FRIDAY!!!!! YES!

It is another hot day in OKC.

Yes, I have lost count of how many days in a row we have had temperatures in the 100’s. It’s getting old. I got Linda’s lawn mowed yesterday afternoon and was very appreciative of what little wind I had. I kept hydrated and took many breaks….I had to. The lawn itself was easy to mow because it had not grown much. She mainly wanted it mowed because she was going out of town. This afternoon, I have another lawn to mow. Of course, the heat index is up to 104 already, so I have to be careful. After I mow, I have to get my yard ready for our housewarming on Sunday, so I have a little weedeating to do.
In the morning, they are having a work day at Harding Charter Prep School where Gayla goes to school at. I was not sure what was involved, so I drove by the school at lunch to see what needed to be done. Lots of mowing and weedeating….my specialty. It looks like I will load my mower, weedeater and blower up early in the morning and head up to the school. The work day starts at 8 am, but I will probably start at 7 am, when it’s “cooler.” It is suppose to end at noon. Afterwards, I will either be working on our house, or I will be resting up in order to go to work. If Anita takes off work, I will be working for her.

Yesterday afternoon proved to be interesting. Usually, in the afternoons, our crews will start clearing off their calls and head back to our office. It is so important for all dispatchers to stay at their desks and answer the crews when they call in on the radio. There is a certain dispatcher in our office that can’t seem to stay in their seat. They like to grab their hand-held radio and wander off. As I was dispatching on my radio, I could hear the crews on the other radio trying to clear off their calls. When they would call in, they would get no reply. I finally got tired of hearing them be ignored by the other dispatcher, so I sat in her chair and started answering the crews.

When she got back to her desk, she was mad. I told her I got tired of hearing them call for her and her not answering, so I took matters in my own hands and answered the radio myself. I was ticked, so I told her she needed to stay at her desk and quit running off. That made her even madder, so she yelled back at me. She is the type that feels she is perfect and does nothing wrong. Many times, I see her disregard her radio and not answer when crews are calling. She is obnoxious, arrogant and loud. She is also very disrespectful. I had decided I had had enough, so I did not back down. Today, she hasn’t said a word to me and it has been a peaceful day. I hate it when someone gets mad at me, but I also hate to see people get lazy and not do their jobs. If I had to do it all over again, I would not change a thing.