Bass ackwards

Ok, Ok, I have been remiss in keeping up with my blog. Thursday is here, garbage trucks roaring past. A noisy beginning to the day. Except that its Thursday!! One more day to the weekend and then up north for two days. I have no plans. Just fishing and sleeping and eating. We always have these huge dinners on Saturday and Sunday with my brother. He loves to cook and has these menus that he must think about all week long. He is also crazy about time frames while my husband (also a very very good cook) is more laid back. To my husband, if he says dinner is at 2 p.m., it will be at 4 p.m. My brother has to have everything ready and on the table by his selected time.

He is an out of work (by choice) truck driver. He hates the unregulated industry. He believes if they have rules, they should be followed. And he is a stickler for rules. He will not run over hours, he will not "fudge" his books, and when companies he has worked for press for him to run illegally, he quits. Yes, you can make more money driving illegally for someone, but my brother is as honest as they come. So, he has taken the summer off to catch up on repairs, have a garden, (he is so proud of providing salad things) and just rest.

The schedules truck drivers have are really awful. And I don't wonder that they fall asleep driving. Its interesting though, its the driver that gets screwed. Not the company who encourages the drivers to run longer, faster, and be more profitable for the company. The company will deny they encourage "cooking the log books", but they do in so many ways. And for a driver with a family and bills, well, he will take the routes because he can make more money. And in this day and age, with the economy like it is, can we blame him?

Anyway, I have to get ready for work. Tomorrow (Friday) is casual day. It is nice not having to dress up every day, but I still have to look professional as I am the first person clients see when they walk in the door. So, I guess it is still a dress up day for me.

Still looking for bait

It is Friday. The middle of September and the summer is gone. It seems I didn't have a summer this year what with the traveling, family get togethers (hubby's) and visits. What I wanted most was to go to my little cabin, sleep late, sew, and just have silence and be solitary. I have a need now, in my old age, to have alone time. Life (other people's) has overridden everything.

Ok, enough of the sob. I have started a new job. Receptionist at a large company. Because I only started on Monday, I have disconnected people, paged the wrong names, forgotten most of the people I am supposed to know. (I did remember the Owner although I only knew him from the picture in the hall way). Lucky me, he came in yesterday and I did recognize him. Brownie points!!

It isn't very busy, this job. As most of the clients call in the a.m. and I work p.ms. Which is fine since with only a few days training, I can learn slowly. I am also trying to learn MicroSoft systems as I have a Mac (which seems easier).

The front lobby is filled with bamboo trees and other plants, so they keep it like a hot house in there. My hands sweat so badly, and I am constantly having to shake hands with people. Ack!
I got the IT guy to turn down the heat. Hopefully things will be better today.
I only have to work until 5 p.m. which is great. 24 hours a week is just fine with me. I don't like the drive but things are improving as they have finally opened up the 35W Bridge after the big collapse last year. It will take awhile before I go over that bridge. Too scarey!