Day Two of Training

The weekend training sessions are live games being held in the Aramark Big 10/Pac-12 Baseball Challenge. The tournament goes through Monday, but we were involved only with two of the games on Friday and Saturday. They were both long days for us to start off this spring training season and we were worn out by the end of yesterday's game that we worked. There are more games each day than the ones we worked, but they had other workers come in for the second and third games each day. With six teams playing in the tournament, it was a big success for Aramark as we did a huge amount of business during the time we worked our games. So far, we like the folks we will be working with this year. It seems like all the young, lazy workers from last year are gone. We'll see how it goes beginning Thursday of this week when the real test begins with the first game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers.

Following our game yesterday, we took advantage of the National Margarita Day at Macayo's Mexican restaurant in Surprise:

It was kind of a disappointment as the 10 oz margaritas that were sold for $2 were in more like 6 or 8 oz glasses. We should have challenged them to a measurement, but we had our mugs with us anyway, and we still enjoyed the meal. I used my mug for a second drink for a 16 oz margarita (for $3.99) while Josie had a second one in what looked like a 6 oz glass - they said they ran out of the original glasses.

The way things look now, today will be the only day that Josie has off until April 4. The days we don't work the games, she will be working at the production center for Phoenix Flower Shops. I will have Monday and Tuesday off each week through March. The good news is that none of the days should be longer than 5 or 6 hours, which provides a little time for breaks between working days.

We received a call from a Detective in Washington who informed us that Tracy was found and is in good health. We don't know any more than that but are relieved that she is safe...