My week in Ohio

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.