overtime

[derien]

I have put myself on a course of doing overtime at work.  There's only about a dozen spotters (and fewer every day - this is a specialty with a high possibility to screw up) and they would prefer us to work in teams of two (to help prevent screw ups), so there's lots of overtime available, and it's not too hard it you're doing it in a short stint.  Going in three hours early, Tuesday, wasn't too bad - three long, dull hours standing outside the Checkpoint, and then I went inside and did other things, it didn't get too killer.  Today is the same plan - only difference being I'm already very tired, today.  I don't know if this is more because I did spotting all day, yesterday, or because I woke up about 500 times during the night (probably because of the heat and the sound of the wind).  Saturday is going to suck - I signed up for 7.5 hours.  I don't even know if I CAN do spotting for that long - generally in an 8 hour day I knock off after 6 hours or so, and I can get away with it because there's so few passengers going through after 1800hrs, but on Saturday I've signed up for 0900hrs to 1700hrs, so there should be as much activity as there ever is during most of that span. 

Because I'm so tired, today, I went to make tea in my big thermos and found there was mold in it - apparently I didn't even leave the top off last time I used it, so it would dry out. :(  And no, I'm NOT going to toss it out and replace it - this is the big, all metal thermos from Korea that takes any abuse and keeps stuff scaldingly hot for fourteen hours, and has a great lid system that allows me to get my hand inside to wash it.  In all the years I've had it I've never seen anything like it available in the States, so replacing it doesn't seem very likely.  I'm going to scrub the sucker to death, probably with bleach and baking soda and anything else I can think of.  Speaking of which, I should probably get the bleach in it right now if I even hope to use it today.  It's really not that vitally important, because I can go buy a cup of tea from Teena - at Starbuck's prices, though, I'd rather not.  Oh, no, that's right, not from Teena, today, as she's changed her days off to Tuesday and Thursday for this semester; but probably from June. 


But in the good news department, norseblue (who's from New Orleans) has posted that she's okay.  Now the only other person I need to wonder about is Kitty. 

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

That sounds like an excellent thermos! Definitely don't throw it out. It's only a bit of mould...

[luvsrimmer.livejournal.com]

glad she's ok, I was wondering.

sanitizer . . .

[jimdes.livejournal.com]

available at most good grocery stores and worth the price for a piece of mind.