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It just goes to show ya...it's always something!

As Roseanne Roseannadanna, often quoting an older relative would say, "It just goes to show ya...it's always something! If it's not one thing, it's another!"

Well, as you know from my last post, my company and I both dodged a bullet, by not having our AS9100 audit observed by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board, but now something else has come up which may even be more difficult to navigate.

A good friends son died on Friday. It wasn't totally unexpected, as he had not been doing well for the past year or two. But that's not really the point. The point is they are having a Celebration of Life memorial for him on Wednesday, August 2, at 1 PM. That is the day of the AS9100 audit.

For most poeple that wouldn't seem to be such a big deal, i.e. take a couple of hours off work, go to the memorial and be back in time to finish with the audit, but in my case it isn't quite that simple.

First off, I work 78 miles (minimum 1.5 hour commute with no traffic) from where I live, and even further from where the memorial will be held. Secondly, I am typically off on Wednesday, so how would it look, the one day I have to work, a close friend is having a memorial for his son. That could look pretty tacky of me in some peoples eyes, especially since there are a few people coming down from San Francisco, who I sort of slighted on their last visit, and I'd prefer not to do that again.

So what do I do? Currently I have an email into the auditor to see if there is anything we can do to condense the audit, i.e. start Monday evening and work late finishing the audit up on Tuesday, or try and finish it up by 10 AM Wednesday, which will give me time to make it to the memorial.

Hopefully it won't be a problem, as the auditor is pretty accomodating, but it is short notice, and if the audit doesn't go well, well.........

So here I am, still hoping a live a charmed life, and everything will work out fine. Only time will tell.
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