it seems like yesterday was Monday and today is Friday. That is how my week went.

 

I'm drunk in an airport

 

it seems like yesterday was Monday and today is Friday. That is how my week went.

Um, no.... For me it seems like this week was the length of 2.

I'm drunk in an airport

Lucky bastard. :sonicjay: What airport?

 

One of the two main drivers and this shouldn't be a thing but it is, it's Meijer. The wife works there as a pharmacy tech. She loves her job and makes good money doing it. She is state certified, but thru Meijer. She needs to take her full cert, but at this point why. She's making great money and has seniority, which she'd lose by leaving. Escanaba, Marquette and Green Bay have Meijers, Marinette/Menominee doesn't, but that doesn't mean that won't change in a few years. My family is from Escanaba Gladstone area, and if I moved back we'd be somewhere in between, that would still mean my commute is at least an hour one way. No bueno. Everyone I talked to at JC who did that moved within 18 months.

Being that spread out also affects how we deal with daycare, doctors, family life and all that shit.

The other main driver was also to help my sister, who got laid off yesterday, with my 83yo dad. His health is starting to go, so he needs more care than she should probably be giving him. By that I mean he should have staff. He's also a Marine who is too stubborn to quit. He's hurt himself numerous times by falling off ladders or working in his garage in the last few years. I can't stop him because I work 6 hours away, and my sister can't because she's not his 24/7 staff.

I usually spend holidays up there being a plumber, Gen Contractor, mechanic, day laborer, etc... The wife seems to think and I agree with her that this would get worse if we move up there, I don't doubt that it would.

I can understand all that. I've never lived closer than 25/30 minutes to city stuff. I'd just plant myself in the middle and call it good and enjoy never sitting in traffic again.

Hell my Monday commute usually can be 8-13 hours :teehee:

 

Commute?

 

I can understand all that. I've never lived closer than 25/30 minutes to city stuff. I'd just plant myself in the middle and call it good and enjoy never sitting in traffic again.

Hell my Monday commute usually can be 8-13 hours :teehee:

After dropping off the kid, mine is usually 30-60 minutes.

 

Commute?

My typical Monday can be a drive to Green Bay or Minneapolis, or even St Cloud. Then 2-6 hours each day that week, then back Thursday night or Friday.

 

.... She is state certified, but thru Meijer. She needs to take her full cert, but at this point why.

The other main driver was also to help my sister, who got laid off yesterday, ....

Sister getting laid off should have woke you up to exactly "why".

Never hitch your livelihood on any one employer. The moment they decide to throw you to the curb is the moment you realize you done f,ckedup.

Keep those skills transferable to other employers in your career field and you'll never starve.

 

Sister getting laid off should have woke you up to exactly "why".

Never hitch your livelihood on any one employer. The moment they decide to throw you to the curb is the moment you realize you done f,ckedup.

Keep those skills transferable to other employers in your career field and you'll never starve.

Sister got laid off because no one give a shit about social workers. She's got a masters in Social work and has spent 20+ years working for the same company. She's been working 60+ hours a week for years now because they've been understaffed. I'm not sure how this works in the company's favor, but it works in hers as she can move on and get a job with less stress and more flexibility. Her house and car are paid for, she could in theory live off her Air Force pension and whatever dad wants to help her with. He needs a care giver, so its not like she'd be mooching. All things considered, she's got it pretty good for being laid off.

My skills are transferable, my wife's will be soon. The problem arises that as an mechanical engineer there are like few jobs across the entire UP that are open. I'm in Lansing now, if I lost my job today I'm confident that I could have one by the end of the week here, I could have one by the end of the day if I wanted to move to Detroit or New York but those aren't good options for us at the time. I would just rather not spend all of my time in a car.

 

Sister got laid off because no one give a shit about social workers. She's got a masters in Social work and has spent 20+ years working for the same company. She's been working 60+ hours a week for years now because they've been understaffed. I'm not sure how this works in the company's favor, but it works in hers as she can move on and get a job with less stress and more flexibility. Her house and car are paid for, she could in theory live off her Air Force pension and whatever dad wants to help her with. He needs a care giver, so its not like she'd be mooching. All things considered, she's got it pretty good for being laid off.

My skills are transferable, my wife's will be soon. The problem arises that as an mechanical engineer there are like few jobs across the entire UP that are open. I'm in Lansing now, if I lost my job today I'm confident that I could have one by the end of the week here, I could have one by the end of the day if I wanted to move to Detroit or New York but those aren't good options for us at the time. I would just rather not spend all of my time in a car.

This is why I stay "here" in SE Michigan. Jobs are much more plentiful in my field in this area.

 

So on a completely unrelated whiny bitch session...

Who is getting ready for Thanksgiving.

The wife has been making berry pie filling over the summer. Last night I canned 13 qts of pumpkin for pies. Pretty sure that I've got over 20 qts now.

For thanksgiving this year we'll have
Pumpkin
Blackberry
Strawberry
Blueberry
peach
Apple

Plus I got to go pick up a turkey.

 

Funny you mention this... We just talked about Thanksgiving with family and friends on Saturday. Apparently we're hosting this year. Oh joy...

 

One of the two main drivers and this shouldn't be a thing but it is, it's Meijer. The wife works there as a pharmacy tech. She loves her job and makes good money doing it. She is state certified, but thru Meijer. She needs to take her full cert, but at this point why. She's making great money and has seniority, which she'd lose by leaving. Escanaba, Marquette and Green Bay have Meijers, Marinette/Menominee doesn't, but that doesn't mean that won't change in a few years. My family is from Escanaba Gladstone area, and if I moved back we'd be somewhere in between, that would still mean my commute is at least an hour one way. No bueno. Everyone I talked to at JC who did that moved within 18 months.

Being that spread out also affects how we deal with daycare, doctors, family life and all that shit.

The other main driver was also to help my sister, who got laid off yesterday, with my 83yo dad. His health is starting to go, so he needs more care than she should probably be giving him. By that I mean he should have staff. He's also a Marine who is too stubborn to quit. He's hurt himself numerous times by falling off ladders or working in his garage in the last few years. I can't stop him because I work 6 hours away, and my sister can't because she's not his 24/7 staff.

I usually spend holidays up there being a plumber, Gen Contractor, mechanic, day laborer, etc... The wife seems to think and I agree with her that this would get worse if we move up there, I don't doubt that it would.

That's dumb not to get a full license. As a husband who also has a wife that is a meijer pharmacy tech, I told her the same thing. You keep your options open with a full license, rather than the limited Meijer one.

So what if she has good seniority now, and has good pay, what happens if/when the opportunity to move to a better paying, better hour job comes up, and she cant apply or take it because it's not at Meijer. It was like $50 to take the full licences exam, if memory serves. That's cheap insurance.

 

So on a completely unrelated whiny bitch session...

Who is getting ready for Thanksgiving.

The wife has been making berry pie filling over the summer. Last night I canned 13 qts of pumpkin for pies. Pretty sure that I've got over 20 qts now.

For thanksgiving this year we'll have
Pumpkin
Blackberry
Strawberry
Blueberry
peach
Apple

Plus I got to go pick up a turkey.

Am I one of the few that does not like a huge get together for Thanksgiving? I like about 6 people, that's it for me.

The past couple of years my wife and I were living in BR, 3 hours away from home, 2 hours away from my mom in Lansing, she usually worked so it was just us two for Thanksgiving. A buddy would stop by and have dinner if he was working, but for the most part; it's just been the two of us for the past couple years.

Before that we would eat at my grandpa's, I would cook and it would be the three of us. His wife died in 2006, and he doesn't really care to travel anywhere, so home he stays.

 

Am I one of the few that does not like a huge get together for Thanksgiving? I like about 6 people, that's it for me.

The past couple of years my wife and I were living in BR, 3 hours away from home, 2 hours away from my mom in Lansing, she usually worked so it was just us two for Thanksgiving. A buddy would stop by and have dinner if he was working, but for the most part; it's just been the two of us for the past couple years.

Before that we would eat at my grandpa's, I would cook and it would be the three of us. His wife died in 2006, and he doesn't really care to travel anywhere, so home he stays.

I don't like a big get together either, and I HATE turkey... The wife likes all the people over, so that's what we do...

 

Inject that turkey about 24 hrs before ya drop him in the deep fryer. Totally different tasting meat


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Finally got the new truck last Thursday.

 

:thumb: Nice ride!

 

Thank you. I'll have to get another pic after I get the rear windows tinted and all the other stuff put on it that I've got on order right now.

 

Thank you. I'll have to get another pic after I get the rear windows tinted and all the other stuff put on it that I've got on order right now.

I have a '13 and I love mine. Hopefully yours lasts a good long time. :rock: