A nice quiet night at home

Finally, my busy week has come to a halt. I've been running around all week until tonight. I've done everything from hauling limbs, returning movies, to going shopping every night after work. I spent one evening with my mom and grandma until my grandfather returned from a baseball game. We had a nice visit. I'm getting better at being a bank teller. It's nothing like rocket science. I should be ready to take over the drive-thru pretty soon. Today I went in an hour later and stayed until 5 to help with the drive-thru this afternoon. After work I visited with my uncle and cousin in from Tulsa for the weekend. I haven't been doing anything the rest of the night except getting ready for a busy weekend.

Just another Tuesday

It was just another day, with not much happening around here. I took some pictures of the drag races to work and showed some of my co-workers. They thought the pics were really neat. I had a slower day at work than yesterday. I thought I almost got an envelope jammed in the mail machine, but luckily I was able to retrieve it with no problems. The mail machine and I don't really get along. It usually doesn't stamp some postage, or stamps on the wrong side of the envelope. Oh well, that makes my day that much more interesting. After work I played a couple of rounds on the playstation with my cousin. I got him a drag racing game, and he sure enjoys beating anyone that plays him. We finally got a little rain shower this evening. Every drop helps. I'm getting things together to mail a package to my brother, and hopefully will drop it in the mail by Thursday. Sometimes there just seems like too much to do, and not enough time to do it. The cartoon has nothing to do with anything. I just thought it was kind of funny.

The Drag Races

I spent the weekend doing something I really love to do. I went to the NHRA Drag Races in Madison, Illinois outside of St. Louis. My dad has a camaro that he drag races at a little track, but Madison is where the big boys and girls come out to play. When the top fuel rails go by at 300 mph plus, you can feel the bleachers vibrate. This year we had really good parking. One of my dad's friends works for a motor and parts company that is always at these events, so he was able to hook us up with tickets and parking in the pit area. We set halfway down the track, so we had a pretty good view of the races. I had a really good time walking around and looking at the cars. On Sunday I was even able to get my picture taken with John Force, one of the top Funny Car drivers, and Erica Enders. Disney made a movie about her junior drag racing days, but now she runs with the big boys and girls. I also like the fact that more women are making names for themselves in this sport. Even though it was a long, hot, and tiring weekend, it was worth it.

I survived my first week on the job

I never pictured myself as a bank teller, but I'm finding that it's not very hard. I've actually done pretty good for never having worked in a bank before. Sometimes I get tired of counting money. I've also seen many people that I know. I didn't realize how many acquaintances of mine use that bank. Not much else is going on. I'm getting a box ready to send to my brother. I got a wall-hanging done for a cousin to give to her secret pal. It turned out really nice, and I got to use my embroidery machine. I'm finishing out the night watching Casanova. It has Heath Ledger in it, and since he's a favorite actor of mine I thought I would watch it. So far so good.

Happy Father's Day!

Boy has this weekend been busy. Friday night after my parents and I got off work, we hauled hay. Unfortunately it wasn't the big round bales, but the small square bales. This meant that we had to drive around the hay field and pick up the bales and stack them on the trailer. Luckily the guys who baled the hay helped us, or we would have been there all night. We ended up with 2 trailer loads. We got one trailer unloaded before we quit for the night at 11.
Saturday I had to work until noon, but came home to help finish unloading the second trailer. My uncle and cousin helped with this load, so they were almost done by the time I got there. I think we put almost 300 bales in the barn. By the time we were done, I was wondering if the cattle and horses were worth all that work.
This morning we put new fly tags in the cattle's ears and vaccinated them. We got done around 1 in the afternoon. It was hot, but now we won't have to fly tag again until next year. We still have 5 cows left to do at a later date. I know, I know, it doesn't sound like my dad had a fun Father's Day with all the hard work he had to do, but at least he won't have to worry about it not being done. We had a nice Italian dinner with my grandmother, my other grandparents, and my uncle and cousin.
My dad and I finished the evening by going fishing in the pond. We had a nice time even if we didn't catch anything. Either there are no fish, or they didn't like the polish sausage I was using as bait. The only thing that would beat that would have been fishing with my dad, brother, and grandpa. Well, my grandpa has been dead for 3 years. My brother is in Iraq at the moment. When my brother comes home, he can come fishing with us. Everyone needs to go fishing with their fathers at least one Father's Day in their lives.

First day at my new job

Today was my first day as a bank teller. It doesn't seem like it's going to be that hard of a job once I get the hang of things. I did a couple of transactions with a little help from my trainer. I get an hour for lunch, which is enough time to go harass my grandparents. I've also seen several people I know or who know my parents. I can see myself sticking with this job for a while. It will be nice not to have to find a new job due to job termination or moving like I've been doing the past 7 years. It's also nice not to have to flip burgers for decent pay around this area. I've always wanted to keep banker's hours, and now is my chance.

Spring Cleaning: Better Late than Never

Since there was a break in the hot weather, I decided to start cleaning on the garage. There is hardly any floor space anymore, because everyone just throws down anything and everything. At first glance the task looked overwhelming, so I just picked a corner and started cleaning. Halfway through it looked as if I was making a bigger mess, but now you can actually see a difference. There is a lot more work to be done and a lot more treasures to find (depending on my definition of treasure). Maybe someday it will be clean enough to fit a car in or set a quilting machine up.
Finally after numerous job interviews and let-downs, I got a call today telling me I was hired. I start as a bank teller tomorrow. If you would have asked me what job I pictured for myself, bank teller would be no where on my list. I do business at this bank, and was talking to a friend who works there. He asked what I'd been doing, and I said looking for a job. Well, there just happened to be a vacancy, so I filled out an application. I'm pretty good at following the signs the universe lays in my path, so I didn't pass this opportunity up. It was a good thing. This means less than a 10 minute commute back and forth, and decent pay for a small town. It can't be all that hard to give and take money.

Buy me some peanuts and cracker-jacks....

I know, I know, it's been a while since my last post. My avid readers are starting to complain about the lack of postings, you 2 know who you are :-) Not much has been happening around here lately. We are still working on fences, and the chore list for the farm is being updated daily. I've been job hunting, but nothing has turned up yet. I have a couple of prospects, so something will eventually turn up.

Tonight I attended a baseball game of a cousin. I think the age group is around 11-12. I usually don't enjoy baseball. I know, very un-American of me, but oh well. This game however was very comical. Both teams were having a really off night. The pitchers couldn't pitch and the hitters couldn't hit. There was one boy who is tall and big for his age that surprised the whole crowd by making it from 3rd to home with two opposing players trying to tag him out on either side. He ran back to 3rd, but the other team dropped the ball. He ended up getting a run. I thought my cousin was going to trip and fall off 2nd and get tagged out, but he ended up getting a run. It was the best baseball game I've ever been to. This shouldn't be surprising since I don't go to many. Oh in case anyone reading cares, my cousin's team squeaked out a win.