ok, so perhaps I am mad

[kareina]

I think I may have mentioned that I won't be needing to do the 2.5 hour drives down to Boliden for sample collection any more--there is a facility in Piteå (only 45 minutes from here) which is set up for dealing with boxes of rock drill core, so from here on out the company will be shipping the core I need to sample there, I will do the sampling, and they will send it back to whence it came when I am done. The first test of this system is under way--the next drill hole I am to take samples from has just been packed up and put on a truck to head north. So I contacted the guy in Piteå to arrange a time to sample it, let him know I expected it to take 10 to 12 hours for the 800 meters of core (based on the fact that I took 23 hours of actual sample collection time to do two drill holes, both of which were over 800 meters) on my last trip to Boliden.

When I wrote I told him I was flexible and could be available any day this week, or even Saturday, or any day the second half of next week. He replied and said that Saturday is good for them, and he would be willing to meet me at 07:00 to let me in, show me around, etc., and he asked if I could do the whole core on the one day. I told him I would try. I also said that I would have to stop by 19:00, since I need to be back in Luleå by 20:00 because the choir I sing in has a performance that night. So, yes, I have just scheduled my Saturday:

05:30-6:00 get up and get ready
06:00-7:00 drive to Piteå (note that I budgeted in an extra 15 minutes over and above driving time, just in case)
07:00-19:00 wrestle around with huge boxes of rocks and collect samples.
19:00-20:00 drive to Luleå (again with 15 minutes fudge-factor built in)
20:00-20:30 clean up and become presentable
20:30-21:00 choir practice
21:00-21:15 choir perform
21:15-?? recover from day, do yoga, and get ready for bed!

I strongly suspect that I am mad to even contemplate this. Wish me luck that I can finish the core in one day...

What is that? Why, no, no I would not have suggested Saturday was an option if lord_kjar wasn't in Stockholm for a course--if he were home we would be doing something (probably projects) together...

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[sismith42.livejournal.com]

I'm catching up on things... did you manage the whole core in a day?