Friday, January 28, 2011

Working in the Cave

Go-Live #3 went quite well.  Every implementation is smoother than the last.  I worked locally and mostly supported the local plant.  During the middle of hyper-care, I moved my family from Lexington to Florence, a suburb of Cincinnati. 


In December, I took my family on a long road trip through Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The primary objective of the trip was to visit family members scattered throughout the central part of the United States.  It is the first time that most had the opportunity to meet Kaden, my baby son.

In January, I was asked to help support our Columbia, MO plant.  They have an off-site storage facility within an old rock quarry.  They had often mentioned storing material "in the cave" but I hadn't realized until now that it was really a cave. 


The Cave
On Monday, I leave for Mexico City.  We have a plant and DC in Rojo Gomez.  Due to travel restrictions in countries labeled as "red", I will probably not get to see and do much outside of work.  My hotel is inside the airport.  They will shuttle us in armored cars from the hotel to the plant and back again at the end of the day.  I'm not allowed to go out in the evenings and will likely eat dinner at the hotel or inside the airport.