Field Trip

Today I got to go on a little field trip to a job site. We are doing the AC for a new medical center downtown. My boss wanted myself and the other new girl to get a chance to see the equipment and duct work before it gets covered up by drop ceilings, etc. Plus, we got to go on the roof to see the massive units.

It's sometimes easier to understand the units we are, or will be, designing if you can see one close up. I was just excited to go out of the office. Plus, I got to wear a hard hat. It was quite a sight to behold.

My friend/teacher Jenny was out sick today so I actually jumped into the unknown and asked one of the two sales reps I'll be working with if there was anything I could do for him. He gave me a copy of an email from one of our contractors who needed a price quote on a vertical unit heater. He told me it would be easy.

10 min. later I'm still trying to find the option in the computer selection system. At this point I'm feeling like an idiot. I page him in his office and ask a question and it turns out I wasn't quite as big a dork as I thought. The selection I'm looking for is called a different name in the computer system. Okay. I find the right thing, start entering my data and realize that I can't come up with some of the info I need. I grab the catalogue and try and find it there. No luck.

I snag the boss guy as he's going past. I tell him I don't know where to find this info...again, feeling a bit stupid. He tells me the info is in none of my supplied sheets. It's something the contractor needed to provide. YEAH! I'm not a complete idiot. He calls the contractor, gets my questions answered and Bob's your uncle, I've generated a proposal on the unit, gotten it approved and faxed that puppy off. WHEE!!! I love comprehension.

Of course, then I try and help my rep with another massive flippin' project and it turns out that I have to do actual math to try and get the numbers to work right with the unit the engineer has selected. We spent 20 min. trying to get just one unit picked out. There are 32 of these units that need to be done. At this point it was after 5, so I'm going to pick it up tomorrow.

I had to leave fairly on time because I needed to take my car to the dealership so they could buff out some scratches on the new car. I wasn't bothered by them, but my Mom got all kinds of OCD about them in the lot so to keep her happy I kept my appointment. Plus, they were supposed to fill up the car when I bought it, but their flunky messed up and didn't do it. They're going to fill it up this time around.

I got a loaner to drive to work tomorrow. I figured they'd give me something similar to what I was driving.

Boy, was I wrong.

I got a flippin' Yukon!!!!! I haven't driven anything this big since I drove my Dad's truck when I moved from home to Bloomington-Normal when I was 22. I practically needed a ladder to get into the thing. I think I'm going to take back roads to work tomorrow.

Finally, Mamma Mia was a hoot! A great, light, Sunday afternoon sort of movie. If you love the ABBA it's definitely worth it. Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dominic Cooper, the lead chick, Julie Walters...all quite good singers. Pierce Brosnon on the other hand...ehhh...not so much. Still, definitely worth seeing.