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truck is back in shop for another new transmission. less than 1000 miles of around town and highway driving, most of that was back and for to the trany shop this time i am going to a different shop in casper which is 50 miles closer. set up a date with new shop, dropped off truck same day they recieved the tranny. mike the owner of the shop told me it should be done in 2 days. I figure 3 days if they get done before they will call. Three days pass and i'm in casper running around on a parts mission, and i drive by mikes shop and here sets my truck right were i left it. I call mike and ask how my trucks doing , after telling him who i was, and he says what truck is yours. I tell him what truck. He says we got the tranny shipped in the same day you dropped off the truck. but when we opened crate the transmission housing it self had a crack in it, so we sent it back and are expecting another one next week. So my truck is still sidelined it sucks ass but the temp outside has been in the 60 to 70 range, unheard of for NOV. 7th in this country. but good for walking.  On the bright side i should never have to buy tires or gasoline again.                                                             

As for my work situation, I'm still in limbo. I went in and fought hard enough and to get to stay ouy in midwest , while the premier rulers of NCSD decide my fate. A new,old issue has came up that has put my issue on a back burner for now. It seems that the guy (JV)  i currently work under in midwest is sort of underinvestigation by HR and the new director of transportation. I was reciently called to town to have a meeting with the new director ( CB)  .    CB called me in , we talked about my problems, wanted to know what to do to fix it. and i told him to leave me in midwest that i didnt want to come back, it was a lengthy talk , when he just broke into asking me about (JV). what he does all day, were does he go during the day,does he take off during the day for long periods of tme, does he dissapear and you dont see him again till the next day. Lots and lots of  questions on this line And i had to answer yes to all because JV does do all these things, every day, and has for yrs. The bus drivers like to talk alot.  somebody called CB and told him of all this and much more. I have given JV a heads up told him what is coming his way and he doesnt seem to care. Nothing has changed, he still does as normal and says if they want to fire me let them, they have to prove everything and i have keep documentation of everything for the last 13 yrs  (lies). Anyway all is in limbo and the speed at which NCSD operates it could be months before anything is settled.
OK  EVERYBODY  if you  would please goggle MIDWEST and EDGERTON WYOMING this is were i currently work. checkout the history  these little towns it is very intreseting , some triva and facts i bet you didnt know.

mission statement

this week i was notified that i was to report back to the casper bus garage by nov 1st . I was sent out to midwest bus garage almost two yrs ago by my boss, who since has retired, because i and the other assholes in the casper shop did not get along. These guys have been working together for almost 20 yrs. two of them are attached together at the u-joint, and the other is the shop foreman who has had his uncle, father, and currently soninlaw working under him, to secure thier retirement. I have had nothing but fucking problems with everyone of these fellow employees.  Im pissed, I do not want to go back. I have had a meeting with are new boss, who says he did not know of any of this history.  I explained to him the bullshit I've gone through with these fuckheads, asked him to go to bat for me with HR to try to keep me at Midwest shop and he basically  told me good luck.   My next meeting is with Steve (assistent superintendent of schools) to try and show him I'm needed and wanted in midwest.  Wish me luck and pray to the school bus god on my behalf.   I love my job , but i hate the thought of having to be in the same state with these pricks let alone sharing a break room with them.  I will admit though that all this shit over the last 6 yrs has really strengthened my resolve and patience. 

so far so good

i got my claim reviewed for my computer purchase, and they paid me the full amount. i was very shocked. especially after the hoops i jumped in and out of to get this all taken care of. truck runs great, and total out of pocket for a new trany and a new ECU  , deductible and sales tax, $168.50 . not to bad concidering i was without my truck for about 6 weeks  ,  I walked alot. Went to another funeral yesterday, my good friend joe and wife jerry, lost grandma wilma at 81 yrs (health issues) Wilma and mother had meet many yrs ago and hit it off well, both the same in age, both coming from a homested upbringing, and both gave birth to 7 children. They had loads to talk about. The services were nice, lots of tears,  saw old friends and shared  goob memories of Wilma.    She will be greatly missed. wished you could have known her.  Seems like lately I have gone to a great many funeral services. Funerals must be very important to us as humans, always waiting for the next one, paying our respects, traveling many hundreds of miles to attend, comforting the ones left behind. Funerals are so important that the last trip we will ever take will be to a funeral.

hello think its time to get with the ages and do the blog thing . I dont type or spell good and my grammer really sucks, but here goes.  I have been working 60 plus hrs a week,  have not seen  jordy in over a month, mostly because my truck has been in the tranny shop for the last month.  got a new tranny but could not achieve overdrive, was  told  it  was  a   ECM   problem  and  i needed to  take  it to a dealer to fix the problem.   dealer told me  it  was  in the tranny  and i  had  to take it back  to  tranny  shop.   took  it  back  to  tranny  shop  and  was  again  told it was the ECM (Electronic control module)  .   In the  mean  time  i have an extended  warranty  trying to get out of paying for this repair, they paid for the tranny but are balking hardcore at the ECM issue.  6 weeks i have been without my truck until today, I had to finally buy a remaned ECM on line and have the tranny shop install it ,,,,,,   It works  like a dream,   so now i have to battle the  warrenty outfit for to get my money back.   wish me luck.    hope to see my son soon.      On an other note  Donna and I are split up .  This has been hard for me , I miss my life with her and the puppies .  Am in a  small apt.  in midwest, wy. this is only a mile from my work.  Dont know what is going to happen  but as my dad told me things will get better  one way or another.  I would like very much to come to Emmett for Thanksgiving  see what happens.