This Crazy Little Thing Called My Life
November 30th, 2006 by LeeI said goodbye to Big Red Liquors yesterday, and said hello to FirstLease today.
In some ways, this job at FirstLease is a dream.¬ I get to drive Tractor/Trailers, a.k.a Rigs.¬ In 2001 I went with a buddy of mine out on the road for 3 weeks, and loved every minute of it!¬ He let me drive a few times, not long, but enough to be addicted.¬ I cannot drive a rig due to my epilepsy, but I would if I could.
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I must say I enjoyed today tremendously.¬ The only bad part was the weather, which in Indiana, changes like a womans mind.¬ The main tasks of this position are fueling the tractor and trailer, checking fluids, cleaning the inside of the trailer and parking them.¬ That’s it!
There is only one thing I don’t really like about this job, and that’s the hours.¬ After I am fully trained, I will move to 3rd shift, 12am to 8am.¬ I will work every weekend and have 2 days off during the week.¬ It’s¬a decent paying job, so I can’t complain¬that much.
Now¬a little update on my garage renovation.
My father called a “friend” who “knows his stuff” about electricity in to take a look.¬ He told me the best thing to do was to rip all the wiring out and start fresh.¬ So that’s what I did.
To quote J from episode 91, “we have some anal leakage.”¬ The main drain line for our upstairs bathrooms is leaking.¬ I called in the plumbers on this one, they recommended to replace a whole section of line.¬ I’m glad we got that home warrantee.
After we get the leakage stopped, I will start actually remodeling our garage.¬ Something I’ve always wanted, a nice garage.
I have almost everything picked out, or purchased for this renovation.¬ The only new things left to purchase are insulation, OSB and new light fixtures, I believe.
December 1st, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Congrats on the job. Having worked the graveyard shift a few times in my life, I can sympathize with the hours. After a while it gets pretty weird.
January 19th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
hello Lee–
i used to attend IU, that’s where i met bart. i ‘live’ in evansville now; i do miss bloomington.
anyway–you mention working at big red liquor–an acquaintance of mine [who fancies himself to be Keith Richards] named Brendan Herrmann worked there before moving to Chicago–any weird chance that you know him?
feel free to respond at missp1469.com.
take care–
polly