It's been a busy week for me. We did some manufacturing trials this week for the project I've been working on. It's been fun, but stressful.
It started last weekend. I worked 8 hours on Saturday and another 8 hours on Sunday getting everything set up to go. Then we took off Sunday night for Canton, OH. That's a boring 5 hour drive. Ugh!
Of course, all of this "overtime" happened just days after our illustrious leader decided to stop paying us for overtime. The massive amount of work doesn't go away, of course, just our pay. Can you tell I'm a tad bitter?
Monday we went to the supplier and set up for our first trial. (Note that Monday is a holiday that Rolls-Royce gets off. This means that, once again, I worked 9 hours that I don't get paid for. Brilliant!). Everything went pretty well that day and we got everything done that we needed to.
Tuesday was a much easier day. We basically just waited around for our supplier to do their part of things and we supervised.
Wednesday was a repeat of Monday. Thursday would have been a repeat of Tuesday, except I had to drive to Toledo to visit a different supplier. Plus, while that was happening I had to have another guy from work drive to Cincinnati to oversee some stuff for me at a thrid supplier and keep me up to date on the phone.
So, you see, it's been quite the week for me in Ohio. I've been all over the place. Tonight I'm back in Canton. I'll make one more quick visit to our supplier here before I head home tomorrow. It will be nice to have the weekend off for some relaxation.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Monday, January 08, 2007
Life in General
Well, I think this is a new record for time without a post. I guess there's just been a lot going on recently so I haven't gotten around to it. Plus, the only people who really read this are family and I already saw them at Christmas. But if I don't start back up I think Grandma is going to disown me. So here goes:
Jen has decided to take a pediatric position in Danville. That's a little bit West of Indianapolis. She still has to have a lawyer look over her contract, but she's told them verbally that she's going to sign. It's a great practice and the other two doctors are both very nice. She'll have a good time there. It will be so nice to have us both on a regular schedule. We're not going to know what to do with ourselves.
I've decided to put off my PhD for a while longer. I told Jen that if she'd leave the option open for me, I'd like to postpone for three or four more years. Basically, I just didn't feel ready to dive into it. I'd like some more experience here at my job, I'd like more time to finish my MSCS at IUPUI, and I'd like the two of us to get our financial feet under us a little bit more before I take all that on. Plus, I think I'd like to try to teach a couple classes at IUPUI before I go back.
So that means we'll be looking to move soon. Jen needs to be within 30 minutes of the hospital she'll be working at, and right now we're at 35. So we're going to move to the Avon area, which is between Indianapolis and Danville. It won't really be any change in commute time for me, but she'll only have to drive about 10 minutes to get to work. That will be nice.
We're excited about getting a new place. We've been looking around a little bit and we have tons of options. We pretty much just have to decide on a price range and then find that "perfect" place.
We're not so excited about selling our current home. That's just going to be a pain in the butt. We've got a few things to fix up around the house, both inside and out. Hopefully it will go fairly smoothly. I guess we'll find out.
Okay, so that's it for now. I'll be in Ohio the next couple weeks on business, Wish me luck.
Jen has decided to take a pediatric position in Danville. That's a little bit West of Indianapolis. She still has to have a lawyer look over her contract, but she's told them verbally that she's going to sign. It's a great practice and the other two doctors are both very nice. She'll have a good time there. It will be so nice to have us both on a regular schedule. We're not going to know what to do with ourselves.
I've decided to put off my PhD for a while longer. I told Jen that if she'd leave the option open for me, I'd like to postpone for three or four more years. Basically, I just didn't feel ready to dive into it. I'd like some more experience here at my job, I'd like more time to finish my MSCS at IUPUI, and I'd like the two of us to get our financial feet under us a little bit more before I take all that on. Plus, I think I'd like to try to teach a couple classes at IUPUI before I go back.
So that means we'll be looking to move soon. Jen needs to be within 30 minutes of the hospital she'll be working at, and right now we're at 35. So we're going to move to the Avon area, which is between Indianapolis and Danville. It won't really be any change in commute time for me, but she'll only have to drive about 10 minutes to get to work. That will be nice.
We're excited about getting a new place. We've been looking around a little bit and we have tons of options. We pretty much just have to decide on a price range and then find that "perfect" place.
We're not so excited about selling our current home. That's just going to be a pain in the butt. We've got a few things to fix up around the house, both inside and out. Hopefully it will go fairly smoothly. I guess we'll find out.
Okay, so that's it for now. I'll be in Ohio the next couple weeks on business, Wish me luck.
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