Out of time...

Ah...it's almost that time again, to get the hell out of here! Well, today I'll be scooting out early. I have to run down to the other yard and change up some paperwork for the crews tomorrow, and I have to get a contract on to Gil's board before he takes off without it! I hate to think that if he shows up to the job tomorrow without the contract in hand, the GC will send the crew home, and that'll suck for all of us!

I only accomplished half of my phone calls today, because I screwed off for awhile. Grimy had a fit, so to speak...he'll ream me out tomorrow I'm sure. Oh well, tough shit!

At any rate, I'll be skipping my 4:00 cigarette so I can get to the temp yard before they book out for the day and lock the gate.

Oh, on another note, I decided to start another blog...so I have a place to write my daily (well, as daily as I post anyway) Three Beautiful Things. I don't know if the link's on my profile yet, but it is quite empty so far. I may have a chance to get it started tonight after work and before paint class...if I don't take a nap that is...tee hee!

Later my friends!

My boys won again!

Watched the football game with Skipper at Mother Mitchell's....Pat's won! And what an interesting game it was, with all the turnovers, fumbles, injuries...Poor Junior, broke his arm...ouch! That had to have hurt!

Three More Beautiful Things

1. My landlord, Ma, asked me all the questions typical of a new romance. What is he like? Is he nice? Is he handsome? Do you get along well? Any sparks? I was actually able to answer all her questions, with that big cheesy grin she knows is indicitive of me being smitten with him!

2. Sitting outside this afternoon, barefoot, on the front steps petting Blackie. Barefoot? In New England? At this time of year? Amazingly warm...and wonderful!

3. Sharing the chair with the puppy dog, quite comfortably, instead of fighting with her for possesion

Just another boring Sunday...

I accomplished nothing today, because of my stupid migraine. Worse things could have happened, so I'll be glad I had an uneventful day!

Three more Beauiful Things...

1. The quiet of all 5 kitties curled up together sleeping soundly.

2. Mom was kind enough to drop my laundry off because I wasn't feeling well.

3. A bowl of hot cream of chicken soup and crackers on a cold day...yummy!

Kids....the things they do!

I stumbled across this video...it is hysterical!

Three Beautiful Things...

I've had this blog bookmarked for awhile now, and for some reason, today seems to be the most appropriate day if ever there was one to try out Clare's 3BT's experience. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, wander over there ------> and click on the link to check out her blog. I think you'll have a different view of the world around you.

1. Waking up surrounded by kitties intent on keeping me warm on a very cold morning.

2. Checking the Caller ID and seeing his number.

3. Knowing I don't have to do anything today, except the things I want to do.

How Boring!!!

I just took a look at my Blog, and I find the colors so boring. I think I need to brighten it up a bit, what do you think?

To Hang or Not to Hang...

I was invited by Hummer to hang out at the club tomorrow night for a VIP Party. I guess I could be interested in drinking all night for free and not having to get my ass off the couch at the club...

...But then I would have the unpleasant experience of spending extra time with the fools I work with instead of my usual relaxing night at Mother Mitchell's watching movies...

...No to mention I could miss the possibility that my drunken co-workers would make complete asses out of themselves, giving me much ammunition if ever I should need it to completely humiliate them at some point in the future...

...And, of course, there's the fact that Chief would be there, which would at least give me something to pleasant to look at instead of watching the television screen...

...And I'd be guaranteed a seat to myself instead of having to fight the bassett hound for chair rights...

Ah...Screw it...I'm watching a movie...I don't like any of them enough to spend an evening with them!

The Mentality Of my Co-Workers

Lately, the mentality of my co-workers never ceases to amaze me. The insightful bullshit which they spew forth makes me laugh, if not in front of them, definitely because of them. Let me explain....

After lunch, I opened the back door in my office and lit my cigarette. As I stood there smoking, Grimy proceeded to engage me in this most childish conversation.

'Hey...I heard a rumor,' he said with a shit-eating grin on his face.

'Please, enlighten me with this insightful bullshit,' I said as I took another drag.

'Now don't get mad. But I heard you had your eye on someone in this office.'

'Who, pray tell, fed you this line of garbage? And who did they say I had my eye on?'

'I'm not going to say who told me, but I've heard it from several people. And they said you had a thing for Chief.'

I laughed as I flicked the ashes from my cigarette out the door.

'Do you people have anything better to do with your time than to play these childish games? Don't high school kids do these idiotic things?' I asked.

Apparently, Grimy wasn't the only one to hear such gossip, Dave agreed with him that he himself had heard the same rumor. Which makes sense, since Grimy's brother, Hummer, whispered to me this morning that 'Chief likes you, but you didn't hear it from me.'

Grimy continued, 'So, let me ask you a question, and you better not lie to me or I'll cock-block you later. Let's just say that Chief asks you out for a couple of drinks after work one day, would you go? And be honest!'

'I don't know, maybe,' I replied as I put my cigarette out and closed the door.

Grimy finished his little interrogation with, 'Well, OK. That's honest. So now if it comes up I won't make a big deal out of it because you were honest.'

'Grimy,' I said as I brushed past him, 'With you, everything is a big deal!'

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I still don't see why every one's personal life is such a big fucking deal! Whether or not I have 'my eye' on Chief should be no one's business but my own. But...I guess that's what happens when you work with a bunch a idiots!

Back to work!

Hot guy alert!!!

I went to the bank after work yesterday, like I always do on Friday. I think I'm one of the very few who does not have direct deposit, mainly because I like the personalness (is that even a word?) of a small bank who knows you by face and name, not just by bank account number.

So after my Friday afternoon chat with the teller, I walked out of the bank and was heading to my car, when I stopped in my tracks and turned around. A couple of weeks ago, I broke my car key, and haven't bothered to get a new spare made. Since I was right next door to Standard Hardware ( a small hardware store that hasn't been upset by Home Depot or Lowe's yet) I figured I'd pop in and see if they made keys.

They did, luckily. So I stood at the counter while the kid attempted to make my key. Not even 2 minutes later, this really hot guy walks in and stands next to me, smiling. He needed keys made as well...except he needed 17 made, not just one. It took the kid what seemed like forever to get my key made, but I had a nice little chat with this extremely gorgeous guy, and when my key was done, I paid for it and said to the hot guy "I'll see you later" to which he replied...."I hope so."

That totally made my Friday! Something about having a bad day, and then something so small just brightens it up!

Enlighten me...Please!

I don't have much to time to post at the present moment...I'm at work, and I still have a million things to catch up. My paperwork has been piling up for 2 weeks now, and I still have a gazillion phone calls to make.

I don't even know why I'm posting, except that I was reading through some blogs while enjoying my lunch...a tuna fish pocket with provolone...yummy!

It dawned on me, that I'm not the most exciting person in the world of blogging. I'm not sure if I'm writing for my own benefit, or for the benefit of others, or just to entertain my own mind. I really don't even know what I'm saying right now.

I'll just knock it off for now. Maybe later, I'll have something of utter importance to blog about. For now, I'll go back to my overwhelming pile of paperwork. I have a couple of quotes I need to get faxed out before I attempt to tackle the mound of liens and waivers staring me in the face!

Toodles, my Internet blog friends!

Old blog from Myspace

This was originally posted on Myspace (by me) on October 24th, 2005....

*****'I discovered something yesterday that absolutely horrified me! You see, I love Jolly Ranchers. And I had a few left over, that I threw in a cup, along with other stuff, like pennies, and screws. Seems that the heat melted the Jolly Ranchers, and it stuck to my coinage. So, I threw out the JRs and washed off my moolah, only to discover that the sticky JR residue that had clung so nicely to that cruddy old penny brought the shine back to it. Kind of like what happens when you buy that stuff to polish brass and copper, you know, the stuff with all the chemicals in it? I have since come to the conslusion that if JRs can shine a penny to a brand new like state, one can only wonder what it does your teeth!'*****

It just happened to pop into my head this afternoon, after I was rummaging through my kitchen looking for something to munch on. And you know, I haven't eaten a Jolly Rancher since I found that melted one stuck to the penny!!!!

Kickoff for the Colts vs Pats game is in 2 hours. And since I didn't swill any beverages on Friday, I think it might be a nice idea to swig a few with the pizza for the game! Time to head out or I'll lose my seat to Mother Mitchell's bassett hound!!!

I have to stop doing this

I spent last evening, alone, at Mother Mitchell's and it was quite peaceful. I lit a fire and watched 'Little Man Tate' again. When that was over I watched the first four episodes of 'Futurama.' By then Mother Mitchell and Skipper had arrived, dressed to the nines after having attended a wedding. They looked so beautiful/handsome and so happy with each other. I sat on the couch and talked to Mother Mitchell for awhile, until almost 2:00am before I decided to get home! Then I played some stupid computer game until 4:30 before I finally retired to the couch. Told you I was an idiot! Ha!

I'll get back over there at some point today. It's sunday and the New England Patriots are playing the Indianapolis Colts this evening. What a tough game to call. Indy's my new team, but I have to stick with my boys, the Pats, on this one. Indy's offense isn't cutting it this year!

Why do I even bother

Too Friendly had mentioned that, because she wasn't working today we could get together and do something. Great idea! We decided about 2 hours ago to rent a movie and hang at Mother Mitchell's (who is at a wedding) for awhile.

Too Friendly just called. Seems she has better things to do than hang out with me. She'll be playing poker all night! She invited me to join her but I'm not big into playing cards all night. Screw her!

Now I'm taking a shower! Catch ya'll later!

I should unglue myself from my seat

I've spent the better part of the day reading blogs. Not that it's a bad thing, I love to read about people. Everyone is unique in their own way, and that makes for an interesting world.

It's almost 4:00pm. I have things to do, but no motivation. And the fact that I have an almost banging headache from lack of food isn't very inspiring. I just want to go back to sleep. I can see that the only thing I will accomplish today is taking a shower, buying cat food, dropping off my laundry, and feeding Mother Mitchell's dog. I think that's about all I can handle anyway.

Is it Friday yet?

I am hereby declaring myself...unofficially officially...a complete freakin idiot!

I have major issues, and until I figure out how to fix them...I will be retiring to Mother Mitchell's house to sit my ass in front of the fire place, swig some well deserved alcoholic beverages, and watch a movie in my oh-so-comfy Grinch pajamas!

Crazy summer....

Since I've been away, so much has happened, I don't even know where to begin!

Ok...found a starting place...work! That dreaded 4-letter word that, at times, makes me cringe. I have just about finished working long, grueling days...with the exception of this week, because Dave is on vacation. I don't know if I should laugh or cry! It actually hasn't been that bad, with today being the exception. I worked my tail off yesterday, doing Dave's job as well as mine. Only I never really got to mine too much...so Grimy can't say anything next week! For some odd reason, and I'm sure it's because the weather hasn't been too bad, construction is still booming. This means, we're still in the full swing of things, pretty much. It wound down last week, we actually had a couple days we were scrambling for work, so the crews could work full days, or at the very least 3/4 days. We started this week with a full schedule for Monday, but nothing the rest of the week. Suffice it to say, I've been a very busy little bee. We are now booked out until the end of next week, and I haven't even scheduled all the jobs yet. Tomorrow will prove to be quite challenging...Can I finish all the scheduling, handle the new jobs, catch up on all my paperwork, send out my bills, and make my calls? I'm heading to the bar if I can get it all done!

On another work related issue...Grimy and I have been getting along quite nicely, since he finally stopped being an asshole, and I finally stopped calling him one. I think Dave was right...this might have been our week to bond. I will never admit it though, and neither will Grimy. Which brings me to another point...

Grimy thinks he knows everything about everything. I told him that he was wrong. This prompted a long drawn out discussion about what I knew that he didn't know. In the end, we ended up hopping on the Internet and taking one of those 'free' IQ tests. Yes, I get paid for this shit! So he takes the IQ Test and then I do, and he scores 2 points higher than me. Wow! Well, that's all it took. When will I ever learn?

Toodles...from the 'not-so-bright' Vans

I'm alive!!

I realize that it's been quite awhile since I last posted, and I never really thought it was a big deal until Andrew commented on my last blog. So...Thank you for being genuinly concerned Andrew, and know that I am still alive and well! It's nice to know that people do notice when you turn up missing!