Mood:
irritatedYesterday afternoon we were reminded that we would need to use our CAC Cards (military ID) to log onto our computers come Wednesday. They came last week and installed the card reader on my computer and issued me a new card because mine had expired.
I get in this morning and stick my card into the reader and try to log on but I ended up with an error message instead. I called the help desk and proceeded to spend two hours on the phone trying to get it to work. In the end the guy said he thinks it is the card and that i will have to get a new one. Now getting a new card isn't an easy process. I have to call and make an appointment with the National Guard. Then I have to fill out two forms and get my supervisor to sign them. Then I have to drive all the way into town and pray they will let me through security. Then I have to hope that once I get to the CAC office that the machine and computer are up and in working order. The last time I got a CAC card, I had to make 4 trips. Either I didn't have the right form or the printer was down. So when the guy told me I needed a new card....I snapped. I don't mean the little rants that I normally do. This was HUGE. I am pretty sure I made the poor Help Desk Guy cry. I yelled so loud and used such language that my boss came out and grabbed the phone from me and told the guy he would call him back. My boss then looked at me and I just burst into tears. I think he was a bit concerned because this was not at all like me. He then handed me my camera and the keys to our brand new Durango and told me to go and he didn't want to see me for at least an hour.
I went and drove to our tower to get some pictures of the cliff swallows that have set up home there. I got some great pictures that I hope to post soon. After the tower I went down to one of the areas we burned yesterday to check out an area that had crossed the line in the middle of the night. At one point I found a log, sat down and just cried.
I just don't know what is wrong with me. Could be PMS? But I normally don't get emotional. It could be that I am just tired. I don't mean in the haven't gotten enough sleep way either because I have been sleeping great. I think I am tired in the haven't taken a break kind of way. As I mentioned before, I haven't taken a vacation since my trip to Ireland. I do have the occasional weekend away and I have gone home to visit family. But the weekends are just not long enough and when I go home to WV my time is usually not my own seeing as Mom usually have me booked solid with visiting other people. I make it home so rarely now that I live in NC that when I do go home everyone wants to see me.
I just need to get away for at least a week. No schedules, no phones, no computers, no fax machines. Having a mortgage now that is stretching me thin financially, any vacation I take will have to be cheap. Since I work for DOD I can take advantage of the American Foreign Vets Travel site. I can go and stay pretty much where ever for $299 for a the whole week. I could get a few people to go along to make the trip cheaper. The only problem is that you can't normally pick the dates you want. Some places are only available for certain months. I did find a Chalet in Bryce, VA that is available in Sept. Can I last till then? What I would really like to do is to go up to the mountains, rent a cabin on a lake. Make sure it comes with a canoe. Get a fishing license and some gear. Doesn't that sound great? *daydreams a little*
