Not Much Going On…November 20, 2011

 

     Just checking in…not much happening in Coffeyville, Kansas…we are still hanging in there at Amazon.com.  Only 5 more weeks to go…they are starting to bring on more and more people…ramping up for “peak”.  Pretty soon we will be running over each other…especially as we are pickers.  If we are picking in an area where other people are stowing product, we pretty much have the right of way.  After all, you great people placing those orders with Amazon.com don’t receive your product until we can get it picked and on the way to shipping…we have the power!

When we got off of work at 3:30 am on Saturday a group of us made our weekly trek to the doughnut shop…can’t go to a club for happy hour so it’s doughnuts for us.  We probably had about 14 or so this week…as I said, there’s not much going on right now.  Anyway, we got home about 5:00 and hit the sack for a couple of hours…well, I was up by 7:00 am but Bob slept on until early afternoon.  There was a craft show starting at 8:30 and some friends and I wanted to go early so we could then go home and get some serious sleep.  Unfortunately, Jean had come down with a sinus infection and just was not up to making the show but Deb Gray and I followed through and met at the show.  It was pretty small but it was nice just to have something to do.  Here we are with other friends, Dan and Rita, who were also there.

 

Deb and I decided to go on to Chetopa, Ok to see what was going on at the annual Pecan Festival.  Did not take long to make our way through the arts and crafts and then we were on our way back to Coffeyville.  So after a short nap  Bob and I drove to the small…I mean really small…I mean tiny, tiny community of Liberty to have beer and burgers at a local…er, establishment called Jack’s.  The real highlight is that they have a pool tournament on Saturday nights.  I do have to say it was a nice time with Deb and Paul and Barb and Bubby and the burgers are wonderful.

Weather has been cold today so we have done nothing but sleep and watch TV.  Back to work tomorrow evening…remember, only 5 more weeks to go.

Moving on.

Sunday October 7, 2011

 

Things are going pretty well as we continue to work at Amazon.com here in Coffeyville, Kansas.  We have both had colds but Bob is back to normal and I am almost there…quite a few of us have been sick.

Weather continues to be nice…we had a couple of nights below freezing but mostly good weather.  I do have to say that yesterday we felt the effects of the earthquake that struck north/central Oklahoma.  There was a quake in the early morning hours and then last night we were watching the local news out of Tulsa when the motorhome started swaying…the newscaster announced that Tulsa had just experienced another earthquake and that it was stronger than the one they had early that morning.  It only lasted a few seconds and if we had not heard the news cast we probably would have thought it was a strong gust of wind.  Tulsa is about 70 miles south of Coffeyville…we are right on the Kansas/Oklahoma line.

We had to work Halloween night but Cissy got to go out and parade around the RV park in her Halloween costume that afternoon…she was so cute!

Friday night we were sent home at lunch time (10:00 pm) from Amazon…there was a problem with the water, or lack of, so they closed the entire building.  Several of us went to the Pizza Hut to eat and enjoy our unexpected time off.

I have to learn how to transfer pictures from my phone to my computer without them coming out so poorly…sorry guys. 

Today we drove to Pawhuska, OK…did not really start out to go there but that’s where we ended up.  Interesting…it is home to the Osage Nation.  The town is small…around 3,000 people and not very pretty.  I did think the Episcopal Church was attractive.

I think there was a church on almost every corner in town.

Pawhuska is supposedly the site of the first Boy Scout troop in America…1909.

On our way home we stopped in Bartlesville, OK and spent about an hour at the Osage Casino…not winners tonight.

Moving on.