I Knew

I knew right away what kind of day it was going to be when I got to work, got my bag out of the back of my car, then tromped all the way across the parking lot to the employee entrance.  I reached for my badge holder that I wear on a lanyard around my neck to scan in, only to discover my badge wasn't in it.  

Oh no!  It must have fallen out in my car.  I turned around and tromped all the way back across the parking lot, opened the car door and....no badge. I looked in the seat, between the seats, under the seat, even in the back seat.  No badge.  I couldn't believe it.  I've worked there for 31 years and have never lost my badge before!

Not a big deal, though.  Demi-god was still in the smoking area.  I'd just tell him to get Uncle Supervisor to let me in and clock me in.  Then I'd have to go up to HR and get a new badge, but as I walked back around the car to go into the plant, I saw it.  There on the ground behind my car was my badge!  Yay!  

As soon as I got home, I got a new badge holder thing from my junk drawer, and my badge is now safely tucked away in the holder and back on the lanyard, ready for tomorrow.  And that is the most exciting thing that has happened to me lately. 

Don't envy me my exciting life. 

In better news,  Group Leader Shark told us at the morning meeting that the plant had gotten some more orders, so we can postpone going to 4 days a week for a little while longer.  I don't quite know when that will happen, but we're all expecting it before the year is out. 

I debated on whether to go to the store today because it's supposed to be raining tomorrow, but the siren song of home was too loud to be overcome.  Alas, with a heat index of 96, there wasn't much to be done but to stay inside in the air conditioning.  

Before I did that, though, I took a few snapshots of my garden.  The zinnias are absolutely exploding. 

This little marigold was down to about two leaves before I put the slug baits out.  Now it's bouncing back nicely. 

I'm going to have a bumper crop of banana peppers this year.  All six of my plants look just like this. 

The last thing I did before retreating to the air conditioning was to move my bingo tumbler over to the garden spot.  

It'll be in full sun for most of the day, and the compost will heat up really well.  By the way, I got that bag composter from Amazon and apparently, they've redesigned it a bit.  The new ones have stiff rings that you insert to make the bag stand up better.  I'm debating on getting another one since they're only $18.  

And now for the big news:  a local realtor is going to be on House Hunters on HGTV Friday night at 9:00 PM.  We were talking about it at work, and I said, "I hope they do a better job representing Grenada than Robert Irvine did!" 

For those of you not from here, he did an episode of Restaurant Impossible here a few years ago, and everyone was mad about how he portrayed the town -- or didn't rather.  He opened the episode by driving down a road out in the middle of nowhere, saying, "I see a field.  There's a house, and another field...some trees, where are the people going to come from to eat at this restaurant?"  

I was shouting at the TV, "From the town that you're not showing!" Seriously, he never showed any of the town.  He just made it look like someone had plunked down a restaurant out in the middle of a cotton field, then couldn't figure out why no one was coming to eat there. 

Anyway, I hope HGTV does a better job.  Heh, I had to set my DVR, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall asleep.  When one gets up ridiculously early, one also goes to bed ridiculously early. 

Which is what I'm about to do, as soon as I get the Incarnation of Evil back into the house. 

Goodnight.