Captain Slow Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Spent my last day off from work for the year with my wife. We had a day of running errands together but enjoyed each others company. We took the twins to see Santa after school; they dug it and were super pleased they gave him their complete want lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Worked myself to death. Didn't feel right leaving work at midnight. Captain Slow and 07RS4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) Started my day off with waking out of dead sleep as I forgot to give leave some instruction at work for my loader. Went in for about 45 minutes on my own time. Did some running around with the wife. Haven't seen her all week. Getting ready to go to work tomorrow, yes Sunday. My hours will have meet the government reset timeline. Have never worked a Sunday, ever. But if it makes Christmas Eve that much easier, I'am all for it. Plus it is time and a half and double time after 8 hours. Edited December 22, 2013 by LFairbanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Shoveled snow ... again. This time it was only about 1.5". Put up the pre-lit tree we got on clearance last night. Right now the girls and Mom are decorating it. The twins said no boys allowed so here I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Even though it's raining I washed my truck, I am off work for 5 days so I will leave it set in the garage clean....... BTW this is the first time I have had more than 1 day off in a row since Summer. ArmyAcadia09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Went to go to the office this morning and discovered the driver's door on my G8 was frozen shut. Climbed over the seat and put it in the garage to thaw while I took the booboo van to work. MAYBEN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Went swimming in a sea of boxes and tried to makes sense of the mess. 400 stops and 550 pieces. Mongosg8 and MAYBEN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Made it thru another Christmas. Glad that it is over. Some strange reactions when you show up on peoples porches at 2200 while they are in having their family party, and your still out trying to finish. Made it home by midnight. MAYBEN, Captain Slow, CMDChase and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Made it thru another Christmas. Glad that it is over. Some strange reactions when you show up on peoples porches at 2200 while they are in having their family party, and your still out trying to finish. Made it home by midnight. Thank you for all you do! Know it's gotta be tough working so hard around Christmas but it is appreciated MAYBEN, LFairbanks, DieselDude and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Slept in until 07:15 which for me is a gift in itself. Went downstairs made coffee and rather loudly said "Merry Christmas HO HO HO." Several minutes later the twins woke up and went in our bedroom to wake up Mama. Down the stairs they came and Christmas frivolity followed. Edited December 25, 2013 by sportredmistress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) Thanks. This is what a typical day looks like this time of year. All residential. And this is with 2 sections of my area pulled. One day was told not to even look at how much I had. I never do anyhow, but apparently had over 700 stops and 1000 pieces. Definitely a challenge every day. I have never seen it this busy, in my 24 Christmas' that I have done this. My area, I know has blown up this year. Going from 200+ stops a day every other day to over 700 during Christmas is huge. I have always been able to handle what was thrown at me, but this year was the exception. People being mad on the internet is understandable, but they need to understand as well that things happen. This was like the perfect storm. Edited December 26, 2013 by LFairbanks DieselDude and MAYBEN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDChase Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Spent Christmas at my moms house with my wife, father in law, sister and niece. I just hope I'm doing as well as my mom when and if I ever get to 92 years old. LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle Chest Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Glass sealed my shower glass! Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhuffdaddy Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Finally washed the car after at least 4 months. Having a new baby and working nights, time is limited. Will finish detailing the tires and inside tomorrow. MAYBEN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I got the faces installed in my gauges and reinstalled them. Now I just need to install it all into the car. MAYBEN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhuffdaddy Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Finished detailing the ride today. Off to see Trans Siberian Orchestra with the wife. Scored some floor seats. MAYBEN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDude Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Chris....That what people get for waiting until the last minute to order. The UPS driver (lady) who does our community said she had never seen so many packages (especially next day/second day air). LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Chris....That what people get for waiting until the last minute to order. The UPS driver (lady) who does our community said she had never seen so many packages (especially next day/second day air). It was crazy. One day I had like 50 Next Day stops. Now how does that work? The bad thing is that society now days wants everything right now. Outsiders looking in think that it shouldn't be so complicated. There is a lot that goes into it. Heard that the building I work out of was designed for 150K every 3 hours and was doing around 500K in 5 hours. It will be interesting to say the least when the figures come out as to how much volume was moved. Then maybe people will be a little more understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Then maybe people will be a little more understanding. Unfortunately probably not. There was a paper in Killeen asking for people who didn't get their deliveries on time so I responded that they should include when they ordered and maybe talk to drivers who worked crazy hours. LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Unfortunately probably not. There was a paper in Killeen asking for people who didn't get their deliveries on time so I responded that they should include when they ordered and maybe talk to drivers who worked crazy hours. For the most part I have found people be understanding. I only had one person that was renting a ski home from out of town ask me what was up. Once I explained he was totally understanding. The issue in Texas was it started with the ice storms and then snowballed. Once the snowball starts it is hard to stop. People expected it to be fixed over night once the storms had stopped. Just to share an example my Christmas volume went from around 400 stops in years past to 700+ this year. I usually do 200 to 250 daily in the regular season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Doing a deep cleaning before I get the ozone generator. Look at that filter! It smelled like an ashtray! NASTY!! I pulled all the carpet out of trunk and cleaned and cleaned all the leather, vinyl, and glass. I even cleaned the rear deck and headliner. It's better, but not perfect. Here's to hoping the ozone generator gets rid of the rest. Fingers crossed! MAYBEN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) Rinsed the TBSS of at the DIY car wash this AM. Mom stopped by for a visit but cut it short when the freezing drizzle moved in. I just scraped the windows and lifted the wipers up off the glass. Garage project will be done on Wednesday! Woo hoo cars back in the garage at night by then! Edited January 1, 2014 by sportredmistress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Spent the day in bed with my best friend……NyQuil. Nothing like have a PITA head and chest cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Happy New Year!! We went to my Sister's Boyfriend's house for dinner tonight.. well she just moved in so I guess its their place? lol Chewy and Captain Slow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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