Closet Extremist

First Day...

...went pretty well. I got to sit in on the training meeting for all the "Construction" mechanics, and I got to learn a few good things there. Afterwards I got to watch the safety videos (snore), and got set up with a safety kit. The kit is pretty neat because of all the stuff it contains. Safety glasses, work gloves, first aid kit, a big ole' honkin' rope, a safety clamp, and a harness. As long as I get all this set up right, I can't fall any more than six feet if I happen to lose my footing. I put that rig on and felt like I was ready to tackle Everest. All that ate up the first four hours of the day.

Then I got sent out to a jobsite, and was required to work. Hey! That's a four letter word! I got all dirty and greasy, and played with hammer-drills and climbed ladders. Fun! We damn-near got all the rails up, for a three-stop elevator, in the short time I was on the job. We would have gotten more done, but one of the guys had to go and get anchors to secure the bottom rail section into the block wall of the pit. (How do ya like the jargon? Soundin' like an Elevator Man (tm) already!)

All in all a decent day. Here's to many more, and gettin' better at this. So far, I'm havin' fun.