Family Life

So I flew all the way out to Vancouver yesterday, and tomorrow I fly all the way back home. All for the sake of a couple of meetings today. Well. Today was a long day. It was noisy, sometimes rambunctious. Animated discussions. Much laughter. We got an awful lot accomplished, achieved a clear vision. And [...]

The first coat of paint went on tonight, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I had hoped to start painting yesterday, but that was not to be. Thankfully it’s all easy stuff now. The wall will need another coat or two of primer, and then maybe three coats of colour. I can only manage [...]

Well that was kind of fun! The drywall compound (hereafter known as “mud”) came in a big tub. It was the consistency of playdoh, and once I got over my initial timidity I was scooping it out in great gobs. I cut a section out of a sheet of drywall, and miraculously it almost fit. [...]

What a perplexing day! There’s this machine we were supposed to hand over to our customer today. Friday it was working beautifully, effortlessly running at 125% of the required production rate. So we phoned and said, “Come on over. Your machine is ready!” This morning we started it up in front of our customer, and [...]

Today I got a replacement for my right contact. No charge. The old one gave me 20/40 vision, while the new one gives me 20/25 vision. 20/40 means that I see at 20 feet what people with normal eyesight see at 40 feet. The old contact was better than nothing, but not very good. The [...]