Summer fun

Sheela left yesterday for her week with Grammylyn and GJ.  She did call to let me know she arrived safely.  In theory Mom's Blog (and even Sheela's) should be bursting with new adventures but I think they'll be too busy to share... at least I got that first call.

Go Live

Tonight is "go live" night on our new processes.  We've done all we can to prepare -- now we'll switch to firefighting mode.  Tomorrow should be an interesting day.

Maxed out

I think we finally have too many employees.  I've watched our numbers skyrocket in the last six weeks and as of yesterday we have more cars in the lot than parking spaces.  Luckily I come in early and haven't been leaving at lunch.

Twilight Camp

This is the last night of Sunil's cub scout camp.  It's over 100 degrees for the third day in a row.  A perfect time for a bonfire..  Sid's done his two volunteer stints already and tonight it's my turn.  I baled out of work early (not an easy feat these days) and I'm not even feeling guilty.

Paddling as fast as I can

We’ve hit crunch time on our process integration for the facility consolidation.  I’m working late, working weekends and waking up in the middle of the night unable to sleep.  Everything is coming together but in fits and starte instead of the seamless transition we were working towards.  At least it is still on track.  Tonight we are taking a break and taking the team out to dinner.  It isn’t the whole team just the core IT team… and me.  I pretend to be IT sometimes because the perks are better (and the work is fun).  Luckily the dinner starts late enough (and is close to my house) so that I can run home and spend a few minutes with Sheela before meeting up with everyone.  She has been feeling my absence more than anyone else.  Sid naps in the evenings and I’m usually home before he wakes up, Sunil is spending his evenings at Twilight Camp (Cub Scouts) but Sheela is home and lonely.

Father's Day

I don't know about Sid but I had a wonderful FatherKs Day.  Sheela and I brought back donuts for the traditional breakfast in bed.  Then we went out to Lake Ray Roberts for some fishing.  Lunch was mongolian bbq followed by a kid-friendly movie ("Imagine That").  Then I scored a two hour nap - with the cat.  Now Sid's grilling dinner.

Poster

This was cropped from Sheela’s school biography poster.  I like the picture. 

The Ahi Tower

After it toppled.  Its sushi night for the Unitus IT team.

Country Codes

We use a feature on our MRP system to prevent accidental shipment to unapproved locations called “County Codes”.  For each part individual assignments need to be made for each allowed country.  I assigned 162,540 country codes over the weekend.  I don’t like it when I have to work during “family” time but at least I feel like the time was well spent.

Deuce and Daisy - RoughRider Mascots

 

OFIX Summer Classic

The spring golf tournament was rained out (a company first) and had to be rescheduled.  This worked out well for me because I was unable to play in the spring.  Shelby, Miguel, Christina, David and I tied (with four other teams) for second place.

Crunch time

We have only 20 days left before we go live on the combined process and we are getting a touch panicky.  It's all good and things that aren't done (and late) are close.  We're going to make it.

Training Day 1

We completed our fist training class today.  We'll teach this one two more times tomorrow and then do one advanced class on Wed.  For now though we are ready for a night on the town or a quiet Italian dinner in honor of Suzi's birthday.

More little things

This is the "smoking bench" between the hotel and the day care center (taken in the weak, early morning light from my 3rd floor window).  It comes with a bench an ash tray and a firehydrant.  It is even labeled as a fire zone.

We each received a "Welcome" package at check in:  two doses of Alka-Seltzer Plus and one of cherry Pepto-Bismol.  We've decided to eat out.

Last night on the national news there was a story about the discovery of three buried pipebombs right here in Wayne, NJ.  The bomb squad detonated all three plus the two old cans of gun powder.  No one was injured.

The score keepers

Annual Riders game

Sunil and Grammylyn during the Roughriders' pre-game.  We were all featured on Rider vision during the National Anthem.

Oma and Opa as pirates

I can’t wait to show this one to Sunil…..

The end for the Quiet Series III?

The dishwasher seems to be malfunctioning.  There doesn’t seem to be any water used during the wash or rinse cycles.  Hopefully Sid is either fixing or replacing this today.

2nd Grade Pirate Day

Just because