Back to reality

OK, the heat wave seemed to have passed (or is it the “to-freeze” setting on the air conditioning here?).

I’ve felt exhausted like never before. I am from Sinaloa, where in summer you can get your good 45º C (116 º F) in a sunny day (just after the raining season, in June/July) and I’ve driven to Mexicali, where there is no raining season and only sun and heat, in a car without AC in the summer. So what the hell is happening here? I’m starting to think I am getting old.

Or maybe, just maybe is the additional 3 hours it took me to get back home on Friday night. ½ hour when the plane in NC had to wait on the runway before take-off (when we pulled off the gate 5 minutes early!). Or the hour and half we had to wait in Houston between waiting for the thunderstorm to clear and disembark and waiting for the delayed plane with 15 passengers going to San Diego. Or maybe the hour I waited in San Diego airport before getting confirmation my suitcase did not arrive (this after in NC the guy in the counter gave me this “priority” tag for the suitcase to make it appear faster on the baggage claim; both of them first time, I’ve never before had delayed luggage).

Or could it be the 4 hours I got to spend in a theater without AC on Sunday afternoon; during Mediana’s dance presentation (which was very good, let me tell you!).

I do not know. But that is the main reason I have not posted lately. My brain has been deactivated because of the combination of being tired, lazy and the ambient temperature.

But hey! I’m back.

So, after yesterday I finally got the new SENTRI sticker for my wife’s car (took me about 45 minutes to cross the border and 1 hour to get the sticker) I got to work. There was a mess; this is end of the month week, and if you remember last month we are in no better condition this month. We already lost 13% of the sales this month because of a defective part and we can not recover this amount. Bad news for my boss.

Later today, I got a complain from IT regarding one of the guys in the warehouse; who decided, that it was a good idea to visit some porn websites during work hours and using the “secure” connection we use for the transactions with Massachusetts. He will be fired, and that is no good; because he will be the second person to be fired because of that in the last three years. Not good at all for the rest of us (do not worry about me: 1) I do not visit prohibited websites [at least during working hours!] and 2) I use a public connection while posting). Anyway; people behaves that way; but got me thinking. Do people abuse their job “perks” as revenge against feeling abused? I need to investigate. I will be reporting later.

See you later.