Day 167 – The Last Day

15JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

Today is the last day for training here in Indianapolis. I am finished with the morning class and as soon as I finish the afternoon one I will be off on the road trip

I got me some coffee this morning, they do pretty good here – almost like a real Starbucks. I am about to grab me another muffin!!!

Oh, last night I finished my book, The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence!! It was very good. I wish it had more pictures, but those are easy enough to google. Very good book!

I have like a 3.5 hour drive this afternoon so I am hoping to get out of here before 14:00. I really don’t wanna be on the road in the dark, but it has actually been very light here until like 21:00. Must be a Yankee thing ha ha ha.

Just after I get done raving about the food here and lunch was a real miss… It was just not great. oh well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad

I have just one more demo to give and then hitting the road. Gonna meet one of the managers at the hotel and then we will go get this location straightened out. I will talk more about it tomorrow, but where I am going today is one of the first real big projects I ever worked on in the railroad. Memories

Made it to Findlay!! Going to go out to dinner with the manager here and then going to go to bed! I am still feeling a bit bad, nowhere near as bad as the beginning of the week, but the drive did feel very long.

Alright, we had some seafood which was very good. I have had crab cakes more in these last couple months then ever! Very good though. Going to bed – goodnight

Where we ate, Bru Burger - very good. — Where we ate, Bru Burger – very good.

Dancing girl - should have done video very random. — Dancing girl – should have done video very random.

Day 166 – The Day the Website Was Down

14JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

So the website has been down for a while now. I am writing this on Wednesday so it’s a bit of a recap

Yesterday the classes went well. I am still not feeling great – very snotty. I think I am going to grab some over the counter stuff tonight to help dry out.

This hotel has good food – probably the best from any like buffet that I have had. We had meatloaf, yummy.

We went to a place called Bru Burger Pub – really good burger. It was so good I was so stuffed, but I wanted to finish it! It was downtown and Indy has a nice downtown

Paul and Samantha went to the house today so that is nice. The parents lost the remote and Samantha found it. I was just happy that Nickel didn’t get it again

Alright, gonna start today’s blog

Day 165 – Day of Training 1!

13JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

This morning was a bit hard to get moving. I have wrecked my lips by being a mouth breather and my nose is killing me with these harsh tissues! I am in the class now, they are working on something else. The talk went well this morning, have another one this afternoon. I don’t suspect I will have very many questions but we will see.

They have really good muffins here I had 2

I did my expenses from the beginning of the year – we will see if I can get paid for them. I can see them being upset with me for not turning them in during the month they were for.

I am kinda just waiting on lunch

Lunch was really good. This hotel, the Crown Plaza at the airport, really does good work on the food offered – snacks and meals. I guess CSX does a lot of business here and I can see why.

I finished my afternoon session and it went really well. Had a bit more interest with this group

My co-workers are going out for dinner, I am so unsure if I want to go. I feel bad and want to go to sleep – ugh! I just don’t know. I was able to make my flight changes to come home on Friday and so I will be leaving here and driving to Fostoria Wednesday and then leaving out of Detroit that night. Lots of travel, but the flight home is direct and I am so happy I just can’t stand it

Day 164 – The Travel Day

12JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

Today is a travel day to Indianapolis, IN. My flight leaves at like 11:45 so I am off to the airport!!

Well, the first flight went alright. My ears didn’t really wanna pop, but I was able to airplane sleep so that was nice. I am sitting in Atlanta now and just waiting for my next flight. I have a bit of time so I am just relaxing.

Sitting in my hotel now – whew, that was a long day of traveling. Not really but being sick has drained me. I stopped at a Subway on the way here and got me a sandwich and I am going to finish it up and go to sleep!

So, I fell asleep last night before I could post this I didn’t get any pics from yesterday so I will make a point to do it today!

Atlanta – 05/2016 Photo Gallery

09JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

Day 154 – The Day Spent In the Trailer

02JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

No, not a trailer like a trailer park the cutin trailer. Today was nothing but paperwork and Chimichangas – and Reeses mini cups ha ha ha ha

We worked so hard yesterday and today getting these locations ready to be put into service on Monday, it makes me very happy. I think it will go so smooth

I was out like a light yesterday, read I think a page of the book. I woke up in a panic at midnight though thinking it was morning 😉 Guess you know it was good sleep. I am very snotty today and am very happy I am not flying home. That would be miserable, but I am not certain a 5 hour drive will be much better.

I think we are going to wrap up here pretty soon and then I am going to crash again and see if I can feel a bit better for tomorrow.

Instead, I am driving home tonight -BYE!!!!!

The Doghouse - can you guess why? — The Doghouse – can you guess why?

Day 153 – The Day I Worked Like a Railroader!

01JunMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

Oh my goodness today was a long day working on the railroad. We were supposed to spend a day in the cutover trailer doing paperwork and ended up needing to visit 6 locations to gather information before we could do the paperwork. Now we are sitting in the trailer and we just finished building that!!!!!!

I am pooped – it is hot outside, I got rained on, and walking on the ballast (the rocks) is HARD with little feet!!

I am back at the hotel now. I went and got some food, nothing special, but more importantly I went to CVS and got some cough medicine. I am about to clean up and take lots of drugs that will make me sleepy (I hope).

Got a couple good pics today so here they are and have a great night!!

Day 152 – The Day I Drove FOREVER!!

31MayMarch 20, 2025 By Diana

Today I have 2 meetings, one at 08:00 and the other at 14:00 and then I leave to drive to Fairburn, Georgia – basically Atlanta. I am not really looking forward to it…

The first meeting went well and now I need to pack and put the rest of my laundry away. I think that Nickel knows I am going somewhere because my suitcase is out. He is hanging a little close by this morning

Alright, second meeting also went well, thought no one was going to join for a little bit but then like 40 people joined so that is good turnout. I am about to walk out the door, gotta say goodbye to the folks and the puppies

And 5 hours later I am in the hotel. Goodness!! Ran into just a little bit of rain but no real traffic so really it was smooth sailing, driving rather The lady gave me a room like with no other room around, which turns out to be pretty good because I am coughing like crazy. I hope I am not getting what mom had, but this stinks. I ate lunch really late on the drive so I am just gonna take these meds and get to bed!

I did not take a single picture today – what a bummer

Night all

Day 146 – The Day That Ended at the REDI

25MayMay 26, 2016 By Diana

This morning we had a bit of a drive to Calhoun, Georgia. Out meeting was in a historic depot that has been repurposed into a county meeting hall. It was nice and there was lots of space for sure. The good / bad thing about being at old depots is that for the most part trains still run very close to them so it was, only at times, noisy

I stayed behind with the IT guys because we couldn’t get one guy working smoothly so by the time we did finish it was lunch time. We ate with them at a local Mexican place and it was pretty good. After that started the long drive back to Atlanta to the REDI Center. We needed to stop there to chat with a couple people and do some things.

We left there and dropped another co-worker off to get a rental car and then they took me to – wait for it – PANDA EXPRESS!!!!!! I was so happy, but to be honest, the food was not as good as the one at home, but still good

Update: I lost my connection to the website last night so I am unsure what else I had to say Oh, I think I had an update on mom there, here we go

Mom Update: Mom was not released from the hospital yesterday and that is OK because she wasn’t feeling well still, I should say she was OK with it.

Alright, here are some pictures, enjoy

Day 145 – The Day That I Knew Where to Go!!

24MayMay 25, 2016 By Diana

This morning we had some Waffle House!!! True Alabama style I am sitting at the first location waiting for the folks to get here so we can start. I think there was some confusion about when we needed the material – I should say when the people I am with need their stuff, I am just here to help with the program.

We have a bit of a drive this afternoon and I will catch back up then

Alright, made it to the next place, and I have actually been here before!! I know all these folks We are in Birmingham, Alabama. We leave here and are staying the night in Atlanta and then have a bit of a drive tomorrow. I think we will eat good tonight so I am looking forward to that!

We had lunch with a couple of the folks from that office and made the much longer than expected trip to Atlanta. My co-worker was going to a gym class right away so I decided to just grab some food from the hotel. Big mistake But really it was more my fault. I got a roast beef sandwich and forgot to say no horseradish so it was disgusting!! The fries were good

Now I am going to get to bed!