October 18, 2011

• as I've mentioned before, that last 12 hour shift of the week seemingly stretches on for months.  I guess it's easier to watch the clock go backwards in anticipation of getting the hell out, and starting my mid-week "weekend".  on the way home, I slow down for a car with it's blinkers on heading the other way, then about 70 yards after, I see what looks like a good sized pile of guts, and a long trail of blood.  I was able to make out what looked like deer legs.   gross!  these country roads (south and east of town) are loaded with wildlife crossings. I've never hit a deer (knock wood), but I see 'em bounding thru the fields and across roads all the damn time.  especially this time of year, when they're in heat, and the hunters got 'em on the run.

  back to the subject of work; we had our plant update that confirmed that an 8 hour day/5 days a week schedule will indeed be taking place in about a month (shiggity shweet!!).  they also informed us that our line won't be heading to Mexico in the near future, but instead they've invested millions to build another line to accommodate the over-burdened workload.  it sounds a bunch more promising than the tired rumors that have floated around.  more details to come, and a survey on the way to be handed to each employee as to their preference (1st and 2nd choice as to what shift they'd like), then seniority will dictate who goes where.  it'll prob'ly be a madhouse scenario transformation at first, but when it settles down, I'm thinkin' things are gonna start looking less like a stalag, and more like a caring company (we'll see).

  now, onto another midweek "weekend".  I'll begin mine with a pooperdog walk (which we just got back from), a bowl of honey bunches of sand burrs, a shower, and a huge power-nap...ready, GO!!

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