There I was at work, just a working away. It was almost 6:00 and I saw Cuz come over and start talking to Group Leader Shark.
"Uh oh," I said. "What have we done now?"
Actually, I said, "What we done did now?" because in real life, I do speak in local vernacular from time to time. But that's not relevant to this story.
Then the morning meeting started and she chewed us up one side and down the other. Apparently, someone got caught carrying—oh the horror— a Coca~Cola into the plant this morning.
"Do not be carrying Cokes into this plant! And it has to be in a clear cup! I don't care what these other departments do! You will have a clear cup!"
And I'm thinking, "That right there is exactly what is wrong with this plant in a nutshell. I wish she'd get this bent out of shape of this jacked up garbage we get from tubing as she does over what kind of cup I'm drinking my water out of."
So, I go back to my stand and finish the order I’d been working on-- which is the one I'd started yesterday when the line was already down waiting on it, and I had to wait on the adapter tubes before I could even start brazing it.
I found out this morning that they'd sent that line home early because they didn't have header assemblies. And yet...they still didn't have the adapter tube line coming in early. Go figure...
So, I finish that order, then go get line 3’s next order, and the parts stager tells me, “It only has two legs, but it’s next.” I spend the next two hours waiting on adapter tubes, and the line is down waiting on me, and ... the adapter tube line is working on parts for line 4– which we are 11 hours ahead of that line, instead of line 3, which is down waiting on us.
Make. It. Make. Sense.
Please!
I honestly believe that if Lennox weren't propping this company up, they'd have gone out of business years ago. The place is so poorly managed, it's a wonder it can function at all.
Anyway, I finally got the parts I needed and brazed the order with the line's parts stager taking them out of my hands as fast as I can braze them, and after a day like that, I said to myself, "Self, I really need to play in some dirt!"
So I went to the store after work and bought a few more bags of garden soil. Then I came home, filled all of the bird feeders, put the soil into my beds, came inside and took a shower -- and still made it to the TV in time for the Atremis II launch.
Because I'm multi talented like that.
All right then... I think these two are ready to be planted.
I'll have to see how much the soil settles after the next rain, but there's likely enough to go ahead and plant my tomatoes and banana peppers. I'm still going to buy up a bag or two of soil at a time while they have them in stock, so I'll have some ready when I get around to getting the rest of my raised beds. Or for when my current beds need a top-up.
While I was outside, I took photos of my herbs for your viewing pleasure. Here is my lemon balm:
Broadleaf Sage:
Greek Oregano:
French Tarragon:
And I just realized I didn't take a photo of my rosemary or mint. Oh well...I'll get them next time.
The last thing I did was to drag the hose around and water everything, and I also put out the bee pond, since it's so very dry.
Yeah, we got a lot of thunder last night, but very little actual rain. We're supposed to get some storms Saturday, so maybe we will finally get some rain. They're saying 100% chance, so we'll see.
And finally, this meme showed up in my socials today, and now I have to add Dracula to my reading list.
Can you believe I've never read it? I must rectify that as soon as I've finished the books I'm currently reading.
