A decade ago I made my first LJ post. I believe that post was made in the AMC at Fontbonne (I checked, it was a Sunday so I doubt I was on campus). Back then I had no idea I would have this 10 years later (each year I wonder if this is the last. How much longer will LJ be around?). I also didn't have the slightest inkling I would be working for ( Read more... )

It was a lie (partially). Just needed some more misdirection for Laura. Last night did suck, but I have Saturday and Sunday off . Here at FM White Castle, then to STL.

Yesterday I went over to Kellie and Matt's for Superbowl. Matt is from Pittsburgh, so the household was rooting for the Steelers. Aimee, January, Scott, Cody and Erin from work were all there, so I did know quite a few people. We hunkered downstairs in front of the big screen and watch the Packers take it to the Steelers. I really didn't think ( Read more... )

I stayed at the Marriot the last two nights. I quite a comfortable king sized bed. Still not quite the same as sleeping at home. I got home about 20 minutes ago. I think we had close to 9 inches of snow. Going home Tuesday night would have been tough. Last night was fine, but since the room was paid for, we all thought we should make use of ( Read more... )

Yesterday the supervisors were working on a contingency plan to have us work from home if needed. This has never been done in our group's history. Today I got a call from Trent, and it looks like they are going back to the old standard of putting us up in a hotel. I'll be away from home tonight, and possibly tomorrow night as well. I went out ( Read more... )

So since I had the weekend off, I decided to drop in on St. Louis. I left Saturday around 9 am, and got there in time to surprise my family when they were visiting my aunt. We had a really good visit. Sounds like my aunt has had a few accidents though. She's fallen a couple of times, one of those falls broke her nose. After the visit we went ( Read more... )

Today's mission was to get my hair cut. I found a place online that was fairly close. This place had 7 reviews, all of them good. They talked about how great the barbers were, how friendly it was and all the sports related stuff. I found the place, went in, and immediately saw a large blackboard with the football playoff bracket drawn on it. I ( Read more... )

I've been lazy lately, and sleeping in a lot. So posting has taken a backseat. Laura came into town on Saturday via the train. During her trip out, we both had Latitude running on our phones. It is a tracking system, so I could see how close she was. It was off a few times, but I think that was due to lack of signal. We had a wonderful time ( Read more... )

Cody called out last night, which left Nicole and I there for the last hour by ourselves. We have a total of 9 weeks experience between us. Kevin stayed an extra hour until 11 then hit the road. Thankfully nothing happened that last hour. We had a few sites go offline briefly around 10:30, but came back up right away ( Read more... )

They are talking 4-8 inches here today into tomorrow. The snow from our last storm is still partially on the ground. The job goes on. GMC never closes. Last year they had a big storm over Christmas, and the company told the night employees to pack a bag and they were put up in a hotel. Gonna be interesting as always. Laura is planning on ( Read more... )