I just want to frolic

So when I arrived at work today, my back was in overdrive as far as pain goes. I went to medical as soon as I got there. Of course the doctor I needed to see was at the other plant. I walked the quarter mile up to the soft-tail plant. When I arrived there the receptionist was pissed that the other receptionist did not call a ride for me. The doctor put me on restrictions and gave me a prescription for my back. As I was there as the receptionist call the drugstore (CVS), and workmans comp, and got everything squared away, so I could pick up my prescription after work. Of course when I got to the drugstore nothing was ready. This is 10 hours later, after the receptionist called. The pharmacist said that there was no record for me to pick up the prescription, but if I wanted to pay $100.00 dollars she would give me what I needed. I gave her the "how fricking incompetent she and workmans comp are and why should I have to pay for that". Of course she hears that speech about 20 times a day. It does not even faze her. I just want to be at the beach and frolic like Jed taught me. In the grand scheme of things it means nothing,( the prescription, the sore back). Goodnight. I did try to practice frolicking.

getting old

I will have to keep this short. Today is Monday, Nov.8,2010. Everything started out great. Rode my motorcycle at 5:30 a.m. It was about 30 degrees. Just the way I like it. My job today was to unload boxes of wheels and press bearings into them. When the boxes are empty, I put the rags that the wheels are wrapped in, back into the boxes that they came from. Them I stack the boxes three high. Each box is the size of a pallet and about two and a half feet tall. I had already stacked twenty boxes by 8:00. Anyway when I started to put the rags into box number 21 I got this intense pain in my lower back. My back has went out many times, over the years at work,. but this time was insane. I screamed "oh something real bad". This guy I work with, happen to be looking my way when it happened. He came running over and asked "if I was all right"? I could hardly speak. I could hardly breathe. I thought for sure that I was going to ride in the little ambulance that we have at work. My boss came over and asked what I wanted to do. I really could not do anything for about 5 minutes. Finally I was able to straighten up and after I started walking real slow, and little steps, my back started to get better. It still hurt but I was able to work most of the day before I went to medical. I have learned a long time ago that there is not a lot you can do for it. Moving seems to help the best. I am more worried about the morning. From past experience, I know that when I wake up I might not be able to move. We will see. Them on top of that my left hand and wrist has major pain. That started in Aug. So when I went to medical they made another report of that. This all just adds to the toothache I have. Growing old is awesome. I hate to complain but if anyone was to ask me how my day was, I would have to say it hurt. Anyway that is it. Goodnight and love to all my children (not soap opera ) and grandchildren.

Toy run

Today was the annual toy run for Hershey hospital. It is a motorcycle run from York, Pa to Hershey hospital. All the bikers pay $5.00 to register so they can ride to Hershey Hospital and give the kids toys and money. It really is an important ride because it lets the children at Hershey have a little bit of Christmas. The money also goes to the children. Jed liked the ride. He has rode in it with me before. The toys are usually pretty cool. Bikers are a generous bunch of people, especially when it comes to children. It is put on by the same group, that asked Jed to be the grand marshal, in the bike night parade, a couple of years ago . I could feel Jeds presence all day. I have taken this ride many times in the last eight years to see Jed at the hospital.There was 627 bikes in the ride today. As far as you could see there were bikes riding down the highway. It really is an impressive sight to see. When we got to Hershey I ran into Kristins cousin Keith. He was riding his motorcycle, so when I was about to leave I asked him if he wanted to ride back to Red Lion, the back way with me. So we rode along the river by three mile island. It was a great day to ride. It was about 48 degrees. Now it is time for bed. Jed I love you and miss you. Goodnight.

Time to vote

Today is the day ,that we as Americans, get to vote. You get to vote for whoever you think lied the best. Just kidding, kinda of maybe. I am always baffled why people, that have been in office for years, say that they are going to change this or that, if you will only vote them in for another term. I have to ask them " what the" f " have you been doing for that last years"? I am always confused why someone would pay 10s of millions of dollars for a job that pays very little, compared to what they spent. They will tell you so they can help the people. I would think that if they were to spend their 100s of millions of dollars on doing something good for the people that that would have a bigger impact. Of course I am not a politician nor wealthy, at least not in the sense of having a lot on money. I remember how excited Jed was when president Obama was elected. He didn't know exactly why. I think manly because our guy won. At the same time I don't think he liked to see anyone lose. I put my "I voted" sticker on Jeds bedroom door. Go vote for whoever. Goodnight. I love you Jed. I wish that.........

Happy Holloween for the most part

We made it through Halloween. Our first without Jed. It is very hard. Everyday is very hard without Jed physically being here. I wish I could say it gets better, but I don't see it. The worst part is not being able to do anything about it. We just keep waking up.... Now work is another matter. People that have been in my work area for the last 10 or so years ,have had to leave and go to the line. Today our supervisor tells us that we are going to start using causal workers in our area. Wait a minute, people are leaving our area because it is being disassembled, because we sold everything to another company. Talk about confusing. The quality of the product is at an all time low. The last time the quality was this bad was back in the 1960's. The company is hiring and outside source to find out why the product sucks. They will probably pay the firm $100,000 or more. Everyday just gets more amazing or confusing.. Whatever. Go giants! Goodnight.

Found a quarter

I made it through the work week. I am glad I had off all those days, but when we had our weekly meeting, the bosses said that we are 1,100 bike in the hole. Why would you close the plant for a week when you knew that you needed to make up over a thousand bikes. I know that the quarterly earnings came out when we got back to work, and you can save a lot of money by closing the plant for a week. All the plants for a week. It could make a fifty million dollar profit look like a ninety million dollar profit. Anyway, now we have to work on the weekends to make up the motorcycles.. Oh yea, sale are down about 10%. Not to worry, everything is great. Whatever. On one of the days I was off work I drove to the store and bought some scratch off lottery tickets. I had cleaned out the car before I drove to the store. After I bought the tickets I needed a coin to scratch off the numbers. I checked my pockets and could not find any coins. I checked in the coffee holders and found a penny that was coated with old coffee. There was nothing else in the holder. After I scratched the tickets, and didn't win anything worth mentioning , I drove to the cemetery and visited Jed headstone. When I got back in the car and looked down in the cup holder there was a shiny new quarter. Now I know that there was not a quarter there before, because I looked everywhere for a coin to scratch those tickets. If you have been following Kristins blog you know what that means. Thanks Jed. It always makes me feel better when I get a sign that you are everywhere and helping me. Talking about lottery tickets. When I drove to work on Friday, which is a overtime day, I bought two monopoly scratch of tickets and won ninety dollars. It made working overtime that much easier. Today (Sunday) the temperature was 80 degrees,but you know that the cold days are just around the corner. I am ready. I love riding my motorcycle at 5:30 in the morning when it is cold. Especially when the moon is out and the sky is crystal clear. Of course I wear my electric coat and gloves to stay warm. Basically it is like wearing an electric blanket. That is all for now. I have to go to bed so I can get up at 4:30 a.m. Congratulations to the Giants for going to the World Series. That is the good thing about being from the Bay area, It didn't matter what team won....goodnight. One other thing. Canning has started for THON. You can get all the information that you need by reading Kristins blog or Savannahs blog. Jed loved THON. I know that it is one of his most favorite things in this world. Please give $$$$$$$ Thank you

Back to Harley Hell

Tomorrow is the first day back to work after being off for ten days. I really do not know what I will be doing. Most of the machinery that we used to make wheels, has been taken out and sent to syencreon, the company that pays their workers $10.00 an hour instead of $24.00. The last time that Harley Davidson paid their workers $10.00 an hour was about twenty years ago. It really is Harley Davidson paying the workers. Syencreon only makes parts for harley davidson motorcycles. That just shows you how effed up our union is or is not. For the most part being off work was great. The weather was awesome most of the time. I got to ride my motorcycle a lot, which is one of my favorite things to do. We all drove to New York and went to a comedy club and watched our friend preform. I made some progress in my basement, and I got a Quarter form Jed. So all and all there is not to much to complain about. As long as I don't think to much about Jed not being here my life goes on. If I stop and think about it for too long, I can't breath. Next stop St. Croix. Yey. Goodnight.