Jim’s Daily Rant. Universe Screaming “234”.

I definitely had a strange dream this morning. Thirty-five years ago I worked for a local Dept. of Defense contractor, Crown Management, that staffed and managed laundry facilities on 16 US military bases in Country.

The Problem ( Skip this part if in a hurry).

Their accounting was horrible. They hired a graduate Accountant to computerize their operation; he had never seen a set of books much less a computer. He did the best he could but made basic mistakes in computerizing. Their manual system had 16 set of file cabinets with one set for each plant. So if a bulk order of detergent was sent to 5 plants, 5 separate invoices were sent and filed in 5 file cabinets.

The computer should have done away with 15 of those cabinets leaving only one set. Then coding would have divided up joint orders without the paper chase problem. When the computer Vendor Codes were created the novice created 16 Account numbers for Detergent Expense by using a 3 digit code for “Detergent” then 4 Alpha codes for the location. So the Account number for Detergent for San Francisco was “401.SANF”

He didn’t realize most would have numbered the locations with two digits. This way the account number for San Francisco Detergent would be “401.12”, This would allow the bookkeeper to key in using just the ten Key pad only.

Imagine the time and work saved by cutting out 15 sets of paper records and keying in using only the 10 key pad. It only took one day to crash the system and rebuild it. That was fun!

What was originally created was a poorly run manual system now running through the computer running poorly faster.

After four years everything was calm and running smoothly and I had learned everything I could about Government Contracting. I got bored and gave a 30 day notice and resigned after appointing mu successor as the Financial Controller and went in search of another mess to challenge me.

  The Dream:  

It was quite simple. I received a check for $234, in today’s time, out of the blue from Crown Management. A hand written note was attached stating that “We received money from a person that asked that we send $234 of it to you.”

The Translation:

I immediately woke up and trotted to the bathroom, without a clue of what the “234” meant, and headed back to bed. Over the past 6 months whenever I ask for confirmation of dreams, it has come from looking at the time. If it is a Straight (like in Poker) after unscrambling the digits or is Three of a Kind or even all Prime Numbers in order (1,3,5) unscrambled, then that is confirmation of my translation.

Lately I have been asking for a lot of Confirmations, mostly because I could.

We are still without power from the hurricane so I lost the radio clock. I used a very small clock with hands that does not light up or flow in the dark. Before getting back into bed I shined a flashlight on it. Half asleep I thought it was 12:35. I turned the light back on and looked closer. It was “12:34”.

The “234” was confirming my translation and translating it for me at the same time. All of this happened without my specifically asking for confirmation. In that moment the deem was the Universe (my Guide) telling me I was a big boy now and didn’t need so dang many confirmation. It was slowing down our communications.

I needed to just trust my intuition and act independently.