Daily Archives: November 1, 2016
Four Days Down . . .
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And Three Days to Go.
After a very quiet night, i.e., one truck left that come in on day shift and nothing else, I was home and in bed by 5:30am. So no cows, no excitement.
Getting up about 11:30 the first thing I did was to call the Karnes County National Band to see if our VISA check cards had come in. And they hadn’t.
Well, actually, based on the reaction, which was Huh?, I suspect they never got ordered. I had ask for them to be sent to the bank here, rather than the account address, our house in Friendswood, so we would get them quicker. They said they would call me when they come in. We’ll see how that works out.
I did use the bank’s Telephone Banking to confirm that our 1st SiteWatch pay check had in fact been direct deposited into our account, so that was nice.
Hoping our absentee ballots had finally come in, we headed for lunch, once again at Barth’s Restaurant. We’ve gotten hooked on their daily Lunch Buffet and are working our way through their menu.
Every day is different, with two meats, two or three veggies, soup, salad bar, and homemade bread.
Today was Fried Chicken, Roast Beef with Gravy, Creamed Red Potatoes, Corn, and Broccoli-Cheese Soup. Delicious, and with our $3 Senior Discount, it was only $6.50.
A really great deal.
So all we have left are Monday with Chicken Fried Steak and Chicken Fried Chicken, Wednesday with Chicken and Dumplings and Hamburger Steak, and Thursday with Fried Pork Chops and Meat Loaf.
Sounds like a plan. Only three days to go.
Leaving Barth’s, we next stopped off at the Lone Star Real Estate office to see if our ballots had come, but the office was closed for lunch, saying they would be back at 1:30. So we decided this would be a good time to check out the H.E.B. right down the road. Turns out to be a nice store, with maybe a little better selection than the local Wal-Mart.
Back at the office, we had about a 10 minute wait until they showed up, and our ballots were there so we’ll get them filled out and off with Priority Mail tomorrow.
Getting back to the rig I took a nap before heading off to the gate for the night. As it stands right now this is my last scheduled shift until I hear from Todd again. I’ve already been extended here for one night. A few more would be nice.
Yesterday I cleaned the filters on both our Coleman AC units. The older, bedroom unit uses the old school foam filter that I hose off in the shower and re-install. And about once a year I replace the foam sheet with a new piece because it does deteriorate over time.
But the new Coleman Mach XV model that I installed last year uses a couple of these electrostatic filters.
They’re made of a metallized plastic mesh that attracts dust by electrostatic action caused by the airflow through the filter. This allows the filter to attract dust without restricting the airflow. And just a quick spray in the shower cleans them off.
Heading in to work this afternoon, I dropped off the rent check at the park office, so I guess we’re here for another month.
Thought for the Day:
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
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