So, I haven’t been doing a whole lot of lab work lately. Instead, I am snowed under by massive amounts of paper work. Okay, not really. I have mostly finished all of the paper work I can do without other people giving their input. I’ve been mostly finished with this paper work since the beginning of October. By mostly finished, I mean I can’t do anything more on this work myself and my bosses and people in other departments have to finish it.

So, now I sit here twiddling with other paper work and making up little experiments for myself to do to keep busy. I’ve been writing macros to make all of my spread sheeting easier. That was handy, but not entirely necessary.

To put it bluntly, I’m bored.

I can’t do any more testing until the software guys finish their end and I can’t do any more paperwork until the QC guys finish their end. I’m stuck in between and sitting here with my thumb up my ass. What a waste.

I watched The Office (British version) from start to finish a few days ago. I recommend it. I need someone to pester in the office here to get rid of my woes. Someone to call up for no reason. “Cock!” I would say, and then hang up. But, there is no one worth tormenting and I quite like my job and don’t want to lose it. My boss, unlike the one in The Office, has a pair.

I also re-watched Office Space. Classic. Simply Classic. I had forgotten how much I enjoy this movie. While I don’t come in at least 15 minutes late (rather I come in 45 minutes early so I can leave early and miss some of the traffic), I do spend the first hour or so simply “spacing out”. Everything here is circular. I am snowed under with useless paperwork and I have like 6 bosses.

Blah.

This Friday work is having its Thanksgiving thing. Half of the people are out of town at a big Medical Instrumentation conference in Germany. So, it is a good time to have this I think. I am making bread. The company is providing the Turkey and a ham. I have decided to make not only white bread rolls (simple simple simple), but also sweet potato bread and pumpkin bread. The sweet potato bread will be a modification of Hawaiian sweet bread. The base of Hawaiian sweet bread is a potato bread. I think the pineapple and sweet potato will go well together and give things a bit of colour and flavour. The pumpkin bread won’t be a spice bread, but rather a plainer bread flavoured with cooked and mashed pie pumpkins. That should also be quite yummy.

I am going to start on the breads tonight so I’m not rushing all Thursday trying to get everything done and made. I also need to make individual sized portions for people which is harder than it seems as some styles of bread truly taste better when baked in a full round loaf manner. (I don’t think these will be tasty as pan loaves… too crusty.)

When I finish these recipes, I think I’ll post them.

I love making bread. It gives me something to do with my time.

Posted by Utopia at November 15, 2005 11:36 AM

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