Work Drama And Red Clover

The bad thing about taking a day off in the middle of the week is that the next day feels like Monday all over again, and that's exactly what today felt like to me -- but apparently I missed all the fun yesterday.  

They're opening second shift back up Monday -- but only one line and some component areas right now-- and yesterday they went around telling the ones who are going to have to go to second shift that they were going.  Well, some people weren't happy about it.  

Some are mad that they are going to second shift and they don't want to.  Others are mad that they want to go to second shift and they won't let them. Ain't that just the way it is out there?  

But here is the kicker.  Demi-god is over there saying, "I can't go back to second shift!  I'd miss seeing my daughter in the evenings!"  

When I heard that, I promise you I was looking just like this:

Every parent who works on second shift has to go through this.  I know I did.  I was very lucky that I came to day shift just before Cody started kindergarten, or I'd have never seen him, other than those few moments in the morning when I got him up and ready for school. 

What's more, Demi-god spent all day down on his stand talking about what his mommy and daddy are going to do if they make him go back to second shift, because you know he's special, and Don't you know who my daddy is?????

And he was saying things like, "If I have to go back, day shift is going to lose 400-500 headers a day!"  We all just laughed and said, "Bless his heart."  He really is full of himself.  And no, he doesn't braze nearly that many headers.  Then I pointed out the bright side will be that he can once again pick and choose which orders he wants to do instead of having to do what the line needs.  

From what I hear, he went on and on about it all day long.  I'm just glad I don't have to work next to him and listen to his whining.  

But wait, there's more!  In all the excitement over my doctor appointment, I forgot to tell you about what happened Monday.  Sometime around 4:15 AM, flux started leaking out of the pipes that carry our brazing gas to our stands.  I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but somehow, the connection between two of the pipes had come loose.  They got the gas shut off at the valve, but maintenance doesn't come in until 5:00, so we had to wait until they got there to fix the problem.  

It only took him about 15 minutes to get the connection tightened back up, then back to work we went.  I was thinking about that this afternoon, and I wondered where our emergency shut off button is.  I didn't know, so I went looking for it.  I couldn't find it, so I asked.   That's when I found out. 

We don't have an emergency shut off button.  We're supposed to have an emergency shut off button.  But we don't.  Why don't we have an emergency shut off button?  Answer me that!

And just to put the icing on the cake, someone was smoking weed in the men's bathroom.  They do that a lot, but nobody has been able to catch whoever it is in the act.  Maybe they need to bring back the random drug testing.  

I'd planned on coming home and planting a few of those daffodil bulbs, and maybe some of my cosmos seedlings, but after all that, I just came home and sat.  Well, I did cut and start drying a bit of cilantro.  Is it supposed to smell like stink bugs?  

Wait, I just googled it and yes it does!  Cilantro can sometimes smell like stink bugs!  It's still OK to eat, so they say, but since it's for Brennan's bearded dragon anyway, I don't think it'll matter.   Although Cody did mention wanting to cook with it, so I'll just have to see what it smells like to him.  

In other news, look what I found growing behind my back fence!  

Red clover!  I've wanted some for ages, but didn't want to buy seeds in bulk.  Looks like the wind finally brought some my way.  I want to try to catch some of these seeds and see if I can get it to grow inside my fence.  

Keep your fingers crossed!