... 3...

Working on day 3. But man, was it tough to get here! I think I burned 3/4 of a tank of gas and lost 15 lbs, just sitting in that heat! Had I turned on the A/C I probably would have run out of gas (and I started out with almost a full tank in my truck)! There is a Kenny Chesney concert in Heinz Field tonight and I sat in that traffic from 2:30 until well after 4 - the time I am supposed to be at work. Only the 2nd time I was late since I started here 3 years ago. Traffic is still backed up and it is after 5. The concert was supposed to start at 4:30!!!! It is nuts! People in this city have no idea how to drive I swear. I've been to bigger events and traffic was never this bad... unless it was in this city! And damnit, I wasn't even sitting in the traffic to get to enjoy the concert! Which I would have loved to go to. Nooo, I have to sit in it to go to work!!!! But, I plan to spend most of my shift out of the office and listening to the music while walking around this place!

Last night was utter confusion here for the 'Pictures in the Park.' Not a single person here knew what was going on. That is what irritates me most about this place. The right hand never knows what the left hand is doing! And you would think that as security, we would be among the first to know what was going on, so we can be prepared for whatever may happen... No. We are always the last to know. For example, yesterday at 4:15, we received a call from the manager on duty for the event. "Why aren't the streets closed off? They were to be closed off at 4." OK, in order for us to go and close off the streets, SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL US THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED AND WHAT TIME!!!! No one bothered to mention any of this to us... therefore, we didn't close them off. Absolute chaos. And that was only the beginning. I won't bore you all with the rest of the details.

I got no packing done this morning like I'd intended.... I slept in. Whoops. So now I have to get up around 7am tomorrow morning to get a head start before my mom shows up to help me scrub down my apartment. Packing and cleaning... 2 of my least favorite things to do! I'll be so happy when I am finally done with it... only to look forward to doing it again in 6 months, oh well.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's COUNTDOWN!