Monday began the first week of Russell's new and extra job. Over the past four weeks he has been training in class and in the field. Now he is on his own. He spent the biggest portion Monday at the office because when he went to pick up his equipment and tools, he was not even in the computer. As a result, he did not go out on any calls or fill any orders on Monday. He also came home with only a small potion of tools and equipment that he needed. The warehouse seems to have a problem keeping the technicians stocked.
Tuesday morning, he headed back out at 5:00 am to the main office and warehouse to finish getting outfitted, but, alas, they were still lacking things that he needed. He got what he could and he did make three service calls. He was nervous, since this was his first time "flying solo", but he did fine, as I knew he would.
Wednesday morning...back to the city. He finally got completely outfitted with tools, and equipment, or at least enough to finish a few jobs before having to go back to the city. His jobs on Wednesday were all installs. The first one had four units. He had nine units so things were looking good. However, some of the receivers would not work so by the time he finished the job and hooked up and unhooked several receivers, it was late in the afternoon, and only two receivers left...
Wednesday afternoon...he finished his first job in record time...NOT. It was 4:30 in the afternoon before he was able to get it all finished since he had to replace so much equipment. By the time he got to his last job it was getting late, but he was on his way to finishing, when the dish that he installed had to be removed because something was blocking it's signal. AAAGGGHHH!!!
Next, when he went to install the two receivers, only one of the two remaining in his truck even worked! Needless to say he was very frustrated.
Wednesday night...he got home between 10 and 10:30 pm. He hadn't eaten all day and looke almost ashen faced when he finally got home. I had supper in the crockpot to keep warm (venison and rice), so I spooned up a good bowlful for him. He only ate about half. He was just so exhausted. He was tired mentally as well as physically.
This morning our alarm went off at 4:30, as it has been all week. Today I got up with him and made sure that he ate something before he left and sent something with him. He has hypoglycemia, so not eating is not a good thing for him to do. Along with his scrambled egg sandwich, I sent a can of peanuts and some cashews, as well as some bottled water. That should do. He called me around eight am and said he was on his way back from the city, and finally, he thought that he had everything he needed to work for a while. His team leader even shortened his orders today because he knew about everything that had happened yesterday. He had two calls to make today One of them is a service call, and I guess they never know what they are going to find when they get those. The other is the install that he could not finish last night becasue of the faulty equipment. Hopefully, he will be home sometime this afternoon and will be able to rest tonight.
He is working so hard. I want to be sure that everything is good for him when he gets home each night. For so long, when I worked, he was home before me and he cooked the evening meal, or at least he had it started. Now, I can do that for him, (except I also clean up after myself. lol)
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