Better Day

Well, today is my first blog with my new computer! I love it- it is fast, comfortable and powerful. The old one was slow, froze up all the time and was a nuisance. Well, if you hated yesterday's blog about work, you are probably not going to like this one, either. Today started out as absolutely rotten and shitty as yesterday did- I barely caught my breath and it was 9:30 AM. I was thinking that today was going to be as shitty a day as yesterday. Then, right out of the blue, Todd walks up to me and says, "you know what? You really do an excellent job down here and I would like to thank you for all you do and go through." I just smiled and said thanks. It picked up my whole day and I kept thinking about what he said all day and my day was great after that- busy but it was nice to feel appreciated. Work is very fast paced. Most the people that they bring into work with me can't keep up with the pace- it is hectic and you have to think on your feet all the time. Plus, you need to be able to do like six things at one time. I fly by the seat of my pants all day, every day at work- it is the only way to get by. I don't half ass things but prioritizing things at work would be a complete waste of time- something more important will always come up. My day also picked up when I came through on finding a part that Alex was looking for since yesterday. I like it when I can come through like that. Makes the day go by better and he leaves me alone. You know, I could see myself retiring from Hartt- I like it that much. I love the people that own the company and I like most of the people I work with. The thing about Hartt is that they keep their good employees for years and years and stand by them. I have really never worked for a company like that. It is quite different from working for a huge company like Irving that uses people up and spits them out. I see or talk to the founder and owner of the company I work for every day and I like that- he is a real, normal guy that you can talk to and he will pat you on the back and call you by name. Del, Judy and Billy are all like that- they are good people. Well, enough rambling about work. Three more days of work until Disney! Wow, I won't be able to blog when I go to Disney! Bummer, dude! I need to try out the new blog site everyone is going to. Jerry really wants to find a job up here and I will do everything I can to help him out. I think his best bet will be at Freightliner but I will keep working to see what I can do. Man, that would be so awesome if he was home every night up here- for both Julie and for me. Well, I will need to make another round of phone calls for him tomorrow! Later