Notes on life 2007

So, I've been doing this newspaper delivery job for nearly four years now.  I am the most senior driver my boss has, so when someone else can't do their job, he calls me.  Turns out the afternoon paper delivery driver's father is in the hospital and isn't doing well; she had to fly out ...

Well, I got tagged by two different writers, but I'm going to do one for both of them and hope it's ok. **** 6 weird things I do/about me 1.  I don't "do" Christmas.  I don't believe in cutting down a living tree to put in my house.  The last time I "did" Christ...

That's my usual greeting to my fellow school bus drivers - Friday's are always happy days for us. This week, I started my Mid-Day runs, making for full days of work and about twice the mileage on my bus.  My bus is happier too; it wants to run, but the fastest I got it up…

It's very surprising, but the weather geeks were wrong again.  It's been raining since yesterday afternoon.  A small "sneaker storm" they say.  Snuck right by 'em.  Well, I suppose I should give 'em a break because weather is a complex beast and is indeed hard to pre...

On the coast and in the coast range, this storm was a disaster.  Whole towns are under water.  Major highways are impassible.  Rail lines submerged.  Lives were lost, futures are in question. I learned a long time ago, if you can't see the road, do not drive into the water, bu...

<<<Navy pics <<<< that way<<< *** Johnson Creek by A & J's house has flooded - I'm watching the noon news now and Foster Road from 102nd to 132nd is flooded as Johnson Creek has overtopped it's banks.  The snow pack in the Cascades, where Johnson Creek origi...

Yes, well, there might be some doubt about that - "last one?" but it really is, because it's after bed time and I have to get up at 5:20 in the morning and go back to the school bus driving job. The weather report may have overstated the chance of snow, but the online prediction…

Got up this morning an hour and a half later than the rest of the week.  I knew the papers would be fat this weekend, and the text from my boss indicated that we'd be loading at 8 am.  Yeah, right, I thought, so I started the water for the coffee and sat down to…

They say you have to get back on that horse that bucks you off.  Otherwise you'll be gun-shy of horses.  (mixed metaphors, anyone?  two fer one special today!) I semi-seriously considered (am considering?) calling in sick or some non-sense and taking a day off, yet here I am, getti...

No mid-day run for me today. Well, I wasn't asked and I didn't volunteer either, so who knows. One thing I really like about this job is how supportive my co-workers are.  One of them gave me a good hug yesterday, and gee, I needed that. I did go to work this morning and got…