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Bit of an update. Things have finally started happening on my end with the move. We needed to have our personal property out, save for our tools, yesterday. I got out what I wanted but told management that my coffee maker stays until we shut off the lights. I put my fridge and microwave up on the bulletin board as free because I have nowhere to put them. Which is why they were at the shop. Brought home the power supply, too.

Been going round and round with my boss as to what gets moved to SC and what gets scrapped. Much of the equipment in the shop is old, tired and not worth the price of crating and shipping. He has been given a budget for all new equipment, but his 'Norwegian Farmer' keeps sneaking out about how much the new stuff is going to cost. He likes new and shiny but not if he has to pay for it.

Want to choke all my guys at various times of the day. Tim got his building and has become worse than useless, Dave doesn't give a shit anymore, and Jason is bouncing off the walls and more scatter brained than normal. Yet all three manage to find time for communal smoke breaks. My field work has been curtailed because I'm the only getting stuff done in the shop and that's starting to irritate me. Five more weeks.

It's looks to me, that by the time I retire, I may be the last of Modern Track people still at Geismar. Having been through this before, I don't see much enthusiasm in the four others staying on. The head of CS is staying for two years as a mentor. Her replacement doesn't want to live in SC. I give my boss maybe two years. He is not liking​ the changes at all. Jason, I give 18 months before he bails. He's not a desk type guy and all his inefficiencies will stand out. Al, the new prez, will hang on the longest but I think he may get thown under the bus once things are up and running right. Then again, I might get canned at the end of the year because I spoke my mind.