Another Prep Day

It was another day where we were assigned to the Prep area at Amazon for the day. Both of us - along with about 4-5 other people - worked all day to eliminate the approximately 12 pallets of boxes that contained the same toy - Fisher Price's Soothe & Glow Seahorse. We had to open each box, separate the blue toys (2) from the pink toys (2), individually "bag" each toy, and re-box them (blues together, pink together) for labeling. I worked on the blue toys from each box and Josie worked the pink toys - sounds logical, right? We estimate that just between Josie and I, we processed around 4 pallets of this toy. There were approximately 80 boxes on a pallet. The managers were so impressed with our speed they indicated that we will be performing the same duty today on our 5 hour OT stint. Wonderful. There are only about 2 pallets left so we should be able to finish those in our 5 hour shift - working alone. The work wasn't difficult, but we were standing all day which always tires us. Actually, it was a nice change from our normal stowing duties.

We are looking forward to coming home at 11 AM and having some time off. Aside from our scheduled tech visit tomorrow to check out our refrigerator, there is nothing planned. We have some work to be done around the rig though so it's not like we will be bored.

It appears that the hurricane season is well underway now with the first one that may hit the mainland on its way - Irene. It isn't suppose to get too close to us, but it will almost certainly result in some rain for us. Right now it is looking like it will hit land in eastern Florida somewhere. We hope Josie's sister doesn't get battered in Edgewater, near Daytona. Comes with the territory, I guess. It has been generally very nice here the last week with temps cooling down and the humidity not too bad. Yesterday it was 85 for the high with a low of 68. We actually sat outside again when we came home from work. Maybe the worse part of summer is over - we hope so...