12:20 pm- I'm starting today's entry early. I'm getting ready to go back to work for the first time in ten days. My sensation of wanting to go back to work hasn't completely gone away, but it's ebbed slightly. As I have the time to do so, I want to ratchet up my job search again. Again, I ask for your prayers as I continue my search, with patience and diligence.
It's been so hot these last few days. I feel very fortunate that I don't have to work in the warehouse today. I can't imagine how it's been this past week. I've worked in the warehouse on hot days, but it was never as hot as it's been. The news this morning said there is an excessive heat warning for Southern California through tomorrow afternoon. I'm sitting here in our dining room, lights out, curtains closed to keep the heat out, and I'm already sweating.
Thankfully, I don't have to ride my bike into work. If I had to, I'd be riding in the hottest part of the day and I'm honestly not sure yet if my back can take sitting on the bicycle seat, taking any bumps in the road. Even now, as I sit here on a dining room chair, my back is acting up a little. Hopefully, my back can take me being back on my feet for eight hours. I haven't done anything that physically demanding since the last day I was at work, Friday, September 5th.
Okay, I've got to leave it here. I'll be back later to let you know how my workday is going.
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Update 4:09 pm- We're having a slightly later first break, as we just had our monthly production meeting. There's actually quite a bit of good news today. The company acquired another printing company in Chatsworth, so the business is actively growing. Today, they drew names and gave away iPod Shuffles and one iPod Nano. I also found out from my manager Mervin that we are finally going to get more people, one new packer each for 1st and 2nd shifts, plus they want to find someone who could be a cutter/packer overnight. I don't know when it'll happen, but thank The Lord it's happening.
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Update 6:03 pm- My back is starting to get sore, but it's not too bad right now. I found out that Guillermo's girlfriend had her baby on Friday, so he's not here. We've got someone from 1st shift who's still here cutting, and he's already got four hours of overtime today.
I fell myself moving more slowly than I normally do. I'm certainly trying to avoid re-injuring my back, but it seems like we're getting everything done. At least, we're getting done what's due today.
One last bit of business: Mirna (who you may recall, replaced Ana in digital) just told me that she is being moved back outside. She said she preferred packing large boxes intake read of all the small stuff we tend to do. Ana is moving back into the room tomorrow. I think the company's been trying to figure out what has and hasn't been working in digital, and they realized that they were fixing something that wasn't broken in the first place.
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