So Emma arrived at Didcot late afternoon in time for an Indian meal with us and the start of a movie before falling asleep around 9:00 - the shock of a week's work no doubt.
Sunday morning she exercises, then we set to on her work's case study. My aim was mainly to try to teach her something about model making, so I work at a very general level and show her how monthly models can allow the flow of a business to be recognised. Emma and I have a somewhat chequered history of collaboration on projects and there are one or two moments of friction today, when I feel Emma is getting too bogged down in details, while Emma thinks I am being too general. But we make progress in the end.
While I watch the last Grand Prix of the year, Emma spends some more time running through the model we've created and getting a feel for how it all hangs together. Overall she seems very pleased. She has a couple of days in the office doing more training, then has a full day she can work on the model more. So hopefully that should all be fine. We want her to shine in her first weeks at work.
Linda and I were both rather pleased to have had this visit. Linda has done all Emma's washing (apparently their washing machine has broken) and Emma has a rough working model for her case study. She heads back to Didcot late afternoon. Next week she goes onto the team for her first project and in a couple of week's time is off to Germany for more training. So it is all go.
Might not see her again till Christmas now, though she briefly mentioned it would be nice if I could have lunch with her maybe in a week or two's time.
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