Ah friends, be grateful that I was Not posting here often during the Shutdown, I saved my rants for Facebook. The best thing to come of that fiasco was the Tea Party Republicans discrediting themselves for any future elections in the immediate future. It was a hostage taking pure and simple, and in any other time would have been considered sedition and their asses would now be in jail. They accomplished nothing they intended to do. They have been trying to prevent the White House and Obama from making any creditable change during his tenure. But their hissy fit over The Affordable Care Act was a group of people who had lost trying to get their way through extortion. It cost the U.S. 24 billion dollars. Many people who needed those Government retirement checks; National Parks who could not let the public in; Veterans who waited for disability checks..all of them were hurt by a few people who pirated the country. They did not have a noble cause.
In other news...I have been very busy at work lately, some overtime included. Tonight was the last big race of this year, The West Virginia Breeders Classic, and we were mobbed. All of us ran all night. Reports out the ying-yang and a great deal of dodging the crowds. I finally figured out (With Managers friendly and pointed questions) why I get cranky on these nights. It's not being busy, that I can do and handle..it's the crowds. I get irked with large amounts of people going in every direction. I have never been a huge fan of crowds, even as a teen I would avoid parades because of the amount of people who would be there. It's overwhelming and I guess I fight back in self defense without even knowing I am doing it. The next time something like this happens I will know why and take a step aside for a few minutes to get back into prospective.
Tonight I also interviewed (my first time) for a full time Supervisor position. It was at times mentioned to me in the past if I was ready when things looked to be shaking up towards an opening, but they never actually went beyond that. Now there was a list of other possibles all being interviewed within a few days. So hopefully by Wednesday I will know the outcome. I still have reasons to be happy where I currently am, so if I do not receive the promotion It will be OK, I will not fall into sullen sadness. I know that I have been a Dual rate longer than the others, but it is always possible that someone else will fill the position better than I could.
There is only 7 days to go until I am on vacation with my buddy Mel. This has been a long time coming, and we both need time away from work. I think I can hang in there 7 days. I just hope that the Federal Jury Duty Summons I received has a quick outcome. If I get picked..fine..just be quick about it...Lol.
G'Night
K
In other news...I have been very busy at work lately, some overtime included. Tonight was the last big race of this year, The West Virginia Breeders Classic, and we were mobbed. All of us ran all night. Reports out the ying-yang and a great deal of dodging the crowds. I finally figured out (With Managers friendly and pointed questions) why I get cranky on these nights. It's not being busy, that I can do and handle..it's the crowds. I get irked with large amounts of people going in every direction. I have never been a huge fan of crowds, even as a teen I would avoid parades because of the amount of people who would be there. It's overwhelming and I guess I fight back in self defense without even knowing I am doing it. The next time something like this happens I will know why and take a step aside for a few minutes to get back into prospective.
Tonight I also interviewed (my first time) for a full time Supervisor position. It was at times mentioned to me in the past if I was ready when things looked to be shaking up towards an opening, but they never actually went beyond that. Now there was a list of other possibles all being interviewed within a few days. So hopefully by Wednesday I will know the outcome. I still have reasons to be happy where I currently am, so if I do not receive the promotion It will be OK, I will not fall into sullen sadness. I know that I have been a Dual rate longer than the others, but it is always possible that someone else will fill the position better than I could.
There is only 7 days to go until I am on vacation with my buddy Mel. This has been a long time coming, and we both need time away from work. I think I can hang in there 7 days. I just hope that the Federal Jury Duty Summons I received has a quick outcome. If I get picked..fine..just be quick about it...Lol.
G'Night
K
