Canesister's 2025 journal - Bushel & Peck Farm

[canesisters]

Once again I find myself checking multiple sources to verify what day it is. Until a few moments ago I KNEW it was Thursday.
Ugh....

I'm concerned that I'm NEVER going to get off night shift. My former trainee has been making several major errors - as if she just isn't trying or just isn't paying attention. And it's not even hot & uncomfortable yet.
I asked the supervisor Sunday night if I was ever going to get back to the Beamer after having worked the creel for WEEKS. He said that she's got to finish her 6-8 weeks of working solo first. Her what? I had never heard of this & I told him that no one had shared that little bit of info with me.
Then she will go to the creel to finish her training there. But since he doesn't want to train her there himself, he wants to get our lead creel tech certified as a trainer first.
I have SERIOUS doubts that they will be able to work together. He is very difficult to work closely with. A totally 'my way is the only way' kind of guy, constantly criticizing even the slightest difference. They've already bumped heads a few times when beamer & creel duties intersect. To train her, during the hottest months, to do the most frustrating & physical part of the job...
Well it just seems like a recipe for failure. She came very close to quitting during Beamer training & I put an awful lot of time into encouraging her to keep trying.

I'm just venting.
Rant over.
I need to get outside, generate a little vita D & have some dirt therapy.

 

[canesisters]

 

[fuzzi]

Once again I find myself checking multiple sources to verify what day it is. Until a few moments ago I KNEW it was Thursday.
Ugh....

I'm concerned that I'm NEVER going to get off night shift. My former trainee has been making several major errors - as if she just isn't trying or just isn't paying attention. And it's not even hot & uncomfortable yet.
I asked the supervisor Sunday night if I was ever going to get back to the Beamer after having worked the creel for WEEKS. He said that she's got to finish her 6-8 weeks of working solo first. Her what? I had never heard of this & I told him that no one had shared that little bit of info with me.
Then she will go to the creel to finish her training there. But since he doesn't want to train her there himself, he wants to get our lead creel tech certified as a trainer first.
I have SERIOUS doubts that they will be able to work together. He is very difficult to work closely with. A totally 'my way is the only way' kind of guy, constantly criticizing even the slightest difference. They've already bumped heads a few times when beamer & creel duties intersect. To train her, during the hottest months, to do the most frustrating & physical part of the job...
Well it just seems like a recipe for failure. She came very close to quitting during Beamer training & I put an awful lot of time into encouraging her to keep trying.

I'm just venting.
Rant over.
I need to get outside, generate a little vita D & have some dirt therapy.

Dirt, and chicken therapy.

 

[Baymule]

I have run into this before. You get good at your job and foreman/management does not want to move you up or shift change. They want to keep you where you are because it makes them look good. You might be tuck where you are because you are good at what you do.

I recommend starting to look for another job. You have WAY more confidence now and you know your value. Always remember, companies do not care, companies fire at will and lay off with no regard how it impacts your life. Start looking and if you find, don't feel guilty about leaving where you are.

 

[rachels.haven]

Best time to look for another job is when you still have a job. Then you truly have options.

 

[farmerjan]

Best time to look for another job is when you still have a job. Then you truly have options.

 

[canesisters]

The thought of starting over again is not something I want to consider yet.

 

[Baymule]

The thought of starting over again is not something I want to consider yet.

You will consider it when you get tired of getting jerked around.

 

[canesisters]

I got the pee test strips in a couple of days ago.
This afternoon when I got home from taking Dad out for Father's Day lunch, she was mooing. Not quite up to her usual "reverberating off the tree line" level.... but still unusual for her.
I pulled her in the barn & checked.
No discharge
Very happy, though, to lift & move her tail over for me.
Did a test & I reckon is just about as 'open' as it can be.

I called the AI guy & left a message to see if we can make a plan. This is a holiday weekend & we're getting heavy down pours for the next few days... so I'm not going to assume he'll want to rush over today/tomorrow. But the next expected window of time could be around July 4. Waiting for him to call me back.

 

[rachels.haven]

Light blue?