Racing Season

Hell Yeah! It starts in my mind during the Rolex 24. Then, of course, there is the Bud Shootout, which Jr. won this year already...another hell yeah!

I know, it's a weeknight and I'm drinking a little wine. I've been so...focused...on all this business stuff that I haven't been able to think about creating anything.

A part of my soul craves it, though..some kind of creative outlet...wierd, used to never need that before. One of the many things about me that the senior chief discovered and drew out.

Things have taken such a turn for the better I feel like I've got the Scarlett O'Hara syndrome a little. It's wierd, but you'd think stress relief would be good and the very last of my stressors just completely dropped away. Not a worry one here. Even thinking of taking a trip or two...but funny how life works that way...either there is no time or no money but rarely both at the same time somehow.

I decided that I needed to reward the family for all their patience and whatnot, so yesterday my ass went and got a 52in big screen tv..can I get another hell yeah? Oh yeah, the Daytona party is at my house for SURE this year...haha!

On a side note...is there anyone who cannot understand what 'industrial maintenance' is? I have run into quite a few people who just do not comprehend what it is that we do and I have to figure that it's wierd, really. I mean, like bank people, insurance people..etc. They want to know...what we do. Industrial maintenance pretty much explains it in my mind, but that means absolutely nothing to most people I am learning.

So, for those that don't understand...let me explain it this way...Have you ever watched.."How it's Made" or "Ultimate Factories" on any of those educational channels? No? Well...for those that haven't ..go watch one of those and then come back.

For those of you that have...aren't those just cool shows? For me, they are market research. All those machines they show..all those cool robots and machines that just make that stuff automatically..THAT is what we fix. Any one of those machines featured on those shows...we fix those machines. I get to see that stuff in real life....ALL the time...and it is HELLA cool! Come one..to be able to walk a line and see how sticky labels are made..that's very cool, too. We used to do overhead cranes as well, but we try and stay away from those..it's riskier work and it costs more to insure and all that jazz.

But, really, is that hard to understand? The senior chief is good at programming them, as well, so that they do what they are supposed to do when they are supposed to do it because if you've watched, then you can see just how important timing is on any one of those machines.

The other day I watched how to make pool cues, air filters for your car and a couple of other things. I'm a bit oversaturated at this point.

So, woo hoo! Tomorrow is Valentine's day and me and my baby are watching some Duels on the big screen tv! Gonna have a couple of beers and snacks and kick back. Life sure is good.