In’s & Out’s of the Thaden Family

So this was my first week back at the ‘Pool (that’s short for Whirlpool). It hasn’t been too bad. Training is was a bit boring, but necessary because I surely don’t remember everything that I did 2 years ago. I still do miss my guys from IdleAire, that was a great crew. Not to mention Linda with Rusty Rotten Paws. Anyway, it’s nice not having to worry about getting more silicone on my clothes anymore. Training was a real refresher though this week. I’m surprised at how much lingo, keyboard shortcuts, and knowledge I retained over the years though. I guess we’ll see how much I really can retain I visit IdleAire in a couple years and try to repair a module out of fun.

I start one of my new schedules next week. I’ll work from 9:30 to 6, which isn’t too bad. If this was Knoxville that’d be perfect, but since this is St. Joe it doesn’t really matter. It’s funny to hear what people call traffic and heat. But it’s no laughing matter when you hear them recall winter. All that talk of snow makes me shutter, but being German I should be able to tough it out. Of course, I guess we’ll see how tough I am when that lake effect wind and snow hit my bones.

This week we’re doing pretty good. We’re no longer living out of ice chests and have a refrigerator finally. I dubbed it ‘electric sex’ for anyone who can catch that movie reference.
The fridge is frickin’ huge. It easily dominates the kitchen. I can only imagine what that thing does when we’re gone. It probably intimidates the old dishwasher in the house. We’re supposed to have a range soon. We know it’s in town, but we’re awaiting a call to go and pick it up. So it’s straight up griddle cooking. Who am I kidding, I haven’t cooked a thing on that griddle. That’s all been Margaret. She’s been an awesome cook (even though she’ll swear that something that she’s cooking came from a box).

Let’s see what else. Gas prices suck here as much as anywhere else. Luckily we can go about 2 to 3 weeks before filling up. Still sucks filling up 40 bucks worth of gas when you just want 10 gallons. I’m just waiting for enough people to get fed up and finally join others like me in making the government the public servants that they ‘electfully’ are.

Other than that, that’s it folks.

I’m out!

Tags: new job, work