No Fun Friday

Yes we are teaching her balance very very early

Today was yet another travel day in the books.  I can now add IN and OH to states I hate traveling through, particularly when misting/raining.  By the time I reached the WV border I was just about suicidal and ready to drive into whatever river makes up the border.  Things got even more fun when the GPS just gave up and I was vaguely driving in what I thought was the right direction.  I know it's a bad omen when the GPS doesn't pick up 60% of the tiny "roads" I was driving past.  I arrived into Charleston with zero sense of direction and found my hotel.  I still can't tell you what direction is north!

My hotel is awful.  I mean worse than the one I stayed in after Hurricane Katrina, and I only had drywall and no exterior wall!  I also had a mushroom grow out of my carpet and it's still better than this room.  The room is updated but it stinks, like mildew.  I have a wall AC unit and no fridge or microwave.  That's right, I can have zero food in my room!  I've asked twice at the front desk and both times I've gotten a very snippy response.  Bitches I am a platinum elite rewards member.  I got zero respect.  No treats at check in no nothing!  Tomorrow I'm going to call the company and complain.  I've been told there are fridges for a $10 a day fee.  Yeah no!  Give me a damned fridge.  I also have 2 beds and no other chairs or a couch.  There's a tiny table with 2 chairs to serve as my desk.  I think I'll be working out of my van a lot!

This afternoon was orientation and things just didn't get much better.  I have no idea how many claims I have, but they are all over the state and all re-assigned from someone else.  What this tells me is that they had enough people here to do the work, it's just they weren't working fast enough.  Then they tell us that travel here is exhausting.  Normally I can do 5-6 claims a day, and I've been told 3 may be pushing it.  Lovely, just lovely.  Mountains and heavily wooded areas already make me feel claustrophobic, now I have to drive all over the place on top of it.  Fan-freaking-tastic.  I really hope it's stunning countryside, or that I can get in and out of here quickly.  My gut instinct of things not being good is already coming to fruition.

On the plus side one of my co-workers is the bee's knees!  Rick is super nice and helpful.  We have a new system that I've never used and he volunteered he's a power user.  YAY, personalized help for me.  I've already told him I'll buy him whatever he wants if he comes and sits with me in my room tomorrow.  Yeah that makes it sound like he's my whore, but I gotta take advantage of the help.  We had dinner tonight at Chili's, way to make the most of our day of expenses, but the food was decent and conversation was good.  

Now it's time for bed.  I'm wiped out and I need to be making contacts ASAP.  Here's hoping I can figure out locations and which roofs are too high or steep for me to climb.  I'd love to have all these inspections done in 10 days.  Gotta keep up my rockstar status!