Author: J.A. Summa

Perspective is a wonderful thing. Life, is okay. I’ve got a job that – while it doesn’t pay ALL the bills it provides enough for the family with the husband’s badge/paycheck. Artistically we get enough stuff to do to be fulfilledish….Could things be better, sure. Could they be worse – yup. When your perspective adjusts […]

However I might be dangerous with a cell phone and a gigapixel program…this lady was such a powerful voice she didn’t need a mic. #pmjtour

It’s my husbands 50th birthday. It’s my second month out of the factory and back to working for BCD Travel. The biggest difference is that I used to work for an account where I dealt with people from all over the company — all four hundred accounts used our services. Now it’s just a single […]

Tomorrow, we begin the new shift at the factory. Instead of sleeping in and working 2p-10p or 10a-10p if OT was required, I’ll be working 515a to 115p if it’s not an overtime day or 515a to 515p if it is. The biggest difference is I’ll get to see my family when they’re awake….and be […]

It’s Tuesday in the shutdown week. I leave for dad’s on Thursday. So between now and then I want to…… To Do: finish cleaning my office, rearrange the bathroom, rearrange the deck stuff and relight the solar chandeliers, restart my checkbook, get the closet organized. Try to get my body clock in some sort of […]

We have an unanticipated week off from the factory….Ford decided to shut down due to some reason or another. When they shut down, so do we. When I go back I’ll move to the General Motors side of the plant. Our planned summer shutdown is the week of July 4. We begin a new shift […]

I don’t feel 51. Ok TODAY I don’t feel 51 but I’ve had a week of relaxing/getting stuff done while off from the LMV factory. I’m sure once I get back into the swing of the overtime etc I’ll likely feel every day of 51. There are good and bad qualities to factory life…I’m unsure […]

The sky tonight, driving home, was so beautiful it was almost distracting. A full moon behind enough clouds that it looked like I imagine black marble, shot through with silver from the backlighting, might be. It’s a relief today, with the addition of Kratom, to come home and to NOT be in pain. I’m aware […]

It’s been two weeks. On my feet for 8 hours a day when I’m used to an office job. Talk about a mindfuck…it’s enough that I’ve put a request into the doc to up my antidepressant meds if possible and eyed some OTC stuff that might help. The Bariatric procedure I had years ago limits […]

Normally if you see me typing such a title you’d expect something on Andy Warhol. His Factory years are a fascination of mine. No, this time the Factory Girl is me…and instead of the Chelsea Hotel I’m haunting the factory floor of an automotive parts company. This past week I had two days of classroom […]