Wow...One crisis after another..Nothing big and scary...Just entirely too much little stuff.
Internet crashing a couple of times a day, they finally replaced the old cheapo they had with a decent Cisco, still not state of the art but it is Cisco and that is as good as it gets. Hopefully there won't be any more issues with connectivity.
On Tuesday one of the guys was feeling real helpful so he took the trucks over and topped them all off with gas. That was nice of him. but....the two that burn diesel weren't feeling so hot after that. I spent two days dropping fuel systems and purging them out. New filters and separators, cleaned the injectors a little and they were running like new. It was one of those accidental things, The kid stayed with me the entire time, working right there to get the problem fixed. Then he stenciled "DIESEL" over the fuel doors of every diesel vehicle we have..Good Kid
On the lighter side, I am losing weight, that is always a good thing. We are under some type of elevated security status until 2300 this evening. So for the last four days if you went off of our little piece of heaven, between 1800 and 2300, you had to wear protective jackets (mine is 37lbs) and wear your helmet, pack heat etc.. I haven't been doing dinner, I hate getting all dressed up for army food.
I have been doing a lot of writing in my spare time, not here of course, but I have completed rough drafts of several short stories, finished a couple, and have the outlines for several more. Really enjoying that, researching, putting the ideas into word form and playing with the grammar trying to make if palatable for the intended audience.
Writing lets me escape into my head a few hours every day. That is a very confusing place to be, unless you are familiar with the filing system and please don't open the wrong closets.
So for now, that is all that is on my mind, be back soon with more dribble.
Internet crashing a couple of times a day, they finally replaced the old cheapo they had with a decent Cisco, still not state of the art but it is Cisco and that is as good as it gets. Hopefully there won't be any more issues with connectivity.
On Tuesday one of the guys was feeling real helpful so he took the trucks over and topped them all off with gas. That was nice of him. but....the two that burn diesel weren't feeling so hot after that. I spent two days dropping fuel systems and purging them out. New filters and separators, cleaned the injectors a little and they were running like new. It was one of those accidental things, The kid stayed with me the entire time, working right there to get the problem fixed. Then he stenciled "DIESEL" over the fuel doors of every diesel vehicle we have..Good Kid
On the lighter side, I am losing weight, that is always a good thing. We are under some type of elevated security status until 2300 this evening. So for the last four days if you went off of our little piece of heaven, between 1800 and 2300, you had to wear protective jackets (mine is 37lbs) and wear your helmet, pack heat etc.. I haven't been doing dinner, I hate getting all dressed up for army food.
I have been doing a lot of writing in my spare time, not here of course, but I have completed rough drafts of several short stories, finished a couple, and have the outlines for several more. Really enjoying that, researching, putting the ideas into word form and playing with the grammar trying to make if palatable for the intended audience.
Writing lets me escape into my head a few hours every day. That is a very confusing place to be, unless you are familiar with the filing system and please don't open the wrong closets.
So for now, that is all that is on my mind, be back soon with more dribble.
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