Watauga Flats
Yesterday afternoon was mild and pleasant, and Carolyn had to check one of her buildings in Piney Flats. Being she was driving the van (I have her convinced I can't drive it because of the arthritis) I grabbed my Pentax and tagged along, riding shotgun. I made several photos, most without getting out of the van. It sits up high, and it is easier to shoot over obstacles.
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Went to heart doc today to make up for last Monday. He finally took me off the rat poison (blood thinner) and now I'm on a daily aspirin. Have to go for for an echo test next month; a precautionary thing. Everything checked normal on today's visit.
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Carolyn went out this morning to check at a building that is looking for cleaning bids. It is a three-story—plus basement—medical complex belonging to ETSU's med school. She placed a bid on one floor back in February, but was under bid. The people who did get the job didn't work out, so now Carolyn is asked to rebid for all four floors consisting of 40k square feet total. I'm helping her with the bid and keeping my fingers crossed.
She wore her brand new coat for the first time; the one I got her for Christmas ... in 2000! No wonder I hate that particular holiday.
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Jerry said he was going back to work today, bad back and all. It's bad when folks can't afford to take time to recover from injury or illness.
2 comments:
Its fun working on bids, sometimes. It is one of the things I do at work. It always seems to a race to the bottom to win the business. Very frustrating.
Carolyn built her reputation on quality work, and has been successful with that. This job is paid for by the state, and they have to take the lowest bid. The people whom are being replaced did poor cleaning and some stuff must have gone missing. Carolyn will have to cut a few corners to be able to bid low enough.
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