Sitting at ghu listening to the pats hoping they beat the flying rats of baltimore. Thank god for sirius sat radio

Well whats A few things,
looked for a job between Zbest and Howard county contractor I really hate working for someone else, I really should post more and hopefully i will cuz I am getting my self a Netbook, so I can surf on the couch.

the lyrics to the song i played at my wedding

for those of you don't know I played this at my wedding for the many people that i have lost a long this long dusty road of life that should have been there at my wedding.


Don't Follow

Hey.. I ain't never comin' home
Hey.. I'll just wander my own road
Hey.. I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye.. don't follow
Misery so hollow..

Hey you.. you're livin' life full throttle
Hey you.. pass me down that bottle
Hey you.. you can't shake me round now
I get so lost and don't know how
And it hurts to care, I'm goin' down..

Forgot my woman.. lost my friends
Things I'd done and where I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors cold
See my face it's growin' old
Scared to death no reason why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I said
Read the page it's cold and dead..

Take me home..

..say goodbye ..don't follow

The key to a successful business is employee driven

There needs to be an end to gross outrageous polices and profits that treat employees as a commodity and not people.
As a former and future founder of my own Transportation company. Employees make the company. We will never put profits before people and at our core we have a philosophy "Treat others as you shall want to be treated" can be summed up in a few points

First we have the technology lets use and embrace it use mapping software, traffic.com, e-mail, text messages, cell phones, the internet can and will answer any question for dispatch so use it!! knowing as much info as possible allows every one to preform there jobs better

Ever vehicle has sat radio, gps, and will never be sent on the road if the founder him self would not feel completely comfortable driving it!! No one wants or needs to brake down on the side of the road, loss of money and temper. if you see some thing wrong write it down and tell some one at that point! no matter how minor. A shaking vehicle today, could be a blow out today!!!

Employee loyalty is priority number one!!

1. employee contracts are a great way to make the job clear persist and with in bounds that can be refereed to at any point,

1a. At least 1,000$ in petty cash to be kept in safe on premises at all times, reduce the need for employee to have to be submit expense forms.

2. pay ever week at the same time and place with out regard for inconvenience for your self. (post in clear view a clear chain of who is responsible for pay and what time checks will be handed out. explain what is paid for and what is not. First thing to remember they want to treated like adults and the need to be compensated not complicated!

3. set salary caps for every person in management including owner and do not buje on this point. spell it out in there employee contract.

4. post profit/loss statements every few days. (we have the technology to find out in real time lets use it.) company profits should never be a secrete. I never understood why you would want to keep info quiet.

5. pay percentages of profits back to employees. profit sharing is not a dirty word it will make employees more proficient and the company more profitable. Clearly spell this out in profit/loss statement IE you will make this much extra at the end of the ..... if our number continue at this point.

6. Seniority has does not matter in promotion performance matters.

7. COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY...... when asked a question answer it directly. do not respond with another question

8. list amount of profit going toward equipment improvements, amount spend on fuel, amount spend on food for employees, show where every dollar goes every day.

9. Include family participation , fun activities, understand how a job impacts a person and family.

10. Driver lounge with a/c, TV, and entertainment Dinner provided at certain time of day or day of week.

Inclusion remember every body knows 10 people and most know a lot more then that effective marketing is having employees referr friends and family to use company and then they tell some one elsa and so it goes ..........

2 birthdays and a wedding weekend

well the days have flown by and the days are now here my birthday is tomorrow, our wedding is Sunday at 11am sharp, and Brian's birthday is Monday yippie!!
i am so tired these past few days with planning and working a bunch of hours!! 7 jobs today a lone!!
the cable/ internet had to be temporarily shit off so that we could have the money for the wedding. We are having a penis cake and a strict dress casualness wedding attire. and a pot luck BBQ and beer reception!!
I am sure there will be many stories to tell!!

1007 miles 2 and a half days pride the sky way

Well we went to 2 of the ten planned prides it rained both saturday at boston and sunday at washington dc pride. many of the pics are on my face book page!!

Martz, Me, Tip Top Mistake

Well first lets start by saying a month in to martz I am still not sure it is going to work out. They are just something like a burn and churn operation!!!!

Secondly I just am still in morning over the end of Art and I's relationship I realized that it had become toxic. Him always telling me what I should do and to go with direction in stead of just supporting my direction.

And I really have been in a funk today cuz yesterday I worked 15 and a 1/2 Hours for tip top. Not on the agreed apon 9 hours!! Then when it became clear I can not work 2, 15 hour days and told them i would not be able to do it today. They had the nerve to say if you do not work today we will not pay you for yesterday. Now all day i am going through a haze still tired from yesterday and Damn glad I did not Attended the event today.  (Would like to have seen Alex again though)

I really miss Jason today It has been 5 months scents his sudden passing. But the pain still lingers. The questions still remain, And the person I feel is ultimately responsible for his death mother coldness is still alive. And free. But In a bit of irony she has not seen here "supposed" grandkids sends the time of his passing. Well i wish nothing but eternal damn nation on that evil woman. 

People that I would have never suspected having difficulty with his passing have. Shawn and Gary both still beside them selves. These are tuff kids with really rough backgrounds. That have seen people around them die. He touched them in such a way that he stands out.

Another thing I have been focusing my time is the up coming wedding (s). we are having a ceremony here and going in front justice of the peace in Washington DC. 

Brian makes me literally pinch my self at least once a day. he takes the time to know all (I MEAN ALL) of my likes and dislikes. he never offends and never wounds, Never says spitfull words.  He also very much of a mind reader. he knows what will make me happy, sad, mad, smile, dream, love, touch, (even sneeze)

HE KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME SMILE, LAUGH AND HAVE FUN ON EVEN MY WORST DAY. He seems as if he has nothing to prove nothing, He takes on the world and me makes it his own, With his love I finally feel it back. It is as if everything i have every put out in to the universe I have gotten back every day for 7 months.

The money issue (the 800 lbs gorilla in any relationship) Is not a problem at all he gives equally and that is such a change from the past were I have either been the bread winner or the feeling like a leach.

I am ready to go when it is my time but I do not want it to be for 90 years so i can soak up every minute. welcome to sky part 3

love always,

sky tripp-shaefer

"Don't follow"

"Don't follow"

Hey, I ain't never coming
Home
Hey, I'll just wander my
Own road
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow
Say goodbye don't follow
Misery so hollow

Hey you, you're livin'
Life full throttle
Hey you, pass me down that
Bottle, yeah
Hey you, you can't shake
Me round now
I get so lost and don't
Know how
And it hurts to care, so I won't now

Forgot my woman, lost my
Friends
Things I'd done and where
I've been
Sleep in sweat the mirrors
Cold
See my face it's growin'
Old
Scared to death no reason
Why
Do whatever to get me by
Think about the things I
Said
Read the page it's cold
And dead

Take me home
Yeah, take me home
Take me home
Take me home, yeah
Take me home

Say goodbye, don't follow

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/alice_in_chains/#share

This is the song i plan to play at My wedding For thoughts that could not be there that have died by the needles or the bottles

the end of an era and the start of something new

I have a confession to make I do not like kids, which is very odd because for the last 12 months I have been a bus driver and before that 3 months for bus monitor. I did this to push my limits, I did this to figure out why I do not like kids and i realized it 3 weeks ago. I do not like the maturity level. You can not have a regular conversation with a 5 year old.

The reason I waited for 18 months to find other job (see below), Is because I did not want to what happened in 08 again. I do not want to be unemployed and making ends meet by doing crappy work!!

well I found a new job Martz/Grey lines in dc I start training Monday at 8am. It is a union job, it is full time, It is not driving kids and watching kids, And it has awesome benefits. It is a little further from the house but it is one shift a day. 8 or 10 hours then go home and not 3 hours go home for 4 hours then go back for another 3 hours.

So wish me luck.........

tuesday april, 13, 2010

Finally msnbc has come to Sirius/xm radio channel 90 thank goodness. and my unemployment benefits have been reassed and now i get 271 a week awesome (way better then 75 dollars a week). It is a good week all around!!