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The Transfer from Wapakoneta

Here we are in another week of school. This week has been kind of crazy as per usual. The week started off on Monday forgetting my bookbag at home causing me to show up late to the lift Monday morning. Later that day I decided to go back home to Wapakoneta to watch my brother play his first baseball game of the year. I got home just in time to ride over to the ballpark with my family but little did I know I forgot my lawn chair.  When I realized I had forgotten my chair it was too late to go home and grab it because I would miss the beginning of the game. Tuesday finally rolled around and let me tell you it was a long one. On Tuesday I had a job introduction day where I had to watch hours upon hours of certification videos so I could operate a forklift for this company. After I finally got out of the videos I had to take a test which was pretty easy so that made me feel like it was not a complete waste of time. Now here we are mid-week on Wednesday. On Wednesday I had to help my dad load out steers at our family’s farm. Loading out the steers is not just a little task because it entails sorting the calves by size putting the correct number in each pen so that when the semi shows up we can just walk them onto the trailer. After we got the cattle sorted the semi showed up right on time and we were able to get the cattle loaded up easily. How has your week been so far?

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  1. Joshuah AndrewsMarch 23, 2022 at 11:17 PM

    I remember you telling me about that job! I'm glad to hear that it's been going well so far, you'll need to keep me updated! But this week you didn't have something crazy happen to you, or did you just forget to mention it? My week has been pretty simple, just getting back into classes after an almost two-week break. Did your brother end up winning the game? Did you play baseball in high school too?

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