Anne N. Mouse: Blog

Of plastic... Not credit cards, or even gift cards. I had suspected that the cabinet shop job was going to be a seasonal assignment when I sorted out exactly what I was doing... Or rather the customers they were building for. But I certainly enjoyed my time there, and hope I took some lessons from it.
I've moved on though and today was working with plastic again which is why I had a pocket full of plastic.
Anyway the drive is brutal again so I'm definitely going to be shopping for housing nearer to the job, provided it too doesn't end up being a seasonal assignment. But I was informed that I could expect 50 hours a week for 60-90 days at least.
However, on this job safety toed shoes are required, but it doesn't seem that I'm apt to fill them with sawdust, or even dust from the plastic, so I shopped for and picked up a pair of DeWalt branded 'sneakers' with a composite toe. Unfortunately they're a tad large... But the next half size smaller was definitely pinching...
Grr...
I shopped online at Redwing but their composite toed 'casual' shoes are only available at their brick and mortar locations. So I may be taking a short road trip to a location nearest ones are either Redding (I think there's still a store there) Grants Pass, or Medford.... I'll be giving the job plenty of time before I go for a pair of Redwing shoes though! They make Danner's look medium priced...

Err...ssn/'card'...

Why put that card in quotes? Everyone who has a social security card knows that it's a terribly fragile piece of paper.

Yet, for all intents and purposes in the USA it has become the universal ID. Even though it doesn't have your photo, and by law it's not supposed to be made of anything but the most flimsy paper short of tissue.

Why am I griping? Because my social security card which is supposed to be in a file folder in my filing cabinet, or in the box of stuff I keep for final job applications (they want to hire me and need a copy of the actual social security card....) Doesn't seem to be in either expected place. I'm terribly badly disorganized, so probably I put it elsewhere and simply don't remember where....

A somewhat organized partner would be helpful. But about as likely as pigs growing wings and flying.....

I'll keep looking but generally if I've not found something in the first few minutes of looking it can then take weeks!

And given ID theft being rampant the government in it's infinite wisdom has limited the number of replacement social security cards you can request.... See my original rant, because even without misplacement (mostly due to trying to prevent wear on a fragile piece of paper) normal wear if you carried the social security card with you would destroy it in no time flat.

Deprivation...

It would be nice if I could get to sleep more than an hour or so a night.

But it doesn't seem like that is going to happen. I maybe found a place in Klamath Falls Oregon. If it's still available I'm considering renting there. But I'm not busting my budget for it. Then again if I don't... I may not live much longer.... 😳

🤬 It's 🥵. And I've either got fleas or bedbugs eating me alive and keeping me awake.

I'm going to put flea collars on the cats and dog. But getting rid of them in my bed may mean abandoning all my clothes and car too.

So as mentioned earlier I'm looking into a second (at least) pair of shoes.

I liked the sketchers I had on today, except they were a half size too large.

The other style of sketchers' boots don't come in a wide width, do the pair I tried on was a half size too small... GRRR

Given those choices I may go to the farm and ranch outfitters and pick up another pair of Danner boots.

I'd hoped for something a bit easier on my wallet... But as the sole on my right shoe is separating from the upper I'm definitely going to need shoes as otherwise I have a newish pair of Danner boots and a very well worn (as in letting in the weather) pair of Danner boots.

Oh and slippers for when I don't want to wear boots.

Which all goes to the issue I discussed previously, of getting things out of order.

Never a good thing. But I was tired today and went to sleep early. This of course is the consequences.

I'll roll over, I may even take a Benadryl....

But still I'm awake now!