Icey Mornings.

Have to be in Detroit at 7:00am for work tomorrow. It's crappy because I'll have to get up at 5:00 just to make sure. If we get the snow and ice we are supposed to get it'll take me at least an hour to get there, probably longer. The dumb part is, I have to drive to Detroit, well Dearborn, to pick up the truck and tractor so I can drive back to Beck road. You know the Beck road that's less then half an hour from the house.

The bright side is that Tim went out and rent a skid steer to help spread the dirt. He dosen't think the tractor alone can do it fast enough. And, as I'm the only person in his employment other then him self that can run one I get to use it. It's got a door and heater, so I'll be toasty warm. If I drag my nomad with me I'll be toasty warm and diggin' on the music.

Tim keeps talking about me 'moving up the totem pole'. Evidently Karli the person he has as a Foreman just isn't work out for him. She doesn't show up on time, and he pulled up on the job a few times to catch her and the guys hanging on in the trucks not working. And she has a tendency to befriend the guys, rather then be the boss. You can't be both, at least not effectively, when the whole crew is Mexican. If I'm still working for him in the spring I'm sure he'll try to make me Foreman. In which case he'll have to give me a raise. I won't do it for 14.40 an hour, too much stress.

At least I managed to get 8 hours today and yesterday. I spent most of today under a truck attaching an new towing hitch and light plug. Tim swears up and down that the plug that was on it worked, we just had to move it. When I crawled under the truck there were NO wires running to it. If it worked it had to be by sheer will power because it sure as hell didn't have electricity.