Daily Segs

As I sit here looking at my computer screen trying to figure out what to talk about on this, the final day of the month of August, I heard something that I have not witnessed in a morning in quite some time-rain. The few rain showers that graced the Miami Valley today were nothing gargantuan by any means, but because this summer has been so hot and dry and I honestly cannot remember the last time it rained in the morning time I was pretty pumped. As I went outside to go for a morning run I noticed how it was rather overcast and extremely cool. I loved the cool part of it, especially last night because it made for a great sleeping atmosphere. Nothing better than snuggling up under your covers for a solid nap. Yesterday was my final day off during a work week for the summer, and I spent it trekking up north and back multiple times. Dad wanted to get my mother's car new brakes so we took it to her cousin's house because he has done that type of work for us before. He lives lit...

Yesterday marked the commencement of my final week of work at Meijer Distribution Center. I'm not going to talk about it anymore, except for maybe my last day when I'm sure I won't be able to control my happiness much like a little kid in a candy store. But all I can say is that it's been real. Now I'm going to take my money and run. Yesterday was a bit of a trying one for my family and I, as news broke about one of my family members falling ill very early in the morning. I prayed for him both at church and while I was at work and I trust that the grace of God will help him get through the pain he is dealing with and back to the health that he needs to be at. At work yesterday we had ten people call off (look, I know I said I wasn't going to talk about it anymore but I'm using this as a segway) and two more come in late because of how late they worked the night before. That marks the second time that at least ten people called off since I've worked t...

On my day off on Thursday I went ahead and did whatever my heart desired, which is what I believe is expected of people who work at places like Meijer Distribution Center. I did some things around the house, prepared lunch for my father and I, and played some video games-something I had not done in a very long time. I even got my Club Tril shirt in the mail, which could very well quickly become the best purchase I have ever made. I was unaware that I was also going to receive a photo of Mark "The Shark" Titus as well as a Club Tril sticker, so needless to say I was pretty excited. Mom has to work late on Thursdays during the school year because it is a "shopping" day for Dayton area school teachers. As a result of this I met her there around 6 p.m. and once she was ready left with her to go grab some food and head to the Fairfield Mall to make some purchases for school. She bought me my first pair of boating shoes I guess one would call them-I just see them as a...

For as long as I can remember, I have been a die hard basketball fan. I love the game, and can remember countless Saturday nights during the winters of my childhood trying to convince my Dad to let me stay awake so I can watch the late west coast college games on ESPN when I knew I should have been in bed so I wasn't a cranky little baby the next day. It did not matter who was playing or if the games were close or not I just loved watching the game to see if anything exciting would happen. Plus, if the teams that were playing had a good chance of getting in the NCAA tournament I would want to know what they brought to the table to see how many games-if any-they could win. Now that I am a little older and I would hope to think more mature, if a game is on that gets out of hand or is between two teams that I do not really care about I either change the channel or turn it off to look for something more productive to do. I don't always do so, but sometimes I do-I guess it's j...

After polishing off a Sam's Club Take n' Bake pizza with my dad and doing some small things around the house I realized that I have already gone back on my word of blogging everyday. I apologize and I hate to continue to blame work but it's all I have to blame for the rest of this week and the next. Works sucks. Anybody who works at Meijer Distribution Center knows that. It sucks so much that a vast majority of my co-workers have been taking advantage of the system and calling off like it's their job. Personally, I both understand and don't understand their methods behind doing such an act, for different reasons. I do understand it because of the simple fact of how much the job sucks complete ass. Your body gets tired of moving that much weight around for 8+ hours a day and being on your feet the whole time. I cannot even begin to describe to you how badly my hands are beat up along with my shins and toes. Things happen while working in a warehouse-you slip and fa...

As I finally have found some time to sit down and write a bit (work is simply sucking my summer away from me), I can't help but mention the man who in a way sort of inspired me to start this blog in the first place, Mark Titus. He, as I'm sure many of you know is the founder of Club Trillion (you can follow his blog if you want-I do) and has christened this week Nut Up or Shut Up Week because he is doing his best to post on his blog once a day. I mention this because since my own personal blog is called the "Daily Segs" one would figure that I would post on here every single day, and for a while I did do that. During spring quarter was when I began this little beauty and vowed to write every day. I have since gotten away from that for a number of reasons. The easiest one to blame it on is the fact that I'm working 40+ hours a week at a distribution center and after leaving there it is either really late or I am exhausted or both. But the main reason (it pains me t...

I know it has been a solid week since I have written anything (sorry Mrs. Pearson) but I trust you can all grant me a pardon considering the week I just endured. Working sucks-we all know that. Especially when you're in a warehouse for hours on end, and the majority of people who you work with fit the category of being a dump in some way shape or form. I posted about six hours of overtime this past week, a direct result of a few things. First, Tuesday marked a massive inspection by the FDA so for those of us who were scheduled to work on Monday (including myself) cleaning after selection was finished for the day was going to be rather arduous because the place had to be "perfect." Add in the fact that the count was huge for that day and nearly every one of my co-workers embraced the idea that overtime was imminent, so why not get as much as possible, and I did not get home until 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. Of course when I left work it was absolutely pouring down rain, whic...

So it's been quite some time that I have written anything on here much less drafted a post that is based solely around something in the sports world, no matter what it being. Well it is safe to say I am here to change that right now. A lot of things have been going on in the world of golf lately, with of course the domination of Rory McIlroy at The U.S. Open in June a few weeks back to Tiger Woods' return to the scene this past weekend at the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron. McIlroy's win marked a possible new era for golf because of how many strokes he won by and for the fact that Tiger was nowhere to be seen as he was rehabbing from knee and leg injuries sustained earlier this year. Aside from that (because now it simply seems as if it is a mute point in the golf world) all everyone has been talking about on ESPN and any sport channel in general is Tiger Woods and he old caddie Stevie Williams. Now I say "old" caddie because Tiger recently cut ties with hi...

As I begin enjoying the first of my two consecutive days off work, I decided that even though my job is very physically demanding that I just could not get enough and wanted to shed some sweat today. After waking up and having a bowl of Kashi (2 for $5 at Meijer yesterday and with my 10% employee discount I just couldn't say no) with blueberries on top, it dawned on me that it has been multiple weeks since I have shot much less touched a basketball. You could say I was suffering a bit of withdrawal, considering that I went outside in this heat and shot for an hour and then decided hey, I haven't ran in a while either. I then proceeded to take a three lap jog around the 'hood, and for those of you who say "That's not that much" or "That's all?" it is for me, alright. Let it go. I take pride in keeping myself in decent shape throughout the year because it makes me feel better about myself and keeps me healthy. Plus, there is simply nothing better t...