Day 307 - the first Friday of November

Today is the 6th day of the 44nd week, the 3rd day of the 11th month, the 307th day of 2023, and:

  •  Cliché Day
  • Fountain Pen Day
  • Give Someone a Dollar Today Day
  • Independence Day - Panama from Colombia in 1903 [also celebrated as Separation Day], Dominica from the UK in 1978, and the Federated States of Micronesia from the US in 1986
  • International Cake Day
  • Love Your Lawyer Day
  • National Farm Toys Day
  • National Housewife Day
  • National Jersey Friday
  • National Medical Science Liaison Awareness and Appreciation Day
  • National Sandwich Day
  • One Health Day
  • Public Television Day
  • SOS Day
  • World Jellyfish Day

Quote of the day:
"It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition."
~ Henry James, author 

Today has been a hectic day.

There was an issue with the loan accounting system [fortunately found by accounting before the reports went out] that happened when I changed the billing method on a loan - it literally rewrote the entire loan from the date of the first payment [09.01.2022!?!?!?] and threw the the participants' trial balances out of whack.  That took a couple of hours to find and fix.  

Then there were questions from those reviewing the SOC reviewers who don't comprehend small organizations working in teams who assign tasks and controls by function rather than title.  That ate up another 1 1/2 hours.  

And the workman had to turn off the power in my tier to effect electrical repairs in the apartment below me.  It was only supposed to be off for an hour - but it was 2 1/2 hours before it [and the heat] came back on.  That also means I worked much later than usual since I was working from home....

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