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Hi from Stacy

As most of you are aware, I have been working both dispatch and the jail. This has really been fun and challenging! We've been having a little office turmoil too! Rule One: dispatchers shouldn't date the Deputies that other dispatcher like!!!!! We'll have to see how this turns out. Hopefully I will be able to do my normal Christmas cookie baking this next week. I was going to start it this week-end, but as Tad told you, I ended up driving a big truck to Coeur d' Alene to pick up 40 bikes and helmets for the needy kids in the County. It was a great day. Met a few of the County Sheriff's, and felt really needed!! One Sheriff is down two dispatchers in his office and was doing his best to recruit me. I am going to get a big cup of tea, so I'll set this on Tad's lap for a few while I'm gone..

Well, my day was a meeting this am at the bus barn for the drivers. There was a rep from the state and we all went over the things the state does and doesn't want the drivers doing. Spent most of the rest of the afternoon totally confounded by trying to set up the wired Internet connections. We're on the laptop right now because the wired part still isn't being 'seen' enough to connect. It sees the 100Mbps line but nothing else.... yet. We had to run the lines and hook up because the wireless N hasn't been reliable enough for our desktops. When on it would be great, however it would drop out or not 'see' the computers all the time. So since the router has 4 connection points, I got the wire and connectors. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it all going. Now Stacy's back!

In case you don't know, Brenda makes the BEST spaghetti and salad in the world! Well, think I'll sit here in front of the fire drink my hot tea and watch a good movie.

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