Rise a bit late, for no apparent reason, shower & sit. Down to the hotel restaurant for the continental breakfast then into work. The morning is spent reviewing documentation and materials in preparation for the ISO audit. I feel reasonably comfortable going in to this, but even so, there is some trepidation.
Lunch from DiBella's again. An amazing number of people who work in this building, not more than a quarter mile away, ask me "Is that place any good? I've never been." It's funny sometimes how set in their way people can be. I have a sense that is especially so here in Pittsburgh, but perhaps that's a bias.
The afternoon is spent in change control, and then in the audit. Nothing outrageous in the audit, no outlandish or unexpected questions, but still a heightened sense of the importance of my answers. A fear of "getting it wrong", of being "that guy who screwed us up". So, a very long 90 minutes, followed by another 30 minute review of the day. Overall, we're doing well, and the management is happy.
More than once today, I find myself asking why I'm still doing this? I've been let go, I have no more allegiance to this company, and they have none to me. I find two answers: one is professionalism and the sense that this is the right thing to do. The other is I can't quite let go. Perhaps one more is that I don't want to disappoint anyone.
Completed my work as the kitchen coordinator by sending out a check this morning for the value of items returned at the end of the course. Budget-wise, I feel I did very well. I still have doubts about quality & quantity provided during the week, and I'm going to sit with that for a while. I may have a bit more perspective & space as I go back and post the menus. We'll see.
Back to the room and some cross-work puzzling. Out to the mall to get the battery replaced on the watch that stopped at 11:01:45 PM after the final meeting of the course with Robert. Out to dinner, salmon tonight with a queso appetizer and margaritas. Back to the room, a chat with Lisa, and to bed.
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