An urban myth claims that crashed planes have a higher cancellation rate than ones that arrive safely. There are no statistics to support this claim. Psychologist say people create such stories to make themselves feel better about flying. After all, your higher sense of self preservation would preven… Read full post »

To began with this isn't a flounce. Nor did I quit my job. Last night I finally admitted something that I had pretended wasn't happening, I gave up on trying to do a daily blog.

When last I left off I had moved to the afternoon shift and headed to Vegas… Read full post »

A few days off.

I had a simple plan but you know what Robert Burns said about that, The best laid plans of mice and men... Anyhow the idea was that Thursday and Monday would be covered by my fellow employees, who wanted to trade days off, and I would take… Read full post »

2/1

For the past couple of weeks everyone has been on high paranoia watch. Every truck was suspect of being the fuel thieves and anyone who took too long on the lot got a second look. After waiting and watching things finally happened, and luckily for me it was my day off.… Read full post »

1/26

 Well, I'm off the graveyard shift. Now I am working the 2 to 10 shift and can actually go to bed before midnight. Things change fast sometimes.

It figures, my first official night off I couldn't sleep at all. You can't spend 6 months staying awake all night and suddenly switch in… Read full post »

1/21-22

Ah, a day off. Last week I did a stupid thing, I looked up hotel and air fair rates to Vegas. Then I talked to Amy and Steph to see if they would cover a couple of days for me. I also talked to the manager and got a Friday off and I… Read full post »

1/16

 Well, after working 7 days in a row I now get to work another 5 days. At least there will be a big fat check at the end. And since I had been here all weekend there were no surprises when I walked in.

It seemed… Read full post »

1/1/2012

Happy New Year! What's a better way to celebrate the New Year than doing nothing. Well I watched movies, tried to to catch up on my blog, which regular readers will know I failed miserably at, and avoided my job. Last year ended with a new employee, a new… Read full post »

12/21

Sleep. I don't know why, maybe I was tired but I slept until 4 PM. Needless to say I didn't do anything and for once I got a full night off, no calls, no emergencies, no nothing. It was a pleasant change of pace.

12/22

Since I didn't have to work… Read full post »

I would like to apologize to my regular readers, all three of you (he he). I have been absent of late and it's not because I grew tired of the OS or stomped out in anger, it's because I have been wicked sick. Not life or death ill just really sick. … Read full post »

12/14

Ah, a day off. When I left the station I had tried a trick of drinking hot chocolate before I went to bed and boy did it work. I slept until 2 in the afternoon. I had plans for tomorrow so I spent the rest of the day taking care… Read full post »

12/7

Shortly after Amy started I promised to cover her shift on the 7th.  So it was off to work I go. At least this time I was prepared in advance.

When I came in there was a huge patch of ice in the parking lot. It seemed the afternoon shift… Read full post »

11/30

Ahhh, after being sick and then making the Thanksgiving round trip, and then going straight to work, finally two days off. My plan was to catch up on my sleep, eat, kick back and veg out. You know what they say about the best laid plans...

Ever watch a movie… Read full post »

Note: Sorry this blog is late but the combination of being sick, the holday, working extra shifts and the general PMS attitude of Open Salon delayed everything. :) 

11/23

And we're off. Shortly after I started on the graveyard shift I asked for the Friday after Thanksgiving… Read full post »

11/16

Yeah, it was a typical Wednesday, I slept till 4, got up and watched a few shows then ate dinner. I was right in the middle of a program when I realized it was payday and I hadn't gone for my check. The problem is that if I don't get… Read full post »

11/9

Yeah a day off. I did my usual, I came home and went to bed. When I woke up the sun was going down so there wasn't much I could do. It was cold and the ground was covered with snow so I figured I would just stay home. The… Read full post »

11/2

When last we left off I was leaving work just as the storm was hitting. The wind was ripping, dust was flying, and the first flakes of snow were swirling around. I was glad to be leaving and that I had the night off. I went home and went to bed.… Read full post »

10/26

Bwa ha ha ha ha. I woke up this afternoon and looked out the window and I was so glad it was my night off. You could tell that it had been snowing for about an hour, and it was a wet heavy snow. You're probably thinking, "Snow? Already?" but… Read full post »

10/19

Payday. Gotta love that day.

I decided to walk up to the station since I was sick last week and didn't do anything on my days off. As I turned the corner I saw a wonderful site, two tow trucks were working on the crashed trailer and maybe when… Read full post »

10/12-13

SICK. I got home on Wednesday morning and went to bed. Around 4 in the afternoon, 10 hours later I got up. I did nothing. Around 5 AM I went to bed and got up around 4 in the afternoon again, 11 hours. I got up and did nothing. I… Read full post »

10/5

Really, two months of this?

So a quick recap, Amy, the new coworker, got a phone call that her brother was in the hospital because he had been shot by her psycho ex boyfriend, later she found her brother had just been badly beaten. Since she wasn't going to… Read full post »

9/28

So....honestly I didn't do anything today. I slept unit 2 then got up, watched TV, ate, screwed around on the internet and then around 4 in the morning I went to bed. I was a total sloth. This is a bad thing, I seriously need to start doing stuff again.… Read full post »

9/21

Payday! It really is the best day of the week. Why is it on Wednesday? Beats me, all I know is there's a check. Or as I like to say, "If they didn't pay me I wouldn't come here at all". Come to think of it, since they stopped paying… Read full post »

9/14

I am so glad I had the night off.  It started raining around 6 pm and just kept going all night long. It would rain hard then taper off to a mist and then another downpour would come along. It's nights like this that people come in with the muddiest… Read full post »