Tuesday February 10, 2009

Yet another work day where I awake to the BEEEP BEEEP of the alarm clock at 6 am.

I went through my usual routine of heading to the downstairs bathroom, "taking care of business" and washing and beushing my teeth, combing whats left of my hair. Then I head back to the bedroom where I put on my uniform and also the tools and electronics I must carry or I feel like I have forgotten something .

On my belt I carry my mag light flashlight, my phone in a phone carrier. My shirt pocket is stuffed with a pen, pad, card holder made from Coach leather...stuffed with contacts I might need if I am trying to solve a problem I can't figure out in 45 minutes....rare! :)
In my cargo pockets on the legs of my pants I carry the PDA where all of my time for work is stored, as well as jobs, more contacts, pics of Bono I took a few years ago, and a planner...you know, PDA stuff.
Lastly I put on my heavy steel toed work boots and my "hoodie" I got from Cabelas a few years ago. Yeah, it's warm enough...pretty thick, affects me hearing when I wear the hood, actually. Like I have this EXCELLENT sense of hearing anyway!! :)

I made it to the bus on time today...5 minutes early, the regular driver was on duty, so he was there exactly at 625 am. I usually get to work by 640 am.

It was the usual crowd for a Tuesday, we have staff meetings every Tuesday, so mostly everyone was there early. There was the usual razzing and I took some pictures on my cell phone that you'd have to know the whole story to enjoy. Any time I need a chuckle, I just look at these particular pics and they make my day.

The meeting lasted the usual hour or so, was pretty insightful, I headed out to my work van afterwards and made my way to some training on a roof as we were learning about a particular roof top HVAC unit. Did I mention it was actually cold today? Snowy, too.
I was glad to get off of the roof and into a warm van.

From the training I went to lunch with my supervisor to Burger King. Shared some laughs, it was a good lunch. The company always makes lunch better. I mostly go alone, which is OK, too, as I get to think about college coming up.
The next 4 hours or so of my work day was very uneventful. The usual filter changes, I did go to one fire station to double check on some weird CO readings to make sure the appliance was not emitting too much more CO...it's in the truck bay, so as long as I am not 10ppm or above, I fee ok about it. Most likely will replace the appliance next year, though. I also double checked the ice machine there. Firemen love ice. I dunno why?

After the work was done I drove the work van back to the government center and went to my desk to make some notes on my desk calendar. I then made my way to the bus stop where I had a cold and snowy 10 min. wait for the bus.

Got home 20 min. later, found the mail was delivered. I got a letter of enrollment from the community college giving me my student ID number, and instructions to go asap and take the college placement test. I plan on that this Friday, I am taking off work to do this.
I asked my wife if she wanted some stove popped popcorn, she did, I made some and watched TV for awhile, then had a turkey sandwich, and then made my way to type my day.

It's about 545pm, I'll be off now to watch Olbermann and study some math...and then watch more TV.

That was my day, how was yours?