Hello from Kent, WA<\/p>\n
Sunday Afternoon , October 13, 2013 (First travelogue of this trip).<\/p>\n
Or, should the title be \u201cHello from Kent, WA \u2013 for the umpteenth time\u201d {grin}<\/p>\n
Yes, I am back in Kent and have been for the past two weeks. I was able to fly back for a couple of days (Oct. 4\/5), but I am staying over this weekend. I will fly home on Thursday and then fly back on the following Sunday. If you got lost in that sentence, it might be easier to say that I am here most of the month of October.<\/p>\n
The good news is that Pat and I will be traveling back to Washington the last week of October and will return to Evergreen a bit before Thanksgiving. During that time, I will teach two classes and we will play tourists for a bit over two weeks. You can’t believe how I am looking forward to that trip. We have some neat sightseeing plans and plans to visit two great friends.<\/p>\n
When I was here several times before this hectic October schedule, the weather was great. However, it has been quite rainy and cold this month. It sounds like next week will be a little better. <\/p>\n
Part of the reason for all of the October activity is that I am getting qualified to teach additional classes at Boeing. Most of the new ones deal with checking for geometrical alignment problems on large machining centers. I have done my audits for two of the classes and will finish the co-teach process next week and the following week.<\/p>\n
That will give NTT a lot of flexibility with resources. They are in a bind right now. It will also keep me about as busy as I want to be. Indeed, I am scheduled to do two Boeing classes a month for November through February (as far as the schedule goes right now). In addition, NTT has a very aggressive \u201cpublic\u201d schedule for the first half of 2014. I suspect they will ask me to do several of those classes as well.<\/p>\n
Traveling has always presented a \u201chealth\u201d problem for me, as I tend to not be as active, nor do I eat well. I did a mini physical a couple of weeks ago when I was home and the doctor was very pleased with my health status. Obviously we both agree that I need to loose weight, but he did not bring it up. I kind of wish he would have lowered the boom on me {grin}. However, I took the bull by the horns and have been eating healthy salads for lunch, cutting back of my typical \u201ccomfort foods\u201d, etc. In addition, I have been riding the exercise bike for 30 minutes most days.<\/p>\n
Unless something comes up, I probably won’t post again until Pat and I start our \u201croad trip\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello from Kent, WA Sunday Afternoon , October 13, 2013 (First travelogue of this trip). Or, should the title be \u201cHello from Kent, WA \u2013 for the umpteenth time\u201d {grin} Yes, I am back in Kent and have been for … Continue reading