Maybe a post every two days is more realistic? I dunno. I hate making up rules like that, especially when this ole' blog is just for fun.

Anyhoo.....

Power outage. We had a 30-minute one today.

Here's a pic:

                                              


Can't see anything? That's the point. Apparently we have no windows inside our facility, something I haven't noticed till today.

You see, there was a MASSIVE thunderstorm the other day, something I will chat bout later, which probably caused much electrical problems as an after-effect. Though the weather was calm this morning--and VERY humid--I guess a surge must've happened around the post office's side of town. Apparently stop lights were out, too.

So what did we do? Well, we still did our job, just inefficiently. I had my cell phone shining light on my case to put up my vacation mail-holds. All of us then took our parcels outside to our trucks because that was actually something we could do at the time.

Things got lit up again, but sheesh, it put us behind a good deal. Plus I had to case up ANOTHER route, split it into seven sections, and prepare it for other carriers to take. Then I had to case up my own route, pull it down, and deliver that as well. Almost got done in 10 hours, ended up finishing at around 10.4 hours. Still, pretty insane considering the amount of mail-oriented work I had to do, plus that stupid blackout.

Not gonna lie, that blackout was pretty neat though :D

So yeah, that rain. Had a huge rainstorm yesterday. Fortunate thing though--I was doing my mounted (driving) mail delivery section when it happened. I swear, delivering mail in a thunderstorm while encased in a tin box with wheels is not the most comforting thing, Still, I was pretty safe. And dry. Comfortably dry. Somewhere in the back of my mind though, I knew that I would be soaked at the end of the day.

Finished my route, and of course, I had to go help someone else. Met up with Clint to find I had to take three walking sections. Positive note was that there was very little mail to carry--that meant I could just carry it by hand and not worry bout carrying my satchel. Bad news was that, well, thunderstorm of the day was preparing its second assault. Once I started, well, the rain was torrential. After my first section, I was soaked. After my second section, I thought I was gonna get struck by lightning. During my third section, I didn't care anymore and jumped in puddles for the fun of it.

It twas quite comical actually--my mail journey from house to house went like this: run to house, deliver mail, clutch mail to my chest for maximum dryness, jump as lightning flashes nearby, run to porch and take refuge there for 5-10 seconds, deliver mail again, rinse and repeat. All the while I was cussing and constantly yelling, "Man, this is INSANE!" Despite this, I must say the experience as a whole was pretty intense and awesome. Haha!

Not much else. Oh, some awesome lady gave my a Mountain Dew when I picked up her packages from her porch on Tuesday. Given the super-hot weather, it was like heaven in a can.

                                      

Oh, and if I had a nickel for every deer I could get up real close to, I'd have like $.50. OK, bad analogy but still, dem deer around these parts are so DOCILE! I got within about 15 feet of this one. Would've tried to get closer, but the old lady looking at me through her screen door probably thought I was acting a little screwy.