I came back to work this week after a huge storm last weekend. It came in sometime late afternoon after Cat and I had headed home. I was looking at a report that showed that we were on natural gas which costs a lot. I was a little upset until I found out what all happened. On friday during the storm we were on generator power and an operator at the ( Read more... )

Things sure are never really boring around here. The hardest part is trying to keep track of all the balls in the air and not droping any. Managed to put together a meeting of the Sustainability Coordinators from across the state's Higher Ed or as Kari calls them "all the different Ryans". Also, I am looking at breaking my job up into parts with ( Read more... )

Well, I am finally crawling out from under all this paper. I ended up with 7 proposals which was literally a case of paper, most of it double sided, to read. Interviews are next week. I am glad to be through the boring stuff ( Read more... )

Well, I have been going crazy for the last few weeks with this project. Tomorrow is the mandatory pre-proposal meeting. So far, we have had 9 companies come to campus. I am wondering how many of those 9 will come and how many others will come just so that they are allowed to propose. Purchasing has said that they will not even accept proposals that ( Read more... )

Well, I managed to get a hold of someone more reasonable over e-mail. They were able to tell me how to get my information changed as I am not eligible to serve because I am out of county. They also told me that they got my info from the voter information and that I should contact them to get my name removed from their database as well so I don't ( Read more... )

Well, they finally released the project after all this time. It is getting pretty crazy trying to keep everything straight. I am glad that I created a spreadsheet to track each call, each visit, and each item a company requests. At first I thought it was just being OC, but quickly realized that it really helps due to dealing with over 6 companies ( Read more... )

Well, I finally decided that I have had enough of not being able to have my files on my active drive due to space limitations. I know, poor me where 60GB is not enough room for my music. So, I went ahead and bought the largest hard drive they made in the same speed which was 100GB. Now I am reloading my computer. It will be nice to have all my ( Read more... )

Since last time, I went to Testing & Balancing of HVAC systems in Madison. The class was a good experience. After class we would take a short break, go to dinner, walk around for a while, and end up at the bar watching the scenery go by. Madison has an interesting layout with a pedestrian way leading from campus with all sorts of restaurants and ( Read more... )

School has begun again. I am taking Calc III and band this semester. It seems that Calc III will be consuming nearly all of my free time during the week. Basicly, I work until 4:30 and then go to the Union to do homework (to avoid distraction) until it is done which is about 9 or so. So, I will not be on line much, but I am available by phone. As ( Read more... )

Well, it is that time of year again. I think that this was one of the most chaotic but smoothest moves that my friends and I have done. The hardest part was getting people down, but the delay allowed me extra time to prepare. Beyond that, the move was smooth. We managed to get everything moved in by about 10:30 or so. My thanks goes out to my ( Read more... )