Get Back to Work
Let’s talk about work and the pandemic a bit more. Friday, word came down from on high that the guaranteed hours are going away. This was not unexpected. Most everything …
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Am I Doing This Right?
I want to vent a bit. I have a good job. My employer has done right by us, in my opinion, during this whole pandemic. They couldn’t lay us off, …
Read MoreOut of Work
Well, it was bound to happen. I may be considered an essential worker, but most all of my customers have instructed that I should only respond to emergency work orders, …
Read MoreIdle Hands
The last two days at work have been excruciatingly boring. I have a client that requires me to be an observer for their HVAC preventive maintenances. This means that I …
Read MoreEPA 608 Replacement Card
I realized last week that I had lost my certification card for EPA 608. I haven’t needed it for years. I thought I was already registered with all the wholesalers …
Read MorePutting the Cart Before the Horse
I came home to a surprise on Thursday. For all the years I’ve lived in my house there has been a broken pipe for the water shutoff in my front …
Read MoreSpring Break is Project Time
Yesterday was the last day of school for the week, which means that today is the first day of spring break for me and for GRCC. As a little extra …
Read MoreTraverse City
I took a little work-related, overnight road trip to Traverse City. It took me three hours to get there, three hours to get home, and I’m still going to have …
Read MoreThe Union and I
According according to Facebook the union that I’m in has turned one hundred and twenty one years old today. That’s a pretty long time. Of course, I haven’t been in …
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