Day fifty-seven

Today was a very good day. A long day but a good one.

Today was the going-away party for Samantha Bahruth from the ladies in the nursery at church. I was able to attend and spend some time with her and her husband Joshua. They're taking off for San Antonio in March, so these opportunities to get together shouldn't be missed. I think they will enjoy the gift I got for them. It was both fun and useful, two great things that taste great together.

Work was a little different today. Today they moved me the warehouse floor and into the room where the company does digital printing. Up to this point, I've been working on stuff that uses traditional plate printing. The work isn't any more difficult, but it isn't easier either. Instead of handling a moderate number of orders ranging in size from small to large, I'm now helping to pack a large number of small orders. The biggest difficulty is that the lady with whom I was working doesn't speak much English and I don't really understand much Spanish. I don't understand terribly well; sometimes, I just understand her enough.

I'm still trying to get signed into the electronic timecard system. It uses a code number and a fingerprint scan. HR tried to give me my code, only to discover it didn't work. It's not a big deal, since I just use a paper timecard that gets signed at the end of every shift.

Outside, it's raining as I type this. We've needed the rain badly and I got out of having to do overtime by getting a ride home from work tonight. Add this to the party earlier, and it makes a nice triple blessing to end the day.