Engineer Andy's Journal: Friday (mixed outcomes - work and social)

Friday was an intersting day. I managed to get a great deal done on some fronts for work, and on other fronts, I hit obstacle after obstacle. Before coming up I had been assured that other parties would be firm in having their act together, so that we could design what we had to, do it once and do it right.

Yeah right! Should have known better than to have such hope that projects would be run with that much discipline by the various parties.

The people we are working with don't have much sympathy for the construction method we will be using, so aren't allowing for details which would make the cosntruction more smooth and painless for all concerned. I'm not too worried as i will be headed back home in a fortnight, and it will become, once again, somebody else's problem. I can do my best, but beyond getting in to the office at 6am, working to 6pm, and bits of weekends (instead of going to the beach), there is not much i can do to pull the project around.

After work, i headed in to catch my first country concert. I'm still getting used to how country works as a genre, and the sound desk didn't mix the vocals clearly, but on the whole the performers were great. really entertaining. Got some pointers from a lady I was sitting next to as to what to do when i went inland to the atherton tablelands on saturday.