Daily Efforts

The many challenges of living on the road because of the job can be inundating, to say the least. Currently I live with four adult men, one of which speaks zero English, and one other presents a plethora or issues. I will refer to him as pain number one. So PN1 has moved his bed into the living area of the small two bedroom apartment we occupy because he says he cannot tolerate the snoring his roommate does at night.
The living area, like all apartments is a part of the dinning and kitchen area. It is also the only space that provides access to the bathroom, refrigerator, sink, etc etc. In other words any movement in the place transverses his bedroom. Let me clarify that he is from a different country with a different culture, just thought I would put that out there in a politically correct manner.
This morning PN1 says to me that I cannot make coffee in the morning before 6:00AM, which is the time we leave for work, of course I tell him to move back into the bedroom to solve the issue. He cannot even seem to understand that he is the one who has put himself in a place where there is bound to be a level of disturbance each morning and I will not let him impose on the normal routines due to his choices of bunking locations.
Cultural and personal differences may cause problems down the road. But I am so willing to continue to live the way I want to regardless of PN1’s choices that the outcome is irrelevant. I guess that is all there is to say about that whole situation. I am certain that my ranting on and on about the conditions I put up with each day only serves as an outlet that does not include stupid behavior like arguing and bickering between grown men about such easily fixed issues.

Friday after work and ready for the weekend of complete boredom. But that could be a good thing, better than going to jail or filing for bankruptcy, I think. I guess that not all is as bad as it could be, I mean I have food and a roof over my head, so it could be much worse.

Anyway, that is probably not much different than the situation for thousands of people all over this great country of ours. Many have it so bad they cannot even afford to purchase a connection to the Internet and then they would miss out on my sarcastic discords. Imagine that would ya.

So what is the point you say? The point is that it is not what you have or don't have that really makes or breaks the day, it is how you deal with your situation. You can either hang from the whoa tree,(oh whoas me, what to do, what to do), or you can lighten up a bit and find something to smile about. Something such as the dumb ass you work with, you know the one person who has not got a clue about anything, and be glad you are not like that. Or think about the last great laugh you had... of course it helps if it was at somebody's expense, kidding, maybe, you decide.

Still no real clear point has been established. Are you surprised? Think about it, the entire point of this blog site is to clarify and elucidate on the truth about something. I say something meaning everything in general and nothing in particular. But that might change at any time. Guess you will just have to check in once and a while to see if this rhetoric ever becomes defined.

For now I will leave it as it is and feel okay about the confusion I might have caused. Have a great moment or don't it is completely up to you.

What's to Say it is Right

So I wake up in an apartment with three other adult men, all of us working on the same project away from our homes, and endure the crowded and inconvenient harassment of sharing the facilities and small spaces. One of the crew speaks no English so that makes it even more fun. I wonder if this sort of challenge is a normal part of life or if for some reason I have been singled out for special treatment.

The work is okay, the pay,(as always), could be better, but no changing that now I already knew what what I signed up for. Well gotta go for now I'll add more later.

Working on the Road

I find myself in a place named Watertown, New York working for a new company doing new things. All of this is good in a way, I don't much care for being away from my home and all of the daily comforts there but I can tolerate it for a time.

I do enjoy traveling and meeting new folks along with having new experiences in new places. I find it all lends support to my ideas about people places and things. They are what you make of them no more, no less.

It seems a universal reality that most people live in small little shells and are afraid of the world in general. Once and a great while I run into someone that is different in that they are willing to extend themselves with a smile or a handshake, but for the most part people go about their days sticking to themselves and their own realities.

I could be very sarcastic about this but why waste the energy on the negative side. Instead let me just say that it is okay for people to withdraw into a void and resist the natural ability to humanize the experience of living. It is just such a waste and it does bug me that it happens more than not.