After MONTHS of work, stress, frustration, fear, uncertainty, and finally waiting, I received an email confirmation that our ISO certification is complete and we have been approved by the certification body.
I still have zero idea what ISO stands for.
I have been told. I have looked it up. I even have the standard sitting on my desk for reference. But I have yet to commit it to memory.
What it has meant for me is frantic work and learning to think big picture and minute detail at the same time.
This morning as we were doing school my mom texted that I needed to call her as soon as I could, our auditor had called.
I had a sinking feeling so I texted back a quick “is it bad?”
She said he needed to come back.
That wasn’t good. I set the boys to work on some homophones and I called. I needed to know what was going on.
It was a mess and I was frantic. He would be there in an hour and there was no way we could get there in time to be of any help.
It turned out fine.
And this afternoon I received the email that made me want to cry in relief.
This certification is a big deal. We have customers withholding work until we get it. We rushed through certification in about 6 months when most companies starting from scratch take 12-18.
But right now all I can think of is “FINALLY!” All the hard work and late nights and stressful days. It’s all okay…for a bit. Next year we start all over again with internal auditing and our 1st of 2 surveillance audits.
For today I will just bask in the beauty of success and gaining that certificate!
More Than Expected 