I am very tired. And I am still turning down extra shifts (at least until the itchy scratchies go away for good.) Got a little overzealous on the Benedryl today and as I was walking around WalMart I felt loopy. Got to see one of my regulars today that I havent seen in a while due to my getting moved around to different routes. She and her (almost 2 year old son) hung out on my bus for almost my entire shift. Got my favorite bus today too. Route went pretty smoothly; almost no fireworks. Saw another one of my fixed route regulars. This lady and I talk about "Lost" and "House." She even made me a bracelet that said Lost on it. So cool. But I saw her standing on a corner and I am not supposed to; but I stopped anyway. I asked her if she needed a ride since it was frigid out today. She was
FUMING. At first I thought she was pissed at me; but it was at another driver. Somehow she missed the van. No clue if they left early or what. Ok so fuming and frozen. The only bus on the particular route she was waiting for would have left her in the cold much longer before it cycled back so I called the Road Supe and had him pick her up and take her to her destination. She was still frozen; but very happy. I am sure she gave the Supe an earful though. All in a days work...Got back to work and got my last shift assignment until after my vacation. Stayed to watch the Tyra show because they were doing makeovers. I went to leave and saw they had another job posting up. I couldnt believe my eyeballs; it was for Road Supervisor. I did some thinking; called my parents and decided to apply even though I just had an interview the day before. More on that interview later. I was still going over in my head if I should even waste my time applying and was going to talk to the Assistant Ops Manager when two dispatchers asked if I was going to apply for it. Everyone I spoke to said I should. They still want a cover letter and the same questions answered as the last time. This time I am going to take a different approach in answering. I guess it all depends on who my competition is. I may have no previous management experience; but I have almost 11 yrs on the road come December (CDL Class B) and I am oozing Customer Service. Apps are due in Tuesday; but mine has to be in Monday before I leave for MA.
One of my passengers today told me she was asking other drivers if I was driving because she hadnt seen me. She said that they were all commenting on how good I looked. The majority of the people she named were all men. And all these people hadnt said a word to my face. How does my weight come up??? It came up today because I said that I had slacked off and put on X amount of pounds and that is when she said that all this stuff was being said about me. She said she only said one bad thing about me...that I had bad taste in cereal. (I was eating Kashi 7 Grains one day during my shift). Anyway, it was a positive shot in the arm.
Was trying to get a shopping cart at Giant Eagle when all of a sudden something slams into my rear end. It was a loose cart. The guy who was pushing carts looked like he was going to faint. Seriously, no big deal. My butt makes a good buffer. He caught me again later to apologize again and to make sure I wasnt hurt. I get beat up all the time; nothing to lose sleep over. It was embarrassing; but not that painful. Scared me to death that's all. Got my paycheck today!!!! I got da money!! BUT...Then I saw what my gross was vs my net. Damn Uncle Sam took over $300 away from me. *&^%!!! I was able to finally open my Savings Account. I am going to get a lot of mileage out of this paycheck. 116 hours ended up being the total for the 2 weeks. Yeah I was busy...Wonder how many miles that would translate into? My raise will show up on my next paycheck. So I may break even since I am taking 9 days off for the holiday. If I am passed up for Road Supe and FT Driver; I will just work crazy hours when I need the pay increase. Road Supe is a salary; no OT rate. FT Driver is 40 hrs only. So we will see what happens. Still nothing from Eric.
My head is spinning. Slept through "Grey's" last night so I have to download it tomorrow. I doubt I will make it through tonight's "Law & Order." OK I am babbling on about nothing so I had better call it a night.
Have a good weekend everyone!
~Carrie
