Wednesday was a long day....
Feb. 9th, 2012 08:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ianukI left the house at 620 am and walked in the door at 1040pm. Oof.
So, if you haven't read up on hit..much of my evening before and after the officer's meeting was dealing with SCA Settlement. Simply, we as an organization have a short time to get the money for the settlement. And we are working the numbers right now at local levels to give to kingdom. We might at some point get reimbursed but we won't know for a while. Read the FAQ and if you have questions contact me off of the blog or contact your local hats, seneschal etc. This is a good thing for us in the long run since it means that issue is now closed. We get to move on from something that has been looming over the organization since 1999.
So, with that to deal with and the regular officers/populace meeting which was really well attended and we had some really good discussions. I'm very proud of everyone. This barony rocks!
So, lets rewind to the day. I worked on reports and getting some tasks off of my plate. One thing that has been looming has been an issue with a part number. We basically make our own drawing with requirements and then state that Company XYZ makes a part with part number 1234 that meets those requirements. Well, our distributor for part 1234 can't get part 1234, they can get part 1234-5. Well, we have to prove that part 1234 = 1234-5. I've been requesting a telecon with Company XYZ since early this year/late last year and had not been successful. Finally got on the horn after we have internally talked about what we can do about the issue and how to fix our paperwork to procure what we (and 2 other programs that use the same part) want. We come to find out that part 1234-5 is really 100 of part 1234 in a box. Company XYZ calls stock numbers part numbers. *headdesk* and to make matters even more comical and sad. The part costs a whopping $0.57. That's right...less than a dollar. Oy.
Rule number one of engineering problem solving is "Was it built to the print?" and Rule number 2 needs to be "How much does this cost?". I need to remember rule #2. I'm really good at Rule #1. Sighs.
So, I left work feeling a bit annoyed at the stoopidness of that situation. A simple phone call months ago would have solved this issue entirely without wasting money talking about a cheap ass part. I was tired and getting sore from Tuesday night. My thigh is a spectacular range of purples and pinks. Got to the gym and realized that I didn't want to work my arms too much since they were still kinda shakey and recovering so I did some good core work. I'm making a point in every work out to work my core. It needs to get stronger and its time to do it. I then headed over to the treadmill and programmed it to do 3 mins of 3.5 mph at 0° incline and then rev to 2 mins of 5 mph at 2.5° incline. I did it for 20 mins and that was good. I was beat when I was done but it felt good and then I did a really good cool down and stretching of my core and my legs and this AM I can tell it really worked well. I'm not very stiff at all.
Last night mel and Benton played with his new mega blocks. Mel built stuff and Benton took it apart. I would have loved to watch that. But I'm gonna play that way tonight with him before we head out for dojo night. All good.
So, if you haven't read up on hit..much of my evening before and after the officer's meeting was dealing with SCA Settlement. Simply, we as an organization have a short time to get the money for the settlement. And we are working the numbers right now at local levels to give to kingdom. We might at some point get reimbursed but we won't know for a while. Read the FAQ and if you have questions contact me off of the blog or contact your local hats, seneschal etc. This is a good thing for us in the long run since it means that issue is now closed. We get to move on from something that has been looming over the organization since 1999.
So, with that to deal with and the regular officers/populace meeting which was really well attended and we had some really good discussions. I'm very proud of everyone. This barony rocks!
So, lets rewind to the day. I worked on reports and getting some tasks off of my plate. One thing that has been looming has been an issue with a part number. We basically make our own drawing with requirements and then state that Company XYZ makes a part with part number 1234 that meets those requirements. Well, our distributor for part 1234 can't get part 1234, they can get part 1234-5. Well, we have to prove that part 1234 = 1234-5. I've been requesting a telecon with Company XYZ since early this year/late last year and had not been successful. Finally got on the horn after we have internally talked about what we can do about the issue and how to fix our paperwork to procure what we (and 2 other programs that use the same part) want. We come to find out that part 1234-5 is really 100 of part 1234 in a box. Company XYZ calls stock numbers part numbers. *headdesk* and to make matters even more comical and sad. The part costs a whopping $0.57. That's right...less than a dollar. Oy.
Rule number one of engineering problem solving is "Was it built to the print?" and Rule number 2 needs to be "How much does this cost?". I need to remember rule #2. I'm really good at Rule #1. Sighs.
So, I left work feeling a bit annoyed at the stoopidness of that situation. A simple phone call months ago would have solved this issue entirely without wasting money talking about a cheap ass part. I was tired and getting sore from Tuesday night. My thigh is a spectacular range of purples and pinks. Got to the gym and realized that I didn't want to work my arms too much since they were still kinda shakey and recovering so I did some good core work. I'm making a point in every work out to work my core. It needs to get stronger and its time to do it. I then headed over to the treadmill and programmed it to do 3 mins of 3.5 mph at 0° incline and then rev to 2 mins of 5 mph at 2.5° incline. I did it for 20 mins and that was good. I was beat when I was done but it felt good and then I did a really good cool down and stretching of my core and my legs and this AM I can tell it really worked well. I'm not very stiff at all.
Last night mel and Benton played with his new mega blocks. Mel built stuff and Benton took it apart. I would have loved to watch that. But I'm gonna play that way tonight with him before we head out for dojo night. All good.
