Today was part church work and part chip work. I had a rather good meeting with the church staff this morning and then I went on to work a very long day. I failed to mention this yesterday, but I completed my half of the top of the chip by 10AM, so I asked if I could take over the other half of the chip (a really big switch and a cell). My replacement said yes (she has another project anyway), so yeah, I am now the sole layout person on the chip. I spent yesterday compacting the switch, and I spent today redoing the cell. The designer had so many changes that it seemed better and easier for me to blow-up the cell and start over. I stayed late because I was determined to finish the re-layout so the designer could spend tomorrow looking at it while I was off watching a bike race.
The evening will be spent with the call committee. I’ll present the staff’s concerns and helpful suggestions and see where things go from there. At this point, the call committee needs some outside help and the staff is well suited to the task. It is my hope that our two groups can work together to help our church get a pastor.
I also failed to mention that over the weekend (while I was gone), my wife’s Mother’s Day present arrived – a new Samsung washer and dryer. OK, so we needed a new dryer anyway… and Barbara was able to cart off the washer to her school so she can wash dish towels (she run’s Home Economics among many other things in her classroom). It was timely. Barbara and I did purchase the units the day before Mother’s Day, and delivery was expected on Mother’s Day, but Lowe’s double sold the remaining units, so they had to find two more for our delivery. The units were last year’s award-winning, top of the line units, but as they were discontinued, they got knocked down $200 each, and there was a 10% off sale on top of that (not to mention that starting this year, they charge $100-$500 for anything other than white — $500 for stainless steel / silver… which is what we got, AND the price went up $200 per unit for this year’s model for no apparent reason – the specs are the same!). I got a heck of a deal, not soon to be repeated, and I’m sure we’ll be happy with these units. They look so futuristic, and they play a happy tune when the laundry is done – not an annoying, high-volume buzz like our last units.
Day 135 mood: Weary but hopeful.