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Hey all, I guess no one looks at our blog anymore.  Guess we're forgotten now.  Oh, well, that is to be expected.  We're really busy here.  We work 40 plus hours a week from noon till 8 PM or longer each day during the pageant schedule.  Since most nights there are longer times in the baptistry, we end up getting out of the temple at about 8:30 or later.  It just takes us a long time to finish up things each night.

Each day I have about an hour of looking at each floor, all five of them, to check the status of the lights and change out burned out light bulbs (there are between 2,500 and 3,000 of them, haven't counted yet), to check the condition of things and to make sure everything is in tip top shape for the patrons.  I have responsibilities everywhere throughout the building so there are always many things to look at.  Everyone there knows me by sight, if not personally, so I get stopped at almost every floor asking about the condition of various things., telling me about things that need to be looked at, and asking about other issues that may need to be looked at.  One of my favorite is it's "too cold/hot in here".  The building is kept at about 70 degrees across the board but the humidity is the thing that varies a bit.  You'd be surprised at what happens when the outside humidity varies by 20%, how many questions I get about how hot/cold it seems to the ordinance workers.  Waiting an hour or so usually remedies the issue.

I have logs to take on operating equipment.  There are three huge air handlers plus associated equipment like chillers, boilers, humidification boilers, glycol system heaters for winter, fire pumps, two water treatment systems, and many other miscellaneous associated systems that need to be tended to and watched over.  Needless to say, the six sets of logs take 30 to 60 minutes to take two times a day, morning and evening.  Plus there are always projects going on.  I am currently working on an issue with the hot water glycol valve that was leaking by.  I've pulled it apart and have checked it out plus reinstalled it, stroked it so that it closes correctly, and will do some testing this week.  We have some parts on hand if I need them.  I have an outstanding project on one of the washers to replace the display board but we won't be doing that till after the pageant and the hectic season slows down and we have accumulated all of the parts.  That's a major hassle and major change out.  The laundry really does't want their washer down during this time.  Other issues crop up constantly.  It's a big building and needs care on a regular basis.  That's why I am there.  To do my little bit to help.

Arlene works in the office all night and does the paperwork needed there.  She needs to stay each night till everyone is done so we're late each night.  There's a lot of coordinating that needs to happen each day and it's almost overwhelming.  There's lots of stuff that needs to happen each day and she does a champion job of getting all it done.

We got to watch the pageant rehearsal last night.  It was the first time they could actually use the stage due to the rotten, wet weather we've been having recently.  The weather was gorgeous last night.  Since it's an outside theatre, the weather needs to be nice to pull it off.  However, unless it is pouring down rain, they still put the pageant on.  Drizzle is OK.

Since it was a run through, they were kind of ad-libbing this section so the bagpipers left but they had a flag presentation and all the associated ceremony.  

This was the closing number of the British Pageant.  It really is a very well done production and worth going to see.  I completely enjoyed it.  There are a lot of people involved in this pageant.