heading out again////midnight therapy

[almaty 19]

i had a request from a large client company//to go over to the site as they are announcing the closing of a facility that will effect probably 700 workers..it is in the production arena and the company has other interests...and want to sell the site./..but, no takers so far..been trying for a year..anyway, i drove 65 one way..miles one way...hung out..no one wanted to talk or kill anyone..that was good news...

so, i am leaving to go for the midnight shift and then the day shift tomorrow'..

i could have stayed in a motel..paid for by my company or theres..but i rather be home for a few hours hanging out with sanita..the digs..cats..groundhogs..burros..raccoons opossums etc,.....it sometimes better to drive and unwind before one goes back to their own problems and life...i have did this type of work longing than some of you have walk on this planet..and still do it, when allot of my college friends..burned-out and move on...

i make light out of thiis but it is not...people 30 years.on the job..most over 10 years..job gone and they are skilled in only this area..living in a town they grew up in ..population 10,000 and no jobs around...

i do this often..sometimes..when someone dies in an auto accident or is killed..suicide or had 4 murders...i staffed with the employees..other stuff...some too tragic to write about..anyway..time to go...and grab a bite and drive too meet up with the boys of the midnight shift and watch them stare in space trying to ingest the news....lost in their personal thoughts..

just a brief personal journal note for my sisters and brothers...

Edited November 1, 2007 by almaty

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

you be careful there almaty. i don't want to read about you in the news.

[almaty 19]

lol..i will brother charles...have to keep an eye out for the deers...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Wow...I can't imagine myself in such a situation. It seems so hopeless. I've thought that if by chance my profession goes overseas, I'd consider becoming an RN...some kind of field where I know I'm needed. But I know for many people, they don't have that opportunity. ...sigh...

[almaty 19]

you are correct on that brother stevie..this guys have a skill that is unique and they be lucky to find a job in illinois ..much less, another state...

i know the thought, my friend, juli, just finished her RN education and waiting to take the state boards..

now, this job did not go over-seas at all..it cannot ...it is based on natural resources of this country..but the corp. is wanting to drop out of this market..and concentrate on other ventures..i hope they can sell off the site ...

[Jasman0717 9]

Wow, I am way beyond working more than a couple of hours a day, how do you do it

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Wow, I am way beyond working more than a couple of hours a day, how do you do it

try a 16 hour day

[Flames9_RN 358]

I'm a RN student now and thats one reason why I went this route--lots of jobs!! Was originally going the paramedic route, BUT more need for RN's! Plus wife can move a round with her job, so require a job that is easily transferable, RN fits the bill.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I'm a RN student now and thats one reason why I went this route--lots of jobs!! Was originally going the paramedic route, BUT more need for RN's! Plus wife can move a round with her job, so require a job that is easily transferable, RN fits the bill.

Hopefully I will never have to go that route, I've been working professionally in animation for almost 10 years, but if things start looking bleak - I'd definitely consider a profession that will provide me with job security, mobility, and a livable wage.

[Flames9_RN 358]

I never thought I would be going the RN route,lol Was in the Canadian Armed Forces for nearly 15 yrs! Both my younger sisters are RN's back in Canada,they have mixed feelings of the RN profession!! Best of luck all