Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted sooner. It got quite busy there, still is really but I figure I'd give you all an update.
We did end up going back to work the next day after I posted about them shutting the job down. So Wednesday of last week is when we started back up. I guess the spotter class and a lot of sweet talking did the trick for us. We've been pretty steady since then putting in about 3,000 feet a day of silt fence (wire back and regular) and safety fence (aka snow fence where I come from at least). Now that number isn't for each one, it's combined so usually 3,000 feet total for the day. I imagine at the pace we all go we could get much more as we are usually right up our mini ho's butt while putting in fence. Either way you look at it we are definitely making the company some money.
It's starting to get hot. I know, 80-90* piece of cake right? Well I come from Maine where the high all summer can be 90* for like 1 day... so for me it's pretty damn hot. I'm just thankful I came in this time where I get a warm up period instead of getting thrown right into 110* heat like last year.
We got what I like to call a Bad*** on the crew now. Someone who is around my age, been doing this 3 or so years, thinks he knows it all. I'm sure he knows quite a bit more than I do no doubt but it's just the way he throws it out there in your face. Well today I schooled him on reading simple plans. He has told us many times before that he could read any kind of plan. My foreman gave him the plans on the page where we were for the day and asked him to point to where we started and where we are now and to give him station numbers. The guy pointed to the opposite end and read the station number as 3+00. The numbers were spaced out due to it running into a creek and two of the other numbers were on the other side of the creek on the page. My foreman then went to me and asked me to show him the same thing. I had to look for a minute to figure out where the road was but once I found that I pointed and said we started at 562+00 and were up to 583+00. He asked me how many feet that was and I replied 2,100. He told me thanks, put the plans back in his truck and told us to get back to work. The guy didn't really talk to me much the rest of the day, think he was a little pride hurt.
But yeah, that's pretty much it. More silt fence, and... more silt fence. Haven't really taken any pictures but I should, I think threads are so much more exciting when you have pictures!
I put Moose back in boarding school, he was with me for 2 weeks out there but the ticks are horrible! Poor thing was coming home with about as many if not more than what I had. I take off at least 15 on me at the end of the day. At one point I had 21 on me. Different school this time though as the other place didn't inform me he was getting a little thin while he was there and when I went to pick him up you could see hip bones and back bone. I was NOT impressed. This new kennel he's in is 100x better. They actually train police and protection dogs but have a basic obedience course as well. He's there for a month and I expressed my concerns for his weight and told them the story, they assured me they would keep a close eye on it and I gave them permission to up his food anytime. He gets exercised a lot more there and they have a better handle on just how much he should have. So hopefully by the time I get him back he won't look like I abuse him! I still visit him on Sundays, they let me play with him in the fenced in yard which is really nice. Here are some pictures of him.
The day I left him.
Learning the sit. This place does not use 'stay' as a command. If told to sit the dog should stay in the sitting position until told it is ok to move again. Same thing with the command down. So even though he knows sit and down already he has to relearn them both, in a sense, as he is used to 'sit', 'stay'.
Do keep us informed Heo Girl. How far are you from Maine?
I am 1,248 miles from my house. And it takes me around 22 hours if not more to get home, that's accounting for traffic and pee stops.
Let's move it to Jobsite Coordination. Keep us posted HEO Girl and good work!:thumbsup
