Month: April 2018

Last week, Debra (the marketing director) asked me to design a registration slip for the upcoming health fair.  I made a sample in which three of them could fit on a page, but she wanted to use less paper.

So, I removed the Gambrill logo and contact information and just left the necessary fields (name, address, number, and email) and squished six slips on a page.

This week I am at the front desk, but today I was given 67 sheets of these pages I made and paper cutter.  So, that is what I did for the last hour and a half of today.

Fun statistic: There are 6 slips on each page.  I was given 67 sheets.  67 x 6 = 402 slips.  To separate all of these slips, I have to make nine cuts on each page.  67 x 9 = 603 cuts.  It is a miracle I did not lose a finger with these odds.

Today I started my final week at Semco Plastics.  Once again they have me working with the automation team in the machine shop although I may be changing it up later on this week.  So far it has been a pretty good experience as far as hands on learning and I think I’ve gotten a much better grasp of how to troubleshoot problems, even if its on something you’ve never dealt with.  I have also learned that fixing and up-keeping machines for plastics is much more difficult and unpredictable compared to other materials such as metal.  This is due to the fact that plastic can move and change its shape up to 48 hours after it has been molded which can have a large effect on the shape of the part.  This and other things result in many problems for the automation team to deal with every day keeping them thoroughly busy.

Our total journey was around 23 miles. I carried a pack that weighed between 34-38 pounds. The first day was around 3 miles, at night we settled in and made food, this freeze dried food was surprisingly good. Getting water was interesting as it had to be filtered. The water was put in a bag and then hoisted up to where the water would fill another bag through a hose system with a filter in-between.

The second day was very hard as 9 of the 12 miles were uphill at a very steep gradient. This day we reached Gregory’s bald, and open field at 5000 feet with a full 100 mile few of the surrounding valleys and areas.

The third day was a climb back up to the bald and then a few miles downhill to get to camp. The night of Thursday we had some unprepared hikers that acted strange and fried corn in cast iron skillets that couldn’t make it up the hill and had to stay at our camp without a permit.

The fourth and final day was fantastic because we finally got to ride in a bus and have some ribs. I will have more details on my Instagram page.

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On Friday I completed my adventures on and around the App Trail in Tennessee. This was a great adventure with my father and will be uploaded to my Instagram soon!

 

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So far this week has been super fun. My aunt and uncle live in a largely Spanish-speaking neighborhood, and everyone here seems to know everyone else. It’s really cool, kind of like in Casa En Mango Street. I’ve been learning a lot about the culture and I’m really enjoying it.

The past couple days I have been making (as the title suggests) a LOT of copies.

There are two kinds of resident application folders: regular (non-assisted living) and Ivy Terrace (assisted living).  In the past, I made copies and assembled the regular folders, but yesterday and today I have made copies for the Ivy Terrace folder.

Fun statistic: I have gone through a little over 3 1/2 reams of paper (1 ream=500 sheets) making copies and I have been here for four weeks tomorrow (20 days).  That means I average 437.5 copies per week or 87.5 per day.

This is my second week interning with Dr. Urbano. One of the main tasks that he offered me was to create a spreadsheet that contains all the Calculus work from low level to high level. Since I made a mistake last week while creating the files of the curriculum, I had to rename all the files this week. Luckily, I finished both of these big tasks today. Dr. Urbano will not be at school for the rest of the week. So, Mrs. Fu will become my new boss.

I’m exhausted but got to hang with a newborn today so…enough said.

As some of you know i just returned from my four day excursion into the wilderness. My Elephant rock post is now up and you should expect pictures from the AT soon. Most of you are going on the camping trip and I will be releasing a summary of that as well, along with fun tidbits about the AT and those adventures.

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This week I have been working with the automation team at Semco that basically just goes around and fixes things that the assembly line people break.  I have learned how to program robot arms, replace a motor, and operate a lathe this week.  I think that next week (my last at Semco) will be the same nature of work just helping fix the machines and keep the plant running smoothly.