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update and uggh moving again
12 years ago
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okay so lets begin where i left off last.... ok got back from wainwright the first week of june and got to enjoy a week and a little bit of post ex leave. well more interesting enough lets start at last weekend in general. my grandparents were in the area and were gonna visit for the weekend before heading back to BC. we had an event in garrison which prompted the CO to give us a day off for the friday (day grandma and grandpa were showing up) so that was nice. during the event (field mess dinner) the IRU (incident response unit) gets told they are heading south for the flood relief. I didnt think much of it (other than that I would have liked to be there with them helping) until 830 am the next morning to a phone call of "get your kit together and show up to work asap we may be going to the floods"
worked super crazy on vehicles and managed to have a short but sweet visit with my grandparents as they decided to stay at a cousins place a few hrs away and continue on rather than stick around while i took off.
I did not actually go down for the flood relief efforts but me and a good number of my brothers in arms worked on a fair share of vehicles that were returning from exercise that needed repairs and safety inspections. we worked our butts off but I am proud to say that we stuck with everything and gave it our all to get the vehicles prepped and ready for action (which included ambulances) and by the sounds of things we didnt have too many break downs and the recovery/repair guys we sent didnt have to work too much lol.
all in all on the flood efforts i am a little dissappointed that those of us in garrison didnt get any recognition as to our long hours of dedicated work especially on our days off (guys who drove down and sat on thier asses still get extra days off) but I cant complain as it wasnt my life rolling down the river valleys and I am proud that even though the job we work can be thankless, i put in my all and worked hard for a real disaster on the home front.
now the moving part.....
well my current roomie has not been able to find the work he wants (rather than needs) he doesnt want retail work and is expecting to get a job that requires a ticket even though he needs a ticket (uggh) long story short he needs to grow up one of these days and I aint the one to hold his hand for him to do it. so in the next month I will be moving in with a friend and his wife to be. i will be happy to say life will be good as i will be paying like half of what i do now and will be living closer to base so its a win win all round.... oh and my buddy? he is goin back to our home town and i arranged my leave to him driving back so i guess ima be seeing the old homefront in a week yay! gonna do some camping maybe some ocean fishing too. but prior to leave is seeing me putting a fair number of belongings in storage to make the move quick and painless when i get back to AB.
sorry for having it so long but lots to talk about in the course of a week. I cannot express how much i love the job i have in its wierd chaotic sense that it is lol
Arte et Marte
Brie
worked super crazy on vehicles and managed to have a short but sweet visit with my grandparents as they decided to stay at a cousins place a few hrs away and continue on rather than stick around while i took off.
I did not actually go down for the flood relief efforts but me and a good number of my brothers in arms worked on a fair share of vehicles that were returning from exercise that needed repairs and safety inspections. we worked our butts off but I am proud to say that we stuck with everything and gave it our all to get the vehicles prepped and ready for action (which included ambulances) and by the sounds of things we didnt have too many break downs and the recovery/repair guys we sent didnt have to work too much lol.
all in all on the flood efforts i am a little dissappointed that those of us in garrison didnt get any recognition as to our long hours of dedicated work especially on our days off (guys who drove down and sat on thier asses still get extra days off) but I cant complain as it wasnt my life rolling down the river valleys and I am proud that even though the job we work can be thankless, i put in my all and worked hard for a real disaster on the home front.
now the moving part.....
well my current roomie has not been able to find the work he wants (rather than needs) he doesnt want retail work and is expecting to get a job that requires a ticket even though he needs a ticket (uggh) long story short he needs to grow up one of these days and I aint the one to hold his hand for him to do it. so in the next month I will be moving in with a friend and his wife to be. i will be happy to say life will be good as i will be paying like half of what i do now and will be living closer to base so its a win win all round.... oh and my buddy? he is goin back to our home town and i arranged my leave to him driving back so i guess ima be seeing the old homefront in a week yay! gonna do some camping maybe some ocean fishing too. but prior to leave is seeing me putting a fair number of belongings in storage to make the move quick and painless when i get back to AB.
sorry for having it so long but lots to talk about in the course of a week. I cannot express how much i love the job i have in its wierd chaotic sense that it is lol
Arte et Marte
Brie
Its good that you're getting a cheaper, closer place to! :D
Miss you a bunch and I can't wait to see you again! Gotta introduce you to so many of my new wonderful friends!
Though I admit a "thank you" is great and a lack of them is frustrating, I should know. I'm on my schools robotics team and I am also the youngest member so you can see that I get zero recognition already. I have ADHD so I tend to goof around and be generally loud to the point that eveyone assumes I get nothing done yet this year I did a crazy amount of work. I rebuilt the entire pneumatics system because the pipe we had used was defective, I built the transmission and designed the drivetrain, I machined parts, oiled and lubricated, and made up an internal layout that was made part of the final design. There was never a "good job" or any kind of special recognition, the only thing that was said about me was how lazy I was when I decided to take a break.