Busier than usual

Last week was insane. From Tuesday to Friday, the earliest Christi got home was 7:30, and that was Friday. The other days were around 10:30pm. It was rough. She was busy working with the other teachers trying to get plans finalized. There is a bunch of stupid stuff they have to do now that they didn't have to use and all it is doing so far is making them waste time preparing for the upcoming weeks (not to mention not being able to see their families!!!)

I too was busy. Monday afternoon I had a "request for engineering disposition" aka an aircraft part that needed to be repaired. They wanted it done that Monday. I got it at 2:30pm; I get off at 4pm. Normally, these things take at least 2 days to do, depending on the part. I ended up working a few hours of overtime that afternoon, came in early Tuesday and worked very late again. Finally, Wednesday morning I had gotten everything finished for that part. It was extremely stressful. I had people from that group (C-130) calling me constantly wanting to know when it would be done and what they needed to do so they could get started repairing it. I also had my boss and my boss' boss constantly checking for updates as well as giving me their engineering opinions, which I appreciate for sure, but when you also have 4 or 5 other people giving differing opinions and then are told "do what you think is best" it gets tricky, frustrating, and plain confusing.

I was pleased to find out Wednesday that everything went very smoothly with the repair and that it was well planned, so I was happy about that. However, I now had 2 days to finish the original workload that was given to me on Monday that had to be put on hold. So I worked late the rest of the week to get it done but thankfully it was done. Half of my group is out of the office working repairs at other bases so the workload has been higher than normal, but I like it because it makes the day go by faster. It can be stressful, though. I'm also teaching a new engineer in our group all of the things we do so that also takes time and slows down the process because you have to make sure they understand or else you're wasting his time because you're not teaching him anything.

I did manage to go play soccer again on Wednesday. I didn't score this week, but I almost did twice. The goalie made a nice save one time and the other I pushed it wide by a few inches. Oh well, I'm not a goal scorer anyway. The talent on the field was far superior to last week; these were some of the better players that I have ever played with. It was a lot of fun and I was pleased that I was able to hold my own for the most part despite being very rusty still; I did get beat a few times though - it happens with the caliber of the players we had.

Christi has been feeling better. Lately, the main thing is that a lot of her normal foods are giving her terrible indigestion so she's searching for foods that don't hurt so much. We haven't found very many, but fruits seems to work best. Being on her feet at school all day is also making her ankles swell and her feet sore. I try to rub her feet but it only helps so much.

We're still in the process of cleaning the house and preparing for Landon's arrival. We haven't made any progress in the office / soon to be nursery, but when we do I'll post the pictures (eventually.)

Last night I was at Walmart picking up some things and ended up seeing that Rockband 2 was half price, so I finally bought it. I stayed up too late playing last night. It's awesome. I know, I'm like 2 years behind everyone else, but I finally got it. I've played before but only 2 or 3 times and I'm average at best. Hopefully I'll be able to rock out with the best of them soon. Speaking of, I think I'm going to play for a little while. Check back for more updates; this week looks to be a little less stressful.