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 Being Retired now, I thought that it was time for a new name to this Blog |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I am a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and teach classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2 way radio communications (for eight more weeks). I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire. That time is now. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and are not in demand anymore. My students were/are technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? This probably won't have daily entries, but I will make entries to update you about my life before and during my employment with Motorola Solutions. I also intend to update you all about what I'm doing in retirement. Well, here we go with this new adventure, let's see where it takes us.  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
| Locale: Bloomington Illinois Week of: 5/15/2023 thur 5/29/2023 The week of 5/15 I was scheduled to go to Brooklyn, NY for a class. As fate would have it, that never happened. Why? Well, my last entry was about being in Queens NY the prior week. I got home Friday night, and Saturday morning we headed to Indiana to get our young Akita in a 'FastCat' run. This is a timed 100 yard run to determine how fast he runs. (about 22-23 mph as it turns out). It's fun for him, he seems to love everything about it. Well, that Saturday was also the day I started the next cycle of my Chemo drug. This drug is to have several side effects, some of them could be severe. You know, Heart Attack, Stroke, and many other less severe. It was one of those less severe side effects that hit me. A side effect I'd never experienced before in the two years I've been taking that medicine. I spare you the details, but know that it left me dehydrated, and very weak/disoriented. I slept almost the entire 4 hour ride home on Sunday. I was scheduled to fly to NYC on Monday, but had already warned my manager about what was going on. We talked Sunday, and he decided I wasn't traveling. That was a good thing, because I was in no shape to do much. I ended up sleeping most of that drive as I mentioned, all night Sunday night, and napped as needed the next couple of days. It wasn't until Wednesday that I started feeling like myself. I found that an Electrolyte Solution worked well to help me recover. Electrolyte Solution = Adult Pedialyte. When I wasn't sleeping I worked on course materials and studied courses I might qualify to deliver. The class I couldn't deliver has now been moved to July, on my schedule still. It has to be on my schedule, I'm the lone qualified instructor. The following week was a scheduled off week, so I kept working on the things I'd been working on the previous week. The third week was Memorial Day week, and I came to Schaumburg to finally connect a small device to the repeaters on the system I maintain. Except that never happened. One of our adjunct (contractor instructors) was there preparing for his delivery this week. Part of it involved hands-on activities on a radio site. This instructor is a good friend of mine, a former Motorolan now working as a contractor. The help he needed I have knowledge of, so I worked with him all week instead of manufacturing the cables I intended to make. I felt it was more important to help him gain the knowledge needed for this delivery than manufacturing those cables. Why? Because the cables are for a portion of a course we have yet to deliver in Schaumburg, even though that equipment has been installed for seven years or so. The cables can wait. Him learning this stuff cannot. In Closing The week of 6 /5 (right now really), I will be in Schaumburg the following week for a resident class. The following week I will be in Queens NY again, then Wyoming. Until next time, be good to those you love, spoil them, and write! Jim Dorrell   |
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