Brilliant

I love the idiosyncrasies that go along with working for a big company.

I work from home because I'm allergic to my work environment (unfortunately just the environment, not the actual work itself), so on my work voicemail I state that I'm working remotely and to please call my cell phone, and then I leave my cell number.

Earlier this week I tried to call in to check my voicemail to make sure I didn't have anything new on there, and I couldn't, for the life of me, remember my new password. I called the helpdesk, who directed me to a website, and instructed me to fill out this form online. In the form I stated that I work remotely, and gave them my cell number.

That was Monday.

I called the helpdesk today to ask the status of getting my password changed, and after a few minutes, the lady came back to the phone. Here's how the rest of our conversation went (in very broken English on her part):

Helpdesk: "It says they called to give you your new voicemail password."
Me: "I didn't receive any phone calls, are you sure?"

Helpdesk: "Yes, they called xxx-xxxx and left a voicemail for you with step by step instructions."
Me: "So, let me get this straight....they called my work phone, and left me a voicemail on the voicemailbox system that I can't remember the password to, telling me how to change my password?"

Helpdesk: "Yes maam."
Me: "Um, okay, do you not see the irony in all of this?"

Helpdesk: "No maam."
Me: "Does the form I filled out say to call this number?" (I give her my cell number).

Helpdesk: "Yes, but they just called the number we have on file for you."
Me: "Okay, how do I get them to call my cell phone number because I work remotely."

Helpdesk: "I would suggest filling out another form."
Me: "Is that going to result in the same outcome?"

Helpdesk: "Yes maam, they will call and tell you how to reset your password...maybe you'll be at your desk next time, yes?"
Me: "No I don't work at work, I work at home. Nevermind. Allright, uh...um...I guess I'll just try back later."

Helpdesk: "Okay. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
Me: "No, no...I think we're good."

Perfect. I'll just hope that my password comes to me in my sleep. Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" song has been in my head all day...

The Adventures of Kara and Chris - Part 1

Theoretically, if you enter a wooded area that has a No Trespassing sign, and get a few miles in to see another No Trespassing sign to go a different direction, does that mean the initial way you entered the area was NOT no trespassing? I mean, if there's a No Trespassing sign in the middle of the woods, does that mean you weren't trespassing before, but you are now if you continue?!

Explanation...

Kodi jumped a fence and chased a deer (wink wink) into a no trespassing area of the woods. Naturally, Chris and I had to hop the fence to go get him. Since we were already there, we just kept going for a few miles. We came upon a 4 way split in the woods that had No Trespassing signs posted on 2 corners of the woods, but the path straight forward was good. Why in the world would you put up No Trespassing signs in a no trespassing area otherwise, right?

In my mind, that made us legit. Sort of.

We kept going and enjoying the outdoors when all of the sudden Chris yells "Truck, RUN, FOLLOW ME". He went running from our path straight into the woods like a bat out of hell. Naturally, Kodi and I followed him. Kodi wasn't on a leash, but he did a great job keeping up. Chris saw the truck on one of the side paths that we had just passed, and took off in the woods FOR that path. Direct bee-line TOWARDS where the truck was coming from.

His logic was that we were never going to out run a truck, but normal people don't run AT what you're trying to get away from, so they'd never suspect to find us there.

We are, obviously, not normal.

We ran for about 10 minutes through the woods as fast as we could and then when we thought we were pretty safe, we stopped to catch our breath. Our conversation went something like this:

Kara: Gasp Gasp "What the hell are we doing back here?!?!"
Chris: Taking deep breaths "I don't know, this is kinda dumb."
Kodi: Pant Pant "This is awesome Mom and Dad, lets play in the woods some more."

Kara: "Why did we run AT the truck?!"
Chris: "He'll never suspect us here!"
Kara: "What are we, 12?!?! Are we playing Fing Manhunt?!"
Chris: Grinning "Yeah, stay low, follow me."

I guess after seeing the truck, my mind decided maybe we weren't so legit after all.

So we got our adventure for the day, ran a little over 3 miles back to the initial fence we weren't supposed to trespass, and went home. Thankfully, we managed to make it home on our own 2 feet without help from any police officers.

One day we'll grow up. Maybe.

<3
Kara