Been in Alpena Michigan for 2 1/2 months.

The project is going well. We have completed 18 buildings - over 600 drops so far, which puts us at the 1/3 milestone.

I've been in Alpena Michigan for 2 1/2 months already. Do you realize that I've been at the 45th latitude for the entire duration of Summer? Well, except for the time spent in Cincinnati with Robbie.

I get to use three days of vacation time next week to run down and visit Robbie. The contract that I am on expires on the 27th of September, so there will be a temporary work-stoppage, during which I can go make a booty call!

Okay, okay. Too Much Information. (I said booty call, tee hee hee.)

And yes, I DO know that my Grandmother reads this.

The time is coming when I'll have to hitch up the RV and take it South. I can't fathom trying to live through winter in this RV - especially all the way up here. Oh yeah, I forgot: my other project in New Lisbon Wisconsin is going to kick off in November. This means that I get to leave here and start that job right in the middle of the cold weather. It should last about 8 months - depending on if I'm running two crews or one. I do hope that I only have to run one crew. This job here has been like herding cats!

I bought a new bicycle. It's beautiful. It's a Schwinn hybrid. It looks like an old-fashioned cruiser but it has 7 gears. Red and White with a basket and a bell, and a wide seat for my old butt. (I said Butt. Tee hee hee.)

I think I will hitch up and move around the 22nd of October if the weather will hold out. I have to go to Oklahoma to take the RCDD exam then, and I can drop off the RV in either Cincinnati or Louisville for the Winter. This way: when the Wisconsin project is over I can simply jog down and retrieve it.

The truck is doing good. I should probably buy some more-aggressive tires for the Winter. Only 30k miles and they are already on thin tread. They just don't make tires like they used to...

I did laundry yesterday, and dumped the gray-water tanks, changed the sheets, and read a little bit of the TDMM (like, only 20 pages or so). So today I need to vaccuum and dust - maybe clean out the refrigerator. I'm thinking of packing my suitcase so it will be ready when I get off work on Tuesday. I might just hop in the truck and take off as soon as I get done working. I'm so excited to see my beau. It's like getting a shot of love-adrenaline. Gotta go, gotta go.

Have a great weekend.
MsAmber