Am I Back?
Thursday, June 7, 2007
I think so, but don’t be too surprised if posting continues to be a bit spotty for a while.
Life in general is pretty good right now (7 on a scale of 1-10). Work continues to be the main issue still, though I’ve finally started getting regular days off. Wednesday and Saturday this time around.
We’re still a couple people short since the first part of May. We’ve actually had some new-hires, but all but one haven’t lasted more than a couple of weeks and one of whiny young ladies, who’s been around for a couple of months, called in 1/2 hour before her shift was to start and quit. Not good, as we already had reservations for a Birthday party and we were already one person short for the shift. Sigh…
Not much knitting going on, though I really need to finish the little sweater before the baby is too big to wear it… 
One step at a time.
The annual Portland Rose Festival is in full swing, with the Rose Parade scheduled for this coming Saturday (with a weather forecast of rain — Of course, it always rains Rose Festival week).
Drove into Portland yesterday, parked near Union Station
and walked down to the waterfront to capture a couple shots of the Festival Fleet coming down the river. Only Canadian and Coast Guard ships yesterday, with the U.S. Navy ships coming today.
Along with fireboats streaming Red, White and Blue water (ok.. ok.. Just red and white in this shot, but I swear there was blue earlier)
And armed gunboats on the river. 
Things have changed considerably in the past couple of years. Amazing security. Blocks and blocks of chain link fencing preventing anyone getting near the area the ships dock. Armed military patrolling along the waterfront. Xray machines at all entry points. Another Sigh…
Time to get cleaned up and run some errands and head for work. 2pm to 10pm tonight, but I’m closing with one of my favorite young ladies, so all is good… 
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