Busy Times

I'm thankful to have a job in these troubled times. I'm thankful to work for a company that is one of the few still making a profit these days. But dang if we don't stay busy.

We are opening possibly 4 new facilities in the next two months. Two are a definite, and are on schedule. One of the possible ones is the biggest of the 4, and it is looking to be the pain of the bunch. It hinges on a contract award, that if won, will require us to have a facility open, and 100 people hired, in a 30 day time frame. Keep in mind, one of the crucial vendors I use requires a 45 day notice to do their part. Then keep in mind that we don't want to commit to anything until we have the contract, so 30 days is all I get. This particular facility will belong to one of my "complaining" departments. I'll add that the last major project my predecessor completed before she was let go, was opening a new facility for this same department, that wasn't completed on time. So good times are expected to be had by all.

I Missed A Meeting Today

It was a short, 30 minute meeting, but nonetheless, probably important. It was on my calendar, it was in my "To-Do Bar", and I got the 15 minute reminder. However, when the reminder popped up, it said canceled. I looked at my email, and sure enough, and cancellation notice had been sent out. I clicked on the remove from calendar button, and blissfully went on my way. I came back to my computer, and had a reminder for the same meeting, stating that I was 22 minutes late. I looked at my email, and had a meeting request for the same meeting. In the body of the request, it said, "Oops!! I didn't mean to click the cancel button. We are still having the meeting." I opted not to call in for the remaining 8 minutes.