Here's the Scoop........

There are times when you love your job and there's times when you REALLY love your job!

Still feeling a tad bit overwhelmed with the amount of work that runs thru our department that hasn't been consolidated yet..But that's okay...I'd rather be busy than twiddling my thumbs...but we got some big news last week about what's happening...

On April 4th, We entered into what I can call Phase 1 of our consolidation...We pay bills 2 ways here...The floors place orders and our Materials Management Dept. places the order, creates a Purchase order ("PO" if you will) The items are shipped, recieved and the company sends us an invoice for them...The other way is by not using a PO, then it has to be approved by what we lovingly term "God and Country" then it comes to us for payment...So for Phase 1, all the "PO" stuff was consolidated to our Supply Chain that will be handling it now..

They were warned well in advance that JFK (Where I worK) was a huge animal, and the amount we process in a month sometimes boggles the mind...Ah but I am betting that they thought they could handle it...Yeah...right....So on April 4th when us and another huge monster of a hospital had our PO stuff go there...They were just a little bit (please note the sarcasm) taken aback and then quickly got set back and behind...WAY behind...This was not a good thing as we needed to be able to access the invoices and such for our month end processes...Needless to say no one was happy with the situation...SO....That being the case...they had no choice (and I can totally understand this) to push back the rest of the consolidation to August 4th....This would give our supply chain the needed time to hire new people, get caught up and get thier ducks in a row...When we were told the news, needless to say I was happy but paniced because of my plans for the summer.....

Now Judy (My boss) knew that come June 4th, I was not really planning on putting my kids in summer camp, If I happened across a job over the summer, I had my retention bonus to use to put them in if need be...but you don't get your retention until after the job offically ends...She also was aware that my nephew Justin was coming down for the summer...She has know about how bad my sister was doing, and that Justin was suffering from depression because of it and his Doctor even said that his coming down was going to be the best thing for him...take his mind off of that...So apparently she had been talking to the controller about the situation....and pretty much solved it for me....YEAH!

So what Mike and I are going to do is this...Justin can still come down...Mike's seeing about switching his schedule from 6am to 2:30pm (Judy said if need be our CFO will talk to Mike's boss-I don't think she's need to but I so appreciated the offer) then I can come in at 2:30 and work until 9:30pm and make up what ever time I need to on Saturday or Sunday....That way no one has to go to summer camp and Justin can still come down...Does my boss rock or what???!!!!!

Manisa is also speaking to her best freind and we are going to see if she can come over a couple times a week so I don't have to work every night, but can actually have a normal day...I hope so....

I realize that in the grand scheme of things it's only for 2 more months (We hope!!!!) so it's easier to work with me and Mike with our schedules, but I do know that they didn't have too...There's a lot they didn't have to do for us but they are and I think that's pretty cool of them...So at least for 2 more months, I will still get a normal paycheck and still have my benefits...not too shabby I would say....

So Justin will still be able to come down and get away from it all...I talked to him last night and he's just busting at the seams about it...He's got $108 dollars saved up to come down don't cha know??? hahaha I can't wait to see him...He turns the big "10" today!!!! Mike and I are treating him to the Rapids Water Park when he gets here....

But at any rate...that's what has been going on here....I've just been really really busy at home and at work...Work especially...I may have one day where I can actually breathe...then I get swamped....Oh well...I count my blessings where I can.....

And on that note...off I go!!!!!!!!

You all take care now.......Have a great weekend!