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March 23 work?????????HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE...
I wish it would warm up some more. The cold is still playing havic on my leg... or more precise - my knee where that top screw is...
My boss called me before our shifts were to start at the winter rodeo series finals this weekend... he said he had watched the videos from the last rodeo series and noticed that I was limping pretty g ood after both nights of walking back and forth for 6 plus hours... said he would like me to think about working the smoking area where I could take a stool out to sit on when no one was around and relieve my leg a bit because i only have a little over a month before I start at the racetrack... Good theory in thought... bad idea with Montana weather being the way it is... I watched a storm (ot just a storm a full fledged snow storm where it was a deep dark grey snow blanket falling from the sky type of storm) all evening as it circled around us ... and it was cold and my leg hurt worse from being out in the cold the one night than it did working both nights the last rodeo...
But I sucked it up and did my job with a smile... and didn't complain... and did it again last night even though last night was not near as cold as i t was Friday night... Last night I even rescued a loose horse before the vehicles that decide the parking lot is to be sped in hit it... we had a couple inform me that it was loose right after they had to stop and wait for it before they hit it... I guess it is a good thing that not all of the people that go to the rodeos are speeders of the parking lots
 This last week my daughter has been on spring break... it has been an experience this year for sure... she was to help me remodel the half bath which we all call her bathroom because all of her stuff is in it and she refuses to keep it clean.... needless to say we have the wallpaper on it and that is about it... the new sink and davinity(spelling is way off I know) are sitting in the garage waiting to be put in but I think I will wait until she goes back to school and get Janet and DJ to help me at least move it to the bathroom for me... It will be easier than to keep arguing with her over when we are go ing to do it.... and how I don't understand how it is her vacation and she never gets to see her friends... and blah blah blah blah blah....
I have been doing a bit of spring cleaning this week, though...
AGAIN I SAY HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! March 12 Racetrack or arena???I love my job sometimes... I actually have fun at it, for the most part, even if idiotic people irritate me at work... My boss had the meeting with the racetrack officials and owners... we are going to be so busy this summer... My boss said, however, that his three most dependable, most stable people can not all three work at the track... one of us has to work at the arena to supervise as such... because there are two females and one male, I got to choose which I wanted to work because we can't do both... I chose, of course, the racetrack for the summer... I happen to know that there is not a lot going on at the arena that they need guards for... I have the dates marked on the calendar for the arena... it comes out to about a weekend a month... My friend, confidant and overall helper, Janet, is one of the guards that is included in the group that my boss was talking about... Unfortunately, we are the only two females included in the group and only one of us can be at the racetrack.... the good news is that she doesn't want to be at the racetrack if she has a choice because she has schooling she is doing and that is full time as it is... so it works out for both of us in the end
 There are a couple more events at the arena before the races start... I am not sure if I am going to get to work them... I know that the ones being hired to help cover things are going to need trained so there is a possibility that I will work them in order to train the new ones...
Enough of work... The weather has been nice here and I have been slowly working on my yard... I think it is going to take most of the spring and summer for me to repair the damage from my mishap last summer... no one in my family took care of my yard for me so it is all nasty...even the leaves never got raked so they are grossly sogging my yard... my strawberries... my raspberries... my flowers... most of them are overgrown with grassy-type stuff...
OHHHHHH did I mention it hurts like a s.o.b. to do a lot of the yardwork yet... after two hours my leg is swollen and hurts... I will just have to do what I can as I can each and every day... If I do a couple of hours a day, it will plug along and come together, even if right now it seems that I will not ever get to the end and have a nice looking well groomed yard....
Well I am off for now...
Have a blessed week.... March 02 Moronic behaviors part oneOK, let it be said that nothing and I repeat NOTHING in my life is ever to a boring stage... I don't think I would know how to handle a boring life... Also, let it be said that every part of my life is interconnected by some factor other than just myself...
If we get down to the nitty gritty... all of our lives are that way...
But first, rodeo and security news... there is something to be said about pushing one's self to be the best... to be driven to do your honest to goodness best at what you are doing... to actually care about the job and person or persons you work for for more than just a job and money's sake... with that being said........
The rodeo was ok... I was supervisor this weekend for all the good it did... because of the limitations on my work release and my knee, I can not climb the bleacher stairs very well without a lot of strain, so I was placed where I had no stairs to climb, which put a damper on being supervisor... it is kind of hard to supervise when you are on the complete opposite side of the building and all the other guards are on the other side... for one thing you can't keep an eye on what is going on and you have to have faith that your guards will keep you up to date and posted as to what is going on... when your guards won't do that and go over your head about things it is really disheartening and depressing to say the very least... and that is what the three other guards did on Friday... they did it to an extent on Saturday as well but after the boss layed into them before work on Saturday, they did keep me a bit more informed as to what was going on at least... they also stepped on each other's toes in doing the job... one right and one wrong and neither bothered telling me what was going on... I should have been the first one informed not the other guard... I should have been the one to decide what to do... and I should have been the one to go to the boss with it ... but being left on the other side of no man's land left me out of the loop and left the two of them thinking they were in charge...
But that is ok... I can deal with that... because I had forgotten just how little members of the female sex bother cowboys and bull-riders as they are changing into their "get-ups". It was actually a very interesting experience on my side because most of them were very mature and very well behaved... they were friendly and outgoing and understanding as to why we are now having security where none was present before... and they all giggled over the fact that I would act normal-like and not all business...
Don't get me wrong, there were times I had to send someone away that was not supposed to be where they were... and I had one major incident myself that I should have handled differently probably... but for the most part it was quite quiet and easy...
One major incident... bull rider gets stepped on... bull rider is 17... bull rider walks out of the riding arena... bull rider is crying not so much tears but is in quite a bit of pain... bull rider's mom comes over from the stands... big no no considering the area is for contestants only... but under the circumstances she is over here... she starts in yelling about how he is done that she is not doing this anymore... that this is f*in bs and blah blah blah ... I am sure you get the idea... anyway I step in between her and her son... tell her that she needs to get back to the other side... the last thing the paramedic or the boy needed was an emotional mother screaming at him that he was done because he got hurt again for like the 6th time in the last year or so... she told me if anyone was leaving it would be me in a body bag... I laughed at her and told her I would help her leave... just then the kid's dad told me she was staying and told her to zip her lips... and she quieted down and actually started to do what her training and education is in... SHE IS AN ER NURSE... of all things... so her and the paramedic looked the kid over... nothing broken just quite a few painful skin abrasions... and a lot of swelling... the kid was lucky...it could have been a whole lot worse... the mother is even luckier... had I wanted to be a real pain in the ass and not be understanding as a mother.... I would have been within my full rights of my job to not only escort her back to the appropriate side but out of the building completely for the abusive nature in which she approached a person entrusted to my watch....
I pulled her aside after the young man was up on both feet again and said I was sorry for having to get into her face and I told her her the reasoning behind it... the last thing that that young man needed was for her to come over yelling as she did...and then I asked her what the appropriate procedure is when a parent is acting like that in ER and what she would do to me if I had taken my child there yelling??!!?? she walked off to the other side after telling her husband that he had to drive the son's truck home because she did not want him driving a stick home... I then pulled the husband aside and appologized for threatening to escort her completely out of the building and explained to him why I did what I did and he informed me that it was ok... no harm no foul... that it was not the first time and wouldn't be the last time she acted like that when the boy got hurt... I think it is a good thing that he is almost 18 because she needs to cut her dang apron strings and let the kid do what he wants to do without being a pain in everyone's behind...
But as I stated earlier, I am driven to do my best, and I will take this incident and learn from it... next month when the rodeo is back again, I will make sure that she has no access to that area whatsoever...
I will be glad and thankful when race season starts up... I will go to the track then, and with the exception of a couple events, will be there all summer... and they are bringing in some concerts this summer... I hope they get who they are trying to bring in... the last names that the owner of the racetrack mentioned to me were Alice Cooper, Vince Neal and Kenny Rogers.... now the last one will be quite worth it to me... I know who the other two are and actually listen to one or two of their songs but I have to age myself a bit and admit that I LIKE KENNY ROGERS....
I am not sure what my boss is going to do with both of his supervisors working at the racetrack instead of the arena especially after it has been proven that there are those that go over each other's heads and don't think the others can do their jobs... but I have been promised to be able to return to the racetrack and I have been requested by the racetrack officials and owners to be there... so I will be there and do my best and do what I am good at...
OH and it probably helps that I have been doing a lot of self learning and reading on more techniques and rules and regs about my job... and criminal psychology... something which is very intriguing in its own right... I will get into that at a later time...
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