Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, my Canadian friends will understand this :)

I was pretty disappointed, I didn't get my turkey dinner today. I'm working either day shift, or split shift for 10 days while I'm covering for reservations, and today was a day shift. Means I didn't finish my day until 5:30, and by then the lineups on the main lines were half way back to the doors and growing longer by the second. I evaluated standing in line, or doing an alternate line, and decided I did not want to wait in line. Even for turkey and stuffing. And yams. I had jerk chicken from the healthy line. And a piece of pumpkin pie. No line up for dessert.

There was another death in camp last week. An older gentleman, apparently heart attack. A very well-liked member of that contractor's team, the other guys on his crew were pretty upset. Passed away in his room.

This week was more IT troubles. Cell phone service down again. Our software system down. Right in the middle of Friday checkins. It had been happening on and off for the day, so we were prepared, but still could have been a bit of a disaster. Hoping Monday's big check ins won't see another fail.

The weather here has been just a little cooler than "back home". The forecast calls for maybe some snow by Thursday, but the longer it holds off is fine with me. I actually got outside today, as we had a planned fire drill. And I did it right this time. I did not wait for the actual alarm, since now I know they don't actually set off the alarm. It was a nice sunny day, and with my big heavy fire warden coat and hard hat, I didn't even feel the chill in the air.

Oh, and visit with baby Abigail (and of course my daughter and son-in-law) was great. So nice to have a newborn to snuggle. They make funny faces ;)

Well, that's about all I can think of since I've been back. We've welcomed another new member to the team. He's got hotel experience, so that helps with someone new. Looks like I'll have a few extra days off for the Christmas holidays. I'll have Christmas off, and have to be back on New Year's Eve to work New Year's Day. Yay me!

Hopefully I'll find something interesting to report later on during this rotation.