Grinding

The contractor just cut patches, but didn't pull them. My job for most of the night was to mark patches and write station numbers. Finding the stations should have been easy, because I was in the car, which normally has a DMI (distance measuring instrument). For some reason, it was taken out of this car. Finding the stations still wasn't too difficult, because some had stakes to mark them. But was a pain getting in and out of the car every 500 feet, especially on an incline.

We got an email yesterday from the Governor. It said that we're all getting a cost of living raise this month, and to thank us for our hard work, this July 3rd will be a state holiday. Since I don't work on Fridays, I should be getting a 5 day weekend.

Got a little more information regarding the laptops. One of the guys in office bought one. It's done in a silent auction. He said there's been 3 auctions in the past 5 years. He bought his for $160, but bid $200 on another one and didn't get it. He said $250 would be a safe bid.