It is hard to blow leaves around when they are frozen to the ground. I miss the warm weather. We are working five eight hour days instead of four tens. The sun goes down at 4:49 now because of the time change so working until 5:30 doesn't work.
I don't know sometimes who I'll be working with from day to day. I was scheduled with Raphael and Venancio today but Venancio is leaving for Mexico for a few months and Esteban, who was supposed to work with James, isn't entrusted to drive the truck. He hit a parked car on his second day on the job. James doesn't have his license because of his legal problems so I drove. Raphael has a list of traffic infractions that read like a long rap sheet. Lucio drove Raphael's truck. Lucio had been driving James' truck but James was getting sick of Lucio changing the radio to Mariachi music and whistling and clapping at women en route and on the properties. Even though we were late today (the property is going to have an inspection tomorrow) James said he enjoyed the change of personnel. Oh yeah, Martin didn't show because his kid was ill. He was supposed to work with James and Esteban today. That reminds me when we were kids Chris used to implore Mom to write that he was sick I think rather than ill, or visa versa. He was quite adamant this.