Waiting on Schedule

Sunday night is the least active work day we have all week. It seems that all the odds and ends from the weekend are placed on the carts for stowing by the time we arrive at 5 PM. What that means is that most of the "single" items are placed on the carts instead of groups of items that have just arrived in receiving when we are likely to get whole carts of just one or two different items. It goes a lot faster when we have multiple items the same. It is also the most frustrating day for us since there are not as many empty bins in which to place items since the weekend is not worked as much by the "Pickers" - those who take items out of the bins to fill orders. We managed to get through it though, and tonight should be a different story with all the regular workers back for the normal work week.

We are waiting on word about our changeover to the day shift. The email we received on Friday announcing the new start date for the workamper "peak" season was delivered late, and the HR people went home for the weekend before we could get a response to our question of when we would start on the day shift. We hope it comes today so that we can plan a little better for our days off.

One of the targeted attractions for us in this area has been to visit a horse farm, where we can see close-up how the thoroughbred horse operations produce racing champions. There are 2 options, each of which gives us a different look at major horse activities in the state. The first one, Thoroughbred Heritage Tours, is a 3 hour guided tour of one of the prime breeding areas in Kentucky for thoroughbreds, and includes a drive through one of the most scenic thoroughbred farms in Kentucky that includes sites where the motion pictures Seabiscuit and Dreamer were filmed. The other is called Kentucky Horse Park and is a bit different in that it is a location for all kinds of activities for horses, including world class competitions for equestrian events. They both sound good, so we will choose which one to see this weekend. They both are located in the Lexington area which isn't that far away. We'll decide pretty soon since tickets for the Heritage Tour are available online and may sell out for the weekend if we wait too long to decide. Other than that, there's nothing much else to report for now...