Saturday, July 24, 2010

78- work, short run, swim, packing, sleeps

The title pretty much sums up my day....

I was so glad when 2pm rolled around and I was done with work today.  Crazy storms (brought on by the crazy humidity) came through the area yesterday evening and knocked out the power.  My apartment didn't loose power, so I didn't even think about it until I got off the freeway at 5:50am and noticed that no traffic lights were working and McDonalds and several gas stations were completely dark.  Then, I had this fleeting excited moment in my mind where upon I would arrive at work and there would be no power and therefore I would leave and return home to my bed for a few hours before having the whole day ahead of me to enjoy.....yeah, that didn't happen.  Although all of the other businesses in the industrial park area where we are located we off/closed, we were not.  A huge ass generator was powering 'select' parts of the Bakehouse.  (ie ovens, *some* lights, *some* fridges.)  No AC.  No lights in the bathroom.  Several of our big fridges had been turned off so stuff was moved around everywhere.  The kitchen where I work was 90 degrees, no joke.  The whole day I spent sweating, and looking for stuff.  Normally I don't like being called up to work in the shop during my prep shifts, but today it was actually nice because that was the one area in the building that had AC, lol.  But, I just reminded myself that it possibly is my last Saturday prep shift, as I will be doing the markets from now on.  And I forged on through sweat and salami....

Hot, short run, quick swim, and now I'm doing my online stuff early because I have to get up at 3am to race tomorrow morning.  The race starts at 6am and is almost 2 hours away (toward up north) and I'm not signed up yet.  So it will be an early morning.  I'm pretty pumped, as I love racing.  And this race should be...interesting...details to follow tomorrow, and I don't want to reveal too much now....

Gotta run!  8pm is my bedtime tonite! :)

1 comment:

  1. good luck tomorrow! i wish i was doing something as fun as racing. sadly i am taking a practice full length. i shall live vicariously through you :)

    ReplyDelete