Flurries

More snow. Just when you think, "you're done!" with winter, the wind shifts, the weather changes, things cool down and the snow starts to fly. RATS! It's also getting really cold again. It's amazing after all this time to still feel like I am in the "adjustment phase" of my not-so-new anymore homestead.

Not that I have much time to ponder about things like the weather anymore. I have a pile of "to-do's", but I will say that the guys I am working with have gone already from the "we can't/won't/don't" to the "maybe we can/will/do" in only one week. Even better than the attitude change, has been that they've all been chartered with helping to develop the way that they "can/will/do" the changes. And some of these processes and procedures (or lack thereof) have been in place for over 30 years!

So this is very exciting for me. One of the guys who's been with the company for 30+ years, and has been very helpful in assisting me in understanding how the shop floor runs, spent most of the day educating me about how mechanics/service guys are introverted and not the greatest of communicators. I had this very reserved guy talking(some might call this communicating!) for hours on end about himself, how he does his job, all the issues he deals with and all the things that he sees as necessary for improvement with a plethora of suggestions and "must-haves" for implementing a new and improved system. This is not a talkative guy. And he's an old-school somewhat reserved Minnesotan. I learned so much from him. And, although I was given a "head's up" that he might be a tough one for me (given my objective of implementing a different system), he's been one of the most helpful, enthusiastic participants in my new role.

Big challenges...I am very pleased though with how quickly I've been able to get some answers and begin data-modeling some solution proposals. Oh---I'm far from having answers...and I'm still rather wrapped up in many of the day-to-day tasks that must take place concurrent to process/design...but it's all very new and interesting...this flying business.

Mike and I enjoyed a heck of a whirlwind weekend...more on that later....right now, I just need to get some sleep. I've got flurries outside my window and flurries inside my head right now. I hope to wake-up with a bit more clarity, both in the weather outside and with my brain, inside.