Halfway

Another week has come and gone, and so quickly too.  We are now halfway through our 6 week commitment to Amazon; 3 weeks down and 3 to go.  Time flies by when you’re too tired to think about it.  Last Tuesday’s overtime was made voluntary, so we had a 3 day weekend (Sun – Tues) which was appreciated, then it was back to work on Wednesday.  It seems like sales must have gone up, since the “pickers” have been busy taking stuff to ship out.  At least it seems like there is more room to stow new stuff. 

Thursday was a short working day, because of the holiday.  Our Thanksgiving feast was at a buffet in the nearby casino.  We went with Bill and Ogie, who are part of our extended family now.  We missed being with our family back home though.

 

Friday and Saturday were the usual 10-hour days, with one exception.  The “Outbound” night shift is working 12-hour days, ending at 6AM, just when we had been arriving.  The traffic jam in the parking lot was solved by shifting our hours, start and finish, by 30 minutes, so we get to sleep in until 5:00AM, punch in by 6:30, and work until 5:00.  We still fall asleep about 8:30 or 9:00 in the evening so the days go by fast.  We are indoors and the work isn’t physically demanding but being on our feet for long days is draining.

 

We will have only a 2 day weekend now, since Tuesday is mandatory this week.  It should be gorgeous weather to get some more sightseeing done before winter comes as scheduled later this week.  For our readers who are weather fans, we’ve had frosty windshields each morning, with temps in the 20’s, but pleasant afternoons in the 50’s.  In this dry air, it cools off fast when the sun goes down.  However, the forecast starting on Tuesday is for much colder weather, lows in the teens and highs in the 30’s – yuck!  We need to move further south!

 

Last Monday we did a little local sightseeing.  We had seen a store called Scheels that looked pretty impressive so we stopped in.  It’s a glorified Cabelas (which they also have in the area) with a ferris wheel in the center.  Decorations for the holiday are everywhere along with high prices.