Where In The World Is Sum1?

A Long Trip This Time..... To My Basement.

Locale: Bloomington, Illinois


         As I mentioned in a previous entry, I have been working from home all month.  It was really good to get out to Washington DC and Bradenton, Florida, but I have to confess that it wasn't the same as BC-19  (Before COVID-19).  It's hard to put my finger on it exactly, maybe it was me eating meals in my hotel room, maybe people's attitudes seem to have changed.  I don't know.  Despite the lack of travel, I have been busy, and September will see me traveling for three weeks.


         I've also been busy establishing a mini-classroom of sorts in the basement.  I have my work PC there of course, and am pretty well set.  My desk is an old white table, plenty large enough for my laptop, and two 27" monitors.  Next to the table is a horizontal filing cabinet, and right now it's full of equipment for next week's class.  That whiteboard I found will work nicely, but I really need a good webcam I can use during the class so I can write on it, and the students can see it.  So that's still a work-in-progress.

         In my last post, I said I had only three field deliveries the rest of 2020, but that's now five.  As of now,  I am going to Sacramento, California in two weeks, then Schaumburg for a week, followed by a class in Sarpy County, Nebraska.  In October,  I have 2 weeks of Vacation scheduled, but that will probably just be me staying at home not working, followed by an online class for a utility company in NY, and a trip to Henderson, Kentucky.  November & December are just as busy, with classes in Springfield Missouri, and either a trip to Toronto, or teach that class from home.  That one is up in the air it seems.  I am already scheduled for two field deliveries in January, an online class in February, and two field deliveries in March.  Life goes on, doesn't it.

         This past week, my manager texted me with a customer's system drawing, and asked which classes I thought they needed.  This is another Embassy, and in Singapore.  Sadly, it's for one student only, and will be an online delivery.  He told me he would go teach those classes before he would send me, even though he's not qualified to deliver them....  He wasn't serious really, but I know we'd all love to go to Singapore!

In Closing

         I will spend next week delivering a class for the Lagos, Nigeria US Embassy, but it's an online delivery.  (Think of all the airline miles I'm losing out on!)  The following week I am scheduled for jury duty, and have to call in each night to see if I'm needed.  Oh well...    Til next time, be good to yourselves and those you love, and WRITE!



Jim Dorrell