August 21 - I woke up extra early today so I could go arrange something with the cooks. Nobody ever has any fun round here, so I thought we could do something a little different for Larry’s birthday. By the time breakfast started, most people were already in the cafeteria, Larry was given an extra biscuit with a single, reused candle. Larry was pretty embarrassed. We were all laughing when some of the older men tried to sing Happy Birthday, but forgot half the lyrics. After breakfast we hit the fields. With everyone in a cheery mood, we finished our workload a lot sooner. The boss came out and worked with us! Of course all the guys had fun teasing him and occasionally making fun of him for not being as fast as the rest of us. Also, his nephews were a lot nicer since he was right there with us which was good. I think he realized just how tough of a job we have. I also think we can look forward to more days like these later on.
August 22, 1932 - I woke up this morning in quite a frenzy. “Why am I still sleeping?” I thought, “Is there something wrong with me?” I looked at my pocket watch and it was half past eight. Everyone was still in their bunks. I quickly ran to …show more content…
Due to the large storm the blew through all day long. Most of the guys stayed hunkered in the bunks so they didn’t get sucked into the storm itself. The boss was pretty upset considering the fact that the entire week we’ve barely gotten anything done. Said he’s gonna have to figure out a way to cut back costs so we can get by till the end of the season. Hopefully it is not the food. That’s already bad enough. And if its the equipment than we’re gonna be working a lot harder. He also mentioned firing some guys but that wouldn’t do any good because then we would have no one left to work. My idea was to get rid of the nephews. Of course I didn’t say this out loud in front of the boss, but the guys thought it was pretty funny when I told them
August 22, 1932 - I woke up this morning in quite a frenzy. “Why am I still sleeping?” I thought, “Is there something wrong with me?” I looked at my pocket watch and it was half past eight. Everyone was still in their bunks. I quickly ran to …show more content…
Due to the large storm the blew through all day long. Most of the guys stayed hunkered in the bunks so they didn’t get sucked into the storm itself. The boss was pretty upset considering the fact that the entire week we’ve barely gotten anything done. Said he’s gonna have to figure out a way to cut back costs so we can get by till the end of the season. Hopefully it is not the food. That’s already bad enough. And if its the equipment than we’re gonna be working a lot harder. He also mentioned firing some guys but that wouldn’t do any good because then we would have no one left to work. My idea was to get rid of the nephews. Of course I didn’t say this out loud in front of the boss, but the guys thought it was pretty funny when I told them