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Overlapping Worlds
Jul. 23rd, 2017 08:32 pmMonday was a pretty good day. I arrived at work on time, and got a lot done before my boss got in that day. Placed several orders, got a lot of school instruments polished and cleaned, that sort of stuff. Way cool. But the coolest thing? My boss, the one and only Brett Barlow, was in town and made time to visit!! I was so happy!!
As you can see he still hates having his picture taken :P
Neither of us had a lot of time. He had to keep driving for another ten hours to get home, while I had a limited lunch break. But we got caught up as best we could, and I gotta say, I was just happy to see him. He brought me some chocolate pumpkin loaves made by his wife, Theresa. These are seriously The Best. They're so good that when Theresa would bring these out to the circus, anyone lucky enough to receive one would bite it immediately to prevent others from eating it!!
Brett and I had lunch at Burnt End. My first KC BBQ since moving here. It was very good! I wasn't a fan of the cucumber salad compared to Dinosaur BBQ, but the ends were legit!
We talked about the circus, and life after, and how everyone is doing. Brett's working to get his real estate license, and will have to take a test for that next month (he'll do awesome). In the meantime he is doing a lot of work around the house, and is getting used to wearing bifocals. Sitting in that BBQ joint with him, it felt like we were back on the road, grabbing a bite before preshow.
After our meal he drove me back to work, and we parted ways. See you again soon, I hope!
After work I stayed late to practice, but once again was interrupted by people showing up thinking we close at 6. So I'm on the hunt for somewhere else to practice.
Tuesday sucked. I don't feel like being cute about it, it was awful. We got the update on Orest (circus crew boss, strongman) and the news just gets worse and worse. Not only did he have a massive stroke, when doctors cut him open they also found a brain tumor. There is little hope for his recovery. Partway through the day I saw a post on facebook, in broken english, that seemed to say Orest had passed away. I shared this information, only to be corrected a few hours later. Very embarrassing, but I'm glad I was wrong.
In addition to that, there was some sort of snafu down at the factory that my boss had to go handle, and it involved looking up documents from long before I worked here. These documents involved a skill that I am not trained in and have no job experience with (trust me, I've checked my resume and LinkedIn and memory extensively to make sure I haven't misled anyone). As the issue compounded, I became more and more frustrated with my inability to complete this facet of my job. On top of that, there were some weirder-than-usual customer issues that just made the day harder. In the end my boss decided to bring some folks down from the factory to train me, which I was really, really grateful for.
So on Wednesday I was greeted by Charles (Director of Sales) and Dirk (Education Rep), both of whom used to do the work that I'm now doing. We had a little pow-wow, and Charles took the time to spell everything out for me. Literally, writing step-by-step instructions. I would rather have someone spell things out for me like I'm an idiot than do a poor job. Thankfully these guys were willing to take the time; not every employer would. I'm looking forward to getting this part of my job duties right.
The rest of Wednesday was pretty uneventful. It was very hot out, with a heat index of 105. After work I went to the gym, then home.
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