As expected I had to show up early this morning for the privilege of sitting around for several — and probably several more — hours. I know they need people to show up here; it’s just a bit annoying to have to sit around thumb-twiddling. I brought my Perl book but that gets dry after several hours. Chances are I won’t be called today; one of the trials was continued otherwise I might be there; I was in the third group to be called (or in this case, not called).
I could have brought the laptop; not a lot of plugs in here but I imagine I could find one if I needed to. Would sort of like to take a nap — I had a hard time sleeping last night.
By 11am: life goes on within me and without me. Sure hope they decide to let us all go sometime soon. I would think it would be done by noon. In any case I need to get back to the office at least to run the daily charges processing. Would have at least been more interesting to have been called up and seen how that process works.
By 11:45: this is what purgatory must be like.
I also need to get over my desperate need to spend money. At the moment it’s a new cellphone. I’m way too fascinated with new stuff. At least the new programming I’m learning doesn’t cost more than some books.
October 16, 2001. This was Federal District Court in San Diego. Fred was in the middle of the Cybertel/Telenomics stock dispute while simultaneously billing thousands of phone customers.