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Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.

Ron has continued to show facial movement. When Cindy opened his eyes this morning, he was able to keep them half way open for a short period.

Thank you so much to the people who are generously given their time to be a part of the blood drive today. Also, thank you to First Baptist Church for getting this set up. This means so much to our family.

Questions answered by Jill:

Where did we meet:
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> > > >Mr. Johnson's biology class 1991
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> > > > Take a stab at my middle name:
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> > > >Mae (and I know how to spell it)
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> > > > How long have you known me:
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> > > >16 years (yikes)
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> > > > Do I smoke:
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> > > >You USED to. And if you ever start again I'll kick the crap
>out of ya.
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> > > > What was your first impression of me upon meeting:
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> > > >Hmmmm.... I can't really remember but it must not have been
>too bad cuz here we are.
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> > > > Color of my eyes:
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> > > >Depends. I've seen them turn RED but most of the time they are
>blue.
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> > > > Do I have any siblings:
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> > > >Jay
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> > > > What's one of my favorite things to do:
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> > > >Work out, drink coffee with long names, spend money (yes you
>do)
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> > > > Do you remember one of the first things I said to you:
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> > > >"What is the answer to number 1? Number 2? Number 3? ..."
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> > > > What's my favorite type of music:
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> > > >christian rock
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> > > > What is the best feature about me:
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> > > >Your bluntness. I appreciate honesty.
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> > > > Am I shy or outgoing:
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> > > >Duh! Outgoing.
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> > > > Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:
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> > > >hee hee. You USED to be a rebel before the days of family and
>"adulthood".
> But now I would say you follow the rules, for the most
>part.
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> > > > What's your favorite memory of me:
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> > > >Gosh, I have a lot of memories. I have to say partying in
>college was pretty fun. But my single favorite was probably spring
>break in Havasu.
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> > > > Any special talents:
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> > > >Oh yes. You can hoc a loogie farther than ANYONE I know!
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> > > > Would you consider me a friend:
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> > > >Of course. But maybe I should buy you a calendar so you can
>remember my birthday. :)
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> > > > How many children do I have:
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> > > >3 (Sadie counts!)
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> > > > If there was one
>good nickname for me, what would it be:
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> > > >Pix
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> > > > If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one
>thing that I would bring:
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> > > >music
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I picked up a message from Jim Ledingham at 8:26pm on May 19th to say that GM has asked for an expedite order of some size and that we would have to run production on the 20th to accomodate. The downtime arranged for Noon - 3pm is now problem.

I called Wendy Ledingham at about 7:30am and they confirmed that a team was coming in to operate E04 and F23 at 8am for 8 hours. I indicated that I would try and contact Jeff Hogan to postpone the downtime.

At 9:00am I called Jeff Hogan. I waited until then as I knew he was a late riser. There was no answer on the cell phone. It went straight to voice mail. I indicated that we had a problem and to call me on my cell phone number. I gave him the number. Immediately afterwards, I contacted Madlyn and let her know that there was a problem. The message was left on her voicemail. I indicated that I had tried to contact Jeff Hogan, but that there was no answer.

Madlyn called me back at 9:30am and I discussed the problem with her. She indicated that she had tried to contact Jeff, but that there was no answer. I explained the problem and indicated that I was going to go on the assumption that I could not contact Jeff in time and that I was going to try and arrange for production to stop for 3 hours to accomodate the downtime. I said I would get back to her.

I called Jim Ledingham at about 9:40pm and left a message asking if the downtime could still be accomodated. I left a message with him.

Directly afterward, Jim called back and indicated that stopping production for 3 hours would not be possible. We discussed further what would happen if the systems went down at Noon. I indicated to him that as long as all of the components were in the Pick Locations inventory moves would not be an issue. They would not be able to scan production at this time. Jim indicated that they would not be shipping.

I contacted Yuko to ask her to make sure that Fourth Shift remain up for Jeremy who needed to do a shipment. She was already running the purge and had been since 8:00am

I called Wendy to let her know that the system MAY go down at Noon

Sunday, May 20 - 6:00 p.m.

The blood drive is over and we want to say a BIG thank you to everyone for taking time out of your busy schedules to help Ron. We were surprised at the turnout and appreciate each of you. They should be starting the plasmapherisis again tomorrow. We will keep you updated on the progress.

Well I finally got to Puebla Friday around 9 pm! Flying was interesting, landing was pretty rough when we got to Puebla. I met all the student from OSU and i was really glad that they were so down to earth! The dormatories are very nice. They are have mexican architechture painted light brown with royal blue walk ways. The walk ways are all open ans they lead it a beautiful courtyard. My room is very nice, huge wood furniture. Sadly my bed is hard as a rock, and the big blanket feels like plastic. Dont worry though i took it off and there is a flece like blanket under it. The walls are really thin so i hear alot of stuff at night, but thankfully i have been to sleepy that i sleep right through it. The birds wake me up though in the morning, but hey at least its not an anoying alarm clock! My spanish speeching roomate will becomeing in a week or so. Thats going to be interesting, because my spanish speaking abilities are rather limited. The univerisity aka UDLA, where i am at is beautiful, gardens everywhere, a few fountains, and a very pretty pond sitting in the middle of campus. I learned the UDLA is the most expensive school in Mexico, and the students come from very weathly families, which i thought was very interesting.

My first day here was no stop. We all met at 8 am for breakfast followed by orination and a tour of campus. In orination that UDLA student put on skits to telling us dos and dont on and off of campus such as: was taxis are safe and what not to do wile bar hopping and clubin! lol Also the UDLA dancers put no a performace showing us how to Salsa!!! It was frickin sweet! For lunch was were served spanish appitizers, there was a small sloppy joe tasting thing and crackes with sundried tomatoes and goat cheese, yum. The traditional refresco was rice milk, which was pretty good! After lunch am professor let us rest before we walked a mile in a half to Chilula. That was one hellish trip but it was worth it because we saw some beautiful churches along the way. Chilula is known for having the largest based pyramid. We ended up in a public square with huge trees and lot of little resturants! We walked back to UDLA after getting some smoothies! When was returned we took a bus to the mexican Walmart. It alot like the ones at home. But the bus ride was the most interesting because we got to see more of the Puebla and Chilula area. We got back to UDLA and we were all super hungery,so we walked down the street to a resturant where we all ordered quesidillas con pollo y cervesas (chicked quesidillas and beer). It was alot like something i could make myself at home :). It was funny after my second beer i have to use the restroom. So I got up and walk to the ba�os. I stood in front of two doors which said "hombres" and "damas". I was pretty sure dames was ladies but i wasnt sure. So i turned around and Crystal( a OSU student) was smileing at me and siad "Damas". I thought i was very cool that Crystal was right there to guide me to the right restroom! :) After dinner a few of us still wanted to have a few more cervasas so we went to the store and I bought my first 40 oz of Sol ( which is their main type of beer). Ross, Jessica, Trace and I went to Trace's dorm. I didnt finish my 40 oz unfortunatly. I was to tired so i went to bed around 11pm Today was really fun. We all met at the bus pick ups at 10:20 and we went on a schedauled tour of Puebla. We saw the place where the city was founded and then we went to all the markets surounding the area. I was a ton of Mexican culture booths like art, clothing, jewlery, and of course food! I met a very goodlooking UDLA conselor there, who looked very american. He spoke clear english at times but then he would try and talk to in Spanish which was hard but i picked up a few words! I found out that he is not American, he was born and raised in Mexico and is working on his third language which is Italian! ohh lala hehe... We all had lunch. Stace and Niel ordered a dish common to Mexico, it was chicken enchiladas with choclate cuase, Not even kidding. I tried it and it was not bad. I also learned the beef is not common here. I wanted beef tacos but they siad my chioces were chicken or donkey. Crazy huh? lol ok well tonights plans are getting some dinner and going to bed early. Shakria is haveing a conert on campus tonight, and seeing that the walls are thin i might be using ear plugs tonight lol! Wich me luck class starts tomorrow! Adios amigos!