hmmmmmmm Day 15 of Govt Shutdown

When I started working for the Fed Govt I thought hey it is the safest job out there. Well over the 15 years I have worked under a few presidents from different parties. When the Democrats are in office the Fed Employees are taken care of by hiring the number of people we need to just man the call sites. When the Republicans are in office their focus is a reduction in force. They feel more jobs can be done contractor work, however it seems they over charge because their is no oversight on these guys. 

Anyway when I started there had been a shutdown of 3 days....this one is going way beyond anyone's expectations. On Sept 30 I had told my boss that I don't think we will be in the rest of the week. He told me confidently that if we do go out it will only be a day or two..

Yeah Day 15 and when the govt officially opens not sure of the services that will be available. My agency's policy for computer application profiles is to disable access after 2 weeks. Yes folks we have been out for the time on the computers. Therefore no one is going to be able to answer phone calls because no one will have full access to all applications. there will be a delay because of a few days! because we the primary program they seem to only approve those on the weeks ends only, well that is what happened in the past for employees and new hires. 

Any way got some rows done on the new afghan, honestly I am going bat-shit crazy...I did not realize I lived for my job...I am going to have to change that....I dropped into panic attacks during this time and I have got to control of those things.....arghhhh.... the hyperventilation and the crying jags are interfering in my general daily activities.... oh well signing off....buh-bye

JD