We listened to the wind howl all night and awoke to no running water this morning. Temps were in the 30's but with 20-40 m.p.h. winds; it was mighty chilly. And of course at 1:00 a.m. we ran out of propane in the one tank and had to go out in the cold to change over to the other tank....Brrrrr.....So we went up to the vacant manager's apartment and showered this morning. Not a bad Plan B. Once I got our hose thawed out (took it in the office where it's nice and toasty), I filled up our fresh water tank so we can get through this cold snap. Supposed to warm up around Sunday....
Today we got a visit from the local law enforcement teams (sheriff, hazmat, etc.) to take their canine bomb sniffers through our facilities. One of the guys had stopped several weeks ago and said that he'd like to come by and have his dogs walk through to aid in their training. We said sure....so today was the day. We have 972 units but it didn't seem to take them long at all to walk the place. I think the whole team stood in the office talking and "preparing" longer than it took the dogs to "work". You'll be happy to know (as are we) that there are no bomb supplies in our unit. Whew, that is a load off our mind. We were hoping that the dogs had been dually trained in drug sniffing too but no cigar....only bombs.
Tis the season that we are thinking of our friends who are out in Coffeyville, Kansas at Amazon.com.....working their tales off for all the holiday shoppers out there. I'm sure they are all exhausted and I know they are counting the days till they will be done. From the e-mails we've been getting from them it sounds like alot of people have been shopping on-line....lots of orders coming in and going out of their facility. Hang tough all you Santa helpers in Coffeyville....not too much longer !
Tomorrow is our long day at work...Ugh !! Don't care for Saturdays as the day seems to drag since we go in an hour earlier (start at 7:45) and get out around 6:15. Makes for a long weary day..I'm off to bed so I'll be bright and ready for whatever the day has in store for us. TTFN
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From Coffeyville - yes, we only have five more working days to go!! Orders have been more plentiful than last year, thanks to all the folks out there. We have really enjoyed our time here this year and have already told them we will probably come back next year....money is too good to turn down. I'd say half the workampers have already left; weather is cold and our water froze also yesterday. Miss you both!!! Bobbie and Jim
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