reason to live, and the wish was granted, a love interest but she was dying. then he goes back to who granted the wish and asked why. it was all done in about an hour, i didn't do much after getting home from the show. i did plenty of chores and errand running before it. there was going to the post office, four orders were picked up. i printed some tickets at the copy store, one was for an event that will be this weekend. and i got a sandwich at Jersey Mike's. i got another super sandwich, cold cuts, but i have been asked before about the grilled sandwiches. i got a closer look at the menu and said there was just one that didn't have onions or hot sauce. i also went to the nearby target and bought four items. two were boxes of cereal, now i have all three monster cereals as i got franken berry. the other was pumpkin spice frosted flakes. i also got two Charlie Brown items, one was another set of four patches, the other was some Halloween candy. i got groceries at Aldi before i went to the play.