Recap...

Constant Reader,

Since NicBunny has been harassing me I figured I'd make another post so she can comment on it.

Last Friday I got to be the tour guide for ze Germans I went out with. Every club we went to was lame. About 10 minutes after getting in the DJ would change the music to some terrible crap. I did manage to play wingman for one of the guys and got him some digits. So I got home around 5am...

After waking up around 9 I was in no mood to drive to Switzerland or anywhere for that matter, so I hung out around my apartment. I downloaded an NES emulator and I finally beat final fantasy 1 which I never made it all the way through before.

Sunday was climbing at my 3rd new gym. Pretty good routes and such. It's interesting since a lot of features are built into the walls in the indoor gyms here. My climbing partner invited me to chill at ze parentals sometime in the Eiffel which has lots of outdoor climbing... now I just need a rope, but there's no way I'm buying one here... stupid Euro.

Monday I put in 9 hours at work without lunch, did some laundry after work and got a back massage at the spa next door to my apartment. Tuesday was 10 hours without lunch, nothing after work. Yesterday was another 9 hours, again no lunch. Although I did get a nice sun burn as I had to do a yard audit out in the sun instead of eating... So I rolled up my pant legs and took off my shirt as I was in and out of the ovens of cars. I got a call from one customer asking when a meeting was and I told him that I wasn't attending and he thought that was bad. 'Do you really want to give mr. P an opportunity to say that there was no support present?' he asks. 'That would be fantastic,' says I. I've been asking for further support for a week now. About half an hour after talking to the Ford guy I get a call from the office... I actually got a comment from ze company that since our customer doesn't pay for anything extra we won't provide it. That was shortly followed by, 'change your priorities and go to the meeting that starts in 10 minutes.' (I was about a 20 minute walk away). As I approached the building I put my shirt back on and kissed any opportunity to eat goodbye. At about 4:30 I was on a different conference call and I said, 'I'm leaving,' hung up the phone and did just that. Ze company doesn't pay me overtime so f them in the a... If they honestly expect me to do the job of 3 people and tell me that since our customer doesn't pay for extra support they won't get it and expect me to put in overtime... wtf? I need to get some of what they're smoking and sell it... That would be worth some serious cash.

Tonight I have no plans much like for the weekend since everyone here is lame. I was invited to a flea market on Sunday... cool! At least next week my US colleague and co-winner of the most unique Halloween costume at the 07 Julien family Halloween bash will be here. At least it won't be awkward playing tour guide to a foreigner. I was tempted to give her ze German treatment so she can go back and explain to everyone exactly how shitty it is here, but that would be punishing myself too. Overbaugh, change your flight to tomorrow!

I did get my flight confirmation for Labor day so I'm excited for that.

Also, I haven't taken a picture since last Wednesday so there won't be any attached here. Maybe in two weeks after Rome.