*looking at calendar*
Okay, this is the rundown on things in the life and times of Shannon Leigh.
Troy's daughter is flying into Indianapolis on Friday (the 20th) morning at a little after 5:00 am, which means to get there we will have to leave home no later than 3:30 am...fun, fun, fun.
Then after she gets here, I have to run Troy to work, then finally get us all home.
Saturday is Troy's second oldest son's wedding, which means yet another long ass freaking road trip......4 hours with 6 people in his truck.
The wedding is at 2:00 pm, so we'll have to leave here no later than 9:30 am and then after the reception, another 4 hour drive back home.
Then at a little before 9:00 on Monday night, we take her back to Indianapolis to fly home.
NOW, HERE IS THE FUN PART!!
I got a call from Troy this afternoon, telling me that tonight he is working 12 hours and they might have to tomorrow night but it may be 16 hours instead. Then again, they could change their minds and they only work the normal 10 hours tomorrow....we'll see.
Apparently, a son of the company owner is supposed to be making an appearance on Wednesday so they supervisors are wanting as much done as possible by then, to try and make a good showing for the big guy...lol.
So, two even longer days for Troy.
Now, the big deal....they changed their minds again and are doing layoffs again on Friday, which last week they said that there would be no more layoffs for at least 3 weeks....well, they came up today and told everyone that they are indeed doing the layoffs THIS Friday and Troy found out he was on the list to get said layoff.
Just last week, Troy was told by his supervisor that he was not going anywhere and that they needed a couple of good welder/fitter teams to stay until after the plant was up and running and since Troy is just about the BEST in this field, he was one that was going to stay.
Apparently when they changed their minds and decided to do the layoffs again, they handed down that job to a guy that does NOT like Troy, so guess how Troy ended up getting on the layoff list???
The guy that made up the list put all the fuck-off's on the STAY list. Then he put all the GOOD hands, those that actually know what they are doing and do it well, on the layoff list....he kept all of his friends!!!
Troy told his supervisor that was totally ridiculous and of course he agreed but since the supervisor isn't favoured by the guy that did the layoff list, he won't be listened too and will be over-ridden at any given time.
So, if the layoffs are still a go after the company owner's son does his walk through, then Troy will be laid off Friday, he'll be out of work all week next week, we'll pack everything up from here, go back to the plant to pick up his last check and then head back to Illinois to get a U-haul truck a tow dolly for my car, get to storage where all of our other stuff is at, pack up said U-haul truck, get my car on the dolly, maybe meet up with my parents for one last meal and then hit the road for California!!!
So, if all goes according to plan, we will be on the road either the 27th or 28th of July.
Then we'll take our time getting out there...hopefully and Troy will take about three weeks off to help him mother around the storage facility that she manages and lives at.
Last I heard, he's also switching companies he's going to work for. The next company has a job in Colorado....yay...more fucking cold.
So, if he's going for that job, then we'll take the Northern route in order to go to Wyoming where he needs to take a weld test, which of course he'll do very well at and then we can get back on the road headed for Anaheim, California.
If the test can't be done on our drive out there, then he'll head there AFTER we get there, whenever he gets a date set up and then he'll come back and wait for the phone call from them to say when he starts the job in Colorado.
I just found out that the Colorado job is for a company that you have to be called to. In other words, it's a who you know type of referral job....you must know others that work through them in order to be considered...so once your name is given to them, if they call you to set up the weld test, then you're pretty much in, as long as you pass the test.
So, if the guys that Troy worked with, do what they said they would, which was to give the company his name, then hopefully soon, they will call him...if not, then he will stay with the same company and go to Texas.
Either way...he has a job he'll be going to after he takes a couple of weeks off.
So, after his daughter heads back home, we'll just be hanging around home, start to get things packed up....again.....and start cleaning, what little needs to be cleaned, hang out at the pool and get ready to hit the road at the end of next week!
Will I ever be able to totally relax????
I just can't wait to FINALLY be out in Cali!!!
Plus, I'll FINALLY be able to get my own computer hooked back up!!!!
