I think shit is finally clicking with what I am supposed to be doing. I was informed the 'page 1000' was my stipulation (though I may have blacked out and suggested it and thought it was my boss), but alas I got past that hump. I was explained how the main booking systems work and that the 'newer' systems are more or less emulators that sit on top of these and feed them commands.. Well that's not true in a whole sense, but more or less right. These two apps have webservices one can hook into to read and execute commands.. It brings me back to the Fraud Detection days with the 3270 'GUI emulator' that sat on top of the screens... made by.. oh god how do I remember his name - Brian Rink (and his coding monkey) - and my near chance at supporting that vb6 app. Golly gee.

Man there is a ton of acronyms and what not to get a handle on.. but I figure 72 hours isn't bad to start getting a groove for this. Hopefully Bossman will understand me not running this app tonight (god I would hate to ruin actual data!) and will be running it tomorrow.

On the bad side I am not sure if I will be able to cover my two days of forced unpaid vacation. Grr.. stupid holidays.