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Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004 - 9:09 p.m. Went to bed last night with an upset stomach. Should no better than to eat at Micky D.�s, but we did for lunch anyway. At 1 am, the phone rings. It�s Gordo, wanting me to come into work. Partial crew. Ice on a few bridge decks around the county. I got out of bed, started putting my clothes on, and the rumbling in my belly made me decide that I couldn�t drag myself into the storage. I called Gordo back, and asked if he could get someone else (the callout was just 6 guys). He said no problem, he would call the next guy on the list to cover for me. Climbing back into bed, knowing that I just lost a 6 hour of pay (3 hours show up x 2 for Sunday, negotiated for us by the Teamsters), I really didn�t fell very good. Don�t know if it was the upset stomach or the blown overtime pay� Woke up felling much better. After taking it easy today (except for taking the two big dogs for a long walk this morning), I settled in to watch the NFL final four, aka the NFC and AFC championship game. I called Gordo around noon, and thanked him for getting someone else to work for me. I checked if I was eligible to work if they needed the night shift again today. Since I told him at 1 am that both Lease and I had food poisoning, he said that he had put me down for sickness in family. That made me still #1 on my shift, in case anything came up after 3:30 pm today. I missed the first half of the New England/ Indianapolis game, doing this and that�s around the house. I was able to see most of the second half of the game until� The damn phone rang. It was Gordo again, wanting to know if I felt good enough to come in to work. A small band of light snow had passed during the early afternoon, causing a few slick spots. Yes I did. Feel good enough to pick up a little gravy money, that is. We were in and out in less than 3 hours. Like I said- gravy money. If I had worked the first callout, I would have picked up 12 hours pay for very little work. Such is life�.. Both football games were bad, IMHO. Not caring who won either game, I just hoped they would be close. Action packed would have been mice, too. They ended up being neither. The Colts quarterback tossed 4 interceptions, killing his team�s chances. And Philly�s quarterback (McNabb) was injured early in the game, and wasn�t a factor the rest of the way. Without him, they are about as exciting as the Bears. And that�s boring, with a capitol B. I guess if I lived in Carolina or New England, I would see the games as being dull. Oh well�maybe the Super Bowl will make up for these bad games. That�s not likely, though. Most Super Bowls are blowouts. Maybe the commercials will be better this year, at least��..
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