I was recently talking with a friend about my blog and the
fact that I haven’t written as much lately. I blamed it pretty thoroughly on a
lack of inspiration. I’ve been thinking about that the last few days and
wondering, where did my inspiration go?! For a while I thought, well I’ve been
here in Mexico for a long time now, over two and a half years… Have I stopped
experiencing new things? Is everything boring and the same old thing all the
time? Maybe. Then I realized that I haven’t stopped experiencing new things; I
just haven’t been fully recognizing everything I’ve been doing as the exciting
and fun adventures that I used to when I was a new trainee. So, in an attempt
to bring some inspiration to my life:
New things I’ve done in the last 4 months.
I watched and wondered if my computer would explode.
Part of my job is programming my tools. To do that, I need
to connect to my tools using a computer, a box, cables, and adaptors. Usually
the computer and the box are inside and the cable goes outside the trailer and
connects to the tool. The computer is safe and sound inside. The tool is
outside and it’s tough so it doesn’t matter. Recently though, we encountered
this problem: see picture on the left. My tool couldn’t move close enough for my cable
to reach. So we went to plan B and brought the whole set up outside. It was
great. Until it started to rain. What you see on the right is my computer covered in a rain
jacket. I’m far away hiding (and taking pictures) under cover waiting for the
whole damn thing to start sparking and fry my computer and my tool. Luckily, it
didn’t. I did have a great safety report though. 