Today was the last work day of the week for me and I’m
quite grateful; despite only working 3 days this week. Like I said in an
earlier post sometime in the past week, I needed the break of working 5 to 6
days of 12 hour shifts. It was too much stress, tension, drama, lack of sleep
and running on pure exhaustion.
The last two nights, I’d been staying up late despite
knowing that I need as much sleep as possible in order to survive an 8 hr
shift. I think that’s part of what caused today’s clumsy moment…..brought to
you by Deppgrl.
I had to palletize 24 to 25 pound boxes (filled with
candy) for most of the day. “Palletize” basically means to stack a wooden
pallet with Item X; in my case, boxes of candy. Anyways, when I got to stacking
the 5th tier on the one pallet, I didn’t have a great grip on the
box and it slipped out of my hands, hitting my safety glasses – breaking the
arm where the arm meets the lens – which in turns makes the bottom part of the
lens of the safety glasses AND the edge of the box hit my left cheek bone. After
the box and my safety glasses hit my cheek bone and bounces off of me, I let it
drop. I pick it up and set it to the side so we can make a new box for the
candy.
A few minutes after this happened, I went upstairs to the
office to speak with D. I explained to him that I had a clumsy moment and what
happened. He took short notes of what I said. He placed a few fingers under my
chin so he could turn my head to see if there was any bruising – which I didn’t
since it’d just happened. He did give me one of those instant break and shake
ice packs to apply to my cheek bone during lunch to bring down the swelling
(still have a little swelling but not as much as before).
During the day, D checked on me a few times to see how my
cheek was and if there was any bruising; which there’s no sign of bruising,
just sore and tender.
When I got home and after showering, I took some Aleve
and used an ice pack on my cheek since my cheek was a little painful. I did
receive a text from D not too long ago just double checking to see how I was.
It appears that the Drill Sergeant, aka D, has a heart
after all
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