OK, it's not so bad. About 15 minutes ago I woke up from a nap. Retracing my steps, I think I fell asleep for that at around 6, so I've actually gotten 7 hours of sleep in already tonight.
In a very related note, I've decided to try giving up caffeine again. I came to this decision today during a meeting where I realized that I was only drinking one cup of coffee a day. I'm going to try making it through the day tomorrow with none at all, but if this task proves impossible, I'm going to allow myself a half cup of coffee. For the record, I still can't stand the taste of coffee, but if it's a choice of that or falling asleep at my desk, a grudgingly accept the coffee.
You may wonder why I bother giving up caffeine. The reason is that I gave it up when I was a senior in high school ~February 2005. I kept this up for a long time, ultimately falling apart ~August 2006. I felt amazing. Without caffeine, my body was unbelievably capable of regulating staying awake and sleeping on it's own. I had an inordinate amount of energy. Just the removal of pop from my diet made me shed weight. I want that again. You could say I need a fix of uncaffeine. (I'm going to find that a lot less clever tomorrow morning.)
Anyway, I mentioned earlier that I had a meeting today. Today was our quarterly review meeting where we met with a group of corporate higher-ups and discussed the plant's progress over the last 3 months. I didn't need to present anything today. I gave my input on a couple projects I have going on, no big deal. The most surreal moment I experienced was seeing a man in his 40's get his presentation torn apart, Caretta style. (In all fairness, it was not a great presentation, he clearly wasn't prepared for the meeting.)
At one point, me and several of the people at varying levels above me got talking about Six Sigma training. This is a kind of management training I'm supposed to be getting. I am currently on the waitlist for this training next week, however since there is only one day left for someone to cancel, I don't think it's going to happen. This is the same training Two Is Better Than One referenced in her recent post. After talking about it I am lightly angered by the fact that I won't be attending for a few reasons.
- Normal six sigma training is general to all industries. The training next week is geared to the chemical industry specifically. Corporate expects this will be the best training they've ever done. I won't get it though. I'm going to have to settle for some training intended for fast food managers or something in a few months.
- This is the first time they've ever had so many people signed up that they needed a waitlist. I am the first name on that waitlist.
- This is the first time they've ever had no one cancel who was signed up
- I know several of the people on the training roster for this week, including some former co-workers and one Mrs. Chini Zeman. I'd be nice to see people again, but fine, OK
Just a sidenote, when we were talking about it, our Global Manufacturing Director mentioned offhand that maybe he should talk to the man doing the training. I think he was just joking, but maybe...
A man can dream....
OK, that's all for now. Time for bed
I'm excited about the fact that it is geared towards the chemical industry too. Way less stats and crap and way more improvement of process efficiency. On another note, I gave up caffeine too. Mostly...
ReplyDeleteI had to when I had my kidney infection and I was taking those antibiotics that you can't combine with any caffeine in your system. It's difficult at first, but you can do it! I drink a Red Bull every once in a while but that's about it.
Oof sorry for the long comment...