Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Let's Recap.....

Spent Sunday to Wednesday afternoon at Excel factory in Smith Center getting our rig worked on. Arrived back in Coffeyville around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night. Worked Thursday - last night (Monday). Still on 11 hour shifts....our backlog is over 200,000 due to 2 other fulfillment centers being snowed in and them shifting the orders to our center. We are trying to get as many hours in this week as they will allow before we leave here. Took today off since it is our day off anyway and we are exhausted. We are working off water in our holding tank and have everything disconnected due to bitter temps the last couple of days. Have had sub zero wind chills and last night we got freezing rain and little bit of snow. Thew wind was horrible for several days...20-30 m.p.h sustained with gusts over 40. We was a rockin' in the wind....let me tell ya. We are fortunate that everything is working on our rig. Most others we've overheard at work are frozen up and using gallon jugs of stored water. Not fun for them....No wind today which is a blessing...I can see ice on the truck windshield outside....supposed to warm up significantly by end of week. On Saturday (the day we hope to leave), calling for temps in the low 50's. We are anxious to head out but not looking forward to what weather we might have back in PA....

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