Missed the last two days posting because my tablet is on its last legs. Tried to go to Wally World to get a new tablet and couldn’t find what I was looking for. While I was in town, I also started putting out feelers for my next job, got my too large for my washer blankets washed, and got a hitch for my trailers. Now I need to fill that trailer with my neighbor’s cow manure.

When I left Wally World on Wednesday night, actually early Thursday morning, I checked my schedule and saw I was scheduled for 32 hours. When I came in for my first shift of the week, I found I was not scheduled at all for this week. The next two weeks are the same as they were when I left.

I have been putting off posting for a while. Time to update.

Two weeks after setting up this blog, I lost my job of 11 years. I got four weeks severance, but Kansas would not give me unemployment because of it. By the time they let me know, the phone lines were constantly busy even before the Wuhan Flu hit. After almost three months, I got a temporary job at Walmart.

Have an interview at Wally World tomorrow. Was hoping to have this interview five years later.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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