Good Friday

So feeling pretty good today (even though it's supposed to get really hot and, I think, humid today and especially this weekend). I've been keeping busy and feeling like I'm accomplishing tasks - although if you asked me what, I would have to say I'm drawing a blank, but lets not go there - ignorance is bliss after all.





Yesterday, near the end of the day of a not too exciting work reviewing submittals and the such, I got an email for one of the projects I am working on that faced a problem with their indoor air quality testing. Nothing exciting, but it was one of those tasks that made you realize how far you've come in your workplace. I am in a profession where the value provided is always questioned and one of the many battles we face. And, frankly, when I started, I didn't have a large knowledge base in the area I was an "expert on" - therefore lots of learning has been going on these past months. Not only was I able to provide an answer to a very critical situation, I don't think any of the project team, not even the specialist or even my own boss knew the answer. It was nice being at that point of expert knowledge level, just being able to answer without researching the subject- especially for me as my retention level of knowledge seems to have an inverse relationship to my age (i.e. the older I get the less I can remember).





This weekend, my neighbors/landlords are having a "garage sale". I only put it in quotes because, they are selling really nice vintage, antique stuff that Cathy has been collecting over the years, priced higher than that of a typical garage sale. They said I could put some of my stuff in, but it's mostly junky stuff I don't want anymore, and clothes - not really the same class of stuff. However, it dawned on me that this could solve my problem of the family Wedgewood. Dad dumped it on me when I moved to Michigan, but it's not in the best shape and a little girly for me. So after getting approval from the rest of the family to dispose of it I stumbled onto sites that sell replacement china and realized the box of dishes would probably fetch a bit of dough. The issue was shipping and that was where the project stalled. So, hopefully I will be able to find a nice middle ground in regards to cost. The verdict will be in next week. (The picture isn't loading so will have to wait until later when it's less fussy and I'm less impatient).