Daily Archives: October 18, 2016
Gateward Bound . . .
This morning started out slow, but got busy fast.
After nothing from anybody SiteWatch-wise, I put in another call to Todd about 12:30, and ten minutes later he called back. We talked for about 20 minutes going over what the job entailed and what we could expect.
We will need FRC’s, hardhats, glasses, and steel-toed shoes. So we’ll need hardhats and Jan needs steel-toed shoes. I’ll probably just order her a pair of these Skechers from Amazon.
Hard to believe they’re steel-toed.
We’ll be working opposite 12 hour shifts at a guard shack in the Kenedy / Karnes City area, probably following a Marathon Completion crew.
The only think out of the ordinary, at least for us, is that we have to get a DBA (Doing Business As) license (cost $11at the courthouse) and then open a business account at a bank. We will be paid as contractors on a 1099, but for some reason they will only pay into a business account.. Strange.
Todd also said our expired security licenses shouldn’t be a problem, and that we should just be able to renew them online. Then we’ll have to transfer them from GGS Services to SiteWatch.
So the gist of all this is that we’ll head out tomorrow morning about 11 for the 3+ hour trip down to Kenedy . Todd, and a couple of others on Facebook, recommended the Lone Star RV Park #2 so that’s where we’re heading.
I talked to Nancy, the owner, this afternoon and they have a short-term/long-term site available for us. Don’t know the price for sure, but I’ve heard $450-500 and that includes electric. They also have a completely free laundry, which is very unusual.
After we get the DBA/Bank Account stuff done, the next thing on the list is to attend the Marathon Orientation Course Friday afternoon at 1pm. So maybe we can be on a gate by Saturday, who knows.
About 1pm, to celebrate Jan and I drove in to have the lunch buffet at Schobel’s Restaurant. Coming home we stopped off at the park office to let them know that we’d be leaving tomorrow morning and to put our remaining money on account.
Later in the afternoon, I went online to see about our license renewals, but I quickly found a problem. You could renew an expired license, but not if it’s been expired for more than a year. Which let’s us out.
So we have to start over, but I’m not sure if that includes fingerprint cards or not. So I’ll find out tomorrow.
Thought for the Day:
I have done so much with so little for so long, that I can do almost anything with practically nothing.
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