Ok, well the day was interesting to say the least.
It started well by catching the delivery guy with the last of the chemicals we needed for out Foam In Place Machine for packaging. We thought we would have everything last Friday, but it did not arrive. I called to check on the status of the delivery but did not hear back, happened to be driving through the complex, the driver saw our truck and whistled.
A few hours later the technicians came over to revise the settings on our machine so it could run the new material that is better for the environment. Because this is a new product and it turns out we were the first order in the region the techs did not know how to set it up. An hour of messing with it, then an hour to wait for the guy who knew more to arrive, then a little more time and we were all set to go.
I ended up having to tear down one of the pumps, clean it up before switching to the new stuff. That took a few hours because the stuff had crystalized and was very hard. So now that most of the day was burned we called it a day around 4:30Pm. Hopefully we will be able to package all 100 units tomorrow.
The other thing that we found this morning was that the 50 RocLoks we stained yesterday looked a little purple or blue. We had just purchased more stain and apparently it was not mixed perfect... so we had to fix the mix, then touch up 50 then stain the remaining 50.
Overall we made some good progress at work today but it seemed like two steps forward and a step back all day.
The real kicker was when we got home, I noticed that someone had stolen the fenders and exhaust from my donor truck (for the 39 build). Melanie went inside while I was looking around to see what else was stolen. Our dog had puked on the floor and she cleaned it up (what a way to end the day). She grabbed her laptop to finish her blog post and the hinges snapped off, the screen fell back on her lap. It was not a cheap laptop, it was a Sony Viao and was over $2,000 when we got it. Well my opinion was that Sony had great marketing and ok products... I guess I was right their products are not as good as many others on the market they just make everyone think they are better.
There were loads of other fun moments throughout the day, including a terrible experience with the Fed/Ex Kinkos near our office... Melanie will tell you all about that when she has access to a computer again. I will just say that at least with that office of Kinkos customer care is dead, buried and has maggots running through it.
Well thanks for following another day in the life of us, trying to Make It In America
-Ryan
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