May 12, 2006
How Are We Doing....
Powderblue Skies Maui...
Written Sunday May 7
We are better... But still not out of the woods yet...
First of all I want to thank all of you for your emails of support. I appreciate it more than you can know. This has been a very tough week for us but I think that we will get through it with God's help.
I am still pretty sick. My cough is so amazing that is shakes my desk and the whole cuble vibrates. No one says "you shouldnt be here you are contaminating me..." but rather "thanks for being here we know how difficult this is, and you are making a difference..." and that seems to be true, as my background is so very different from the other members of the team. I have been assigned an outstanding assistant to help me and between the two of us we actually got all of our work done for the week... It took about 110 man hours to do this but Im told that as time goes on and more of the system automates we will be needed less to punch buttons, the account will do a lot more of its own work... Between Tina and I we pushed out about 475 loads or nearly 15 percent of the teams output... A lot of work
Burning the midnight oil is common in a peak time, in this case during the harvest season as our client picks and packs fruits and vegetables. I also manage the shipping needs of a pet food plant in Ontario Canada. That was my main focus this week as we got behind and the doggy food was piling up and not moving out for distribution. A lot of my work focuses on moving ingredients from one plant to another and not getting this work done means prodution lines stop and people are not able to work, something I dont want to have happen if I can avoid it. So its 7am to 8 or 9 pm weekdays and a full day Saturday. They feed us though I am sick of pizza the office staple of choice...
Mak and Nani were taken to see the best cat vet in the area Weds. Nani had a going over and a manicure. She was praised for being a normal weight and for her uniqueness and sent home with a clean bill of health. Mak however was kept over night to give a urine specimine, because you cant just send a cat to the bathroom with a paper cup...By the next day he hadnt done what we wanted so I left work in time to visit at the the vet and after a bit of petting cuddling and a soothing massage, he felt like he could relax and nature took its course. I left him for another day to have blood work done, as our concern was also that he might be diabetic. The tests confirmed a very serious kidney infection, as well as a sort of kidney stone problem. Both cats are on a special diet (Nani just in case) and Mak is on anti biotics. Woody has become very clever in administering the pills, and our little boy is more like his charming self. The tests also showed a colesterol level so high that if he were human he'd be in the hospital. No more Fancy feast or Friskies dry food. Hell have to be on this special diet the rest of his life, and it wont hurt Nani either.
Woody is working the same long hours but is seeing few sales. I dont think the dealership is doing that well. Still hes all for sticking it out and isnt looking for anything else. I think that is dumb. But its his life not mine to say one way or another. He has a good attitude, but is not happy about how things are going in my life...
I know that God is with us and will show us the way we are to go. I have no fear that I am in the wrong place. A hard place for now, but a good place never the less.
More later.
