Not doing so well

Not today. I just talked to my buds at a previous job and they were just in the process of shutting down the computer system that I had established and nourished at that company. This was not a small thing, three large systems separated between two buildings with active/active failover tested every 6 months. And it worked, and it wasn't easy to setup and I was proud of it, and I put my heart and soul into it and now it'll be gone.

On the domestic front things are deteriorating too. Reports from yesterday of police stopping oyibos in V.I. and demanding documentation. My documentation is in the safe and never brought out and besides it's not really valid because it's a temporary letter issued while the permanent card is pending. The letter has expired and the card has never arrived and it never will and I'll get another temporary letter and the card will never arrive and that's the way it's always been.

Besides which, an Agip helicopter was fired on wednesday with one crew member severely injured and the airport electronics staff (read landing radar) are on strike and now look at this.

Some helpful oyibo sent out the results of a salary survey from last year including company allowances for drivers and other staff. Now the union is circulating a letter accusing all us oyibos of paying only 10% (tithing) of the allowances and making millions off the domestic staff. Well, it's not really true, but it makes a nice biblical argument that folks who get their learning from church can grab onto. And it moves the argument from the realm of logic to religion where we can never win or even make a case.

Sigh. One more day and then on the bus, to the airport, into the lounge, and on the plane. "Doors to automatic and crosscheck." Ahhh.