Cheery
Work is in overdrive this week.
My flight from Las Vegas landed about midnight Monday and by the time I collected my luggage, drove home and flopped into bed, it was almost three.
Tuesday morning I dragged out of bed around 9:00 AM, checked my email, responded to several messages and jumped on the road to visit a school district about 90 minutes away. The survey team is doing a full audit across the entire district, but I wanted to see the school buildings myself and check out a few areas which might benefit from daylight-responsive lighting controls. I met the maintenance manager for the school district and quizzed him about his lighting experiences. He suggested that I attend their 7:00 AM meeting the next day.
So I was awake at 5:45 AM Wednesday to get on the road and make the 7:00 AM meeting. I'm glad I made the effort; I gained some valuable information about operations and preferences from the client. I then zoomed off to tour a local hospital about their potential lighting upgrade, grabbed a salad at a Panera bread and headed back to to the school district. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking seven more schools. I was pleasantly surprised by additions to two of the buildings (below); the canary yellow glazed brick on the outside was incredibly cheery.
And of course I saw lots and lots of students. There is something about the enthusiasm and energy of little kids which is almost infectious.
My flight from Las Vegas landed about midnight Monday and by the time I collected my luggage, drove home and flopped into bed, it was almost three.
Tuesday morning I dragged out of bed around 9:00 AM, checked my email, responded to several messages and jumped on the road to visit a school district about 90 minutes away. The survey team is doing a full audit across the entire district, but I wanted to see the school buildings myself and check out a few areas which might benefit from daylight-responsive lighting controls. I met the maintenance manager for the school district and quizzed him about his lighting experiences. He suggested that I attend their 7:00 AM meeting the next day.
So I was awake at 5:45 AM Wednesday to get on the road and make the 7:00 AM meeting. I'm glad I made the effort; I gained some valuable information about operations and preferences from the client. I then zoomed off to tour a local hospital about their potential lighting upgrade, grabbed a salad at a Panera bread and headed back to to the school district. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking seven more schools. I was pleasantly surprised by additions to two of the buildings (below); the canary yellow glazed brick on the outside was incredibly cheery.
And of course I saw lots and lots of students. There is something about the enthusiasm and energy of little kids which is almost infectious.