IT Guy makes me want to smoke

 I quit smoking last Thursday. I've decided that I want to be healthier amongst other varied reasons. Anyway, I quit, bought a crappy e-cigarette that doesn't quite do the trick, but I'll manage and I promptly started coughing, which then turned to the hell cold/low grade fever flu thing. I'm sure they aren't connected with each other, my quitting and catching the yuck (except the lower immunity thing from smoking). I stayed home almost all weekend wrapped in blankets in my jammies on the couch, except Sunday for the Superb Owl. In order to get out of the house I went to a friend's for the game and socialization for a few hours then home again. Sunday night hit me like a ton of bricks health wise and I ended up staying home from work yesterday...though I'm sure my boss thinks I just had a really good time at the sports ball party wink, wink.

Today I am a complete monster/she-beast. I left my head wrapped up in the blankets at home, wrote the wrong email to the wrong guy, attached the wrong document and called him the wrong name. Tried to log into a website only to not be able to. Sorting out the user name/pw thing it said I failed to log in correctly 9 times (9!) and blocked me from the site. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Also, my boss isn't here in order for me to prove that I am genuinely sick. No longer contagious, but still sick.

Currently, I'm working on this stupid project that sounds simple enough but the software that's being used makes it incredibly difficult and stupid. First, there is no one in the office who is an expert on the software. Second, the website for said software doesn't have a forums/FAQ/Help Me, Please Dear God Help Me link. Third, the software company is in Chicago and the IT department, I'm pretty sure hates me.

There's a bunch of stuff that goes on with it, that if I try to explain, your head might hurt as much as mine does. To simplify: I listed out my needs to the IT Guy and asked him how to make the recipe for an automatic email. He, being the expert, sent numerous variations of a recipe which all turned out to be crap and now I'm apparently the idiot who can't figure it out on my own (According to him, there must be some confusion here. Ya think?!). Since I missed yesterday, I'm working 4/10's to make up for it. I have 4 hours to go, and the IT Guy makes me want to smoke, like your job makes you want to drink.