I'm exhausted.  Not tired, not a little weak with fatigue, I am exhausted.

This was an 11 hour day and it got me pretty good.  

I went straight into the office, put my stuff down and waited there until people were "unbusy" with stuff.  Then we got into a discussion.

Not a heated discussion or contentious, but I wanted a game plan - well I called it an exit plan but whatever - and I wasn't going to be leaving until I got it all laid out in front of me.

Because it was a foregone conclusion in my mind that I was going to have to spend another weekend here if I'm going to follow through with this and finish it out.  I'm making money and right now?  I need a cash infusion. It's to the serious point because I'm not there to collect rents.  I have near 3 grand owed me in the next 3 days and I am asking James to please go over and collect, I can't go another week on the money I have in my checking accounts, payments will start to bounce. 

Anyway, the manager over the entire western region was still there, thankfully, he came up with a smile on his face and asked me how it's going?  I said great and went straight to the question: What is the exit plan for me?  He didn't understand so I clarified: for going home? 

Oh! Well, we are putting you with Ken on Monday and possibly Tuesday, when he thinks you are good to go he will sign off on you and you can leave no later than Wednesday.  

I can tell ya nothing is what I "really want to hear" right now beyond fly home and take some time to get my stuff in order.  But whatever, this is pretty much what I expected to hear, that the dude that decides whether I get to leave or not says I can leave - or not.  Well, I can tell ya, I will be going over in my mind all the steps it takes to get loaded from figuring out how much product to put in the tank to the loading process and then all the steps it takes to offload.  There is a particular product that they deliver a lot of which I am guessing will be what this guy will have me doing to sign off on me.

I'd really like to get it done Monday and be out of here on Tuesday.  I get that they want to be sure I know what I'm doing, hence the idea that I'm going to sit around and write down everything on paper out of memory and then just get it into my head.  Pressure offload:  Get out of truck. Chalk the tires. Get out small tarps and buckets. Put them under connection points - you don't want any product getting onto the ground.  Get the air hose and hook it up to the connection point on the trailer.  Get up to the top of the tank and open the small valve up there, that's where the pressurized air goes.  

Hook up the hose from the trailer to to the plant.  Double check everything.  Check that you are at the right tank, with the right product  and product name and number.  The numbers on the tank should correlate with the number on your paperwork.  You find out if there is enough room in the tank for what you have.  If there isn't, you can't deliver it, they don't like you having partial loads driving down the highway.  So you have to find out the capacity of the tank, take 10%  off, that's how much it can hold, they don't fill them more than 90%.  

Then you find out how much product is still in it, subtract the full amount from the amount in it and whatever that comes out to is how much product it can take.  You verify with the operator everything.  They have to sign a paper acknowledging receipt of product before you start delivery.  

When everything is good to go, you open the valve to let pressure start going into the tank.  You do not let it get up to 30 pounds of pressure. That can and will cause "tank failure".  Delivery pressure is 25 psi for most products.  Get it up to around 15 psi and then you can open the internal valve on the trailer first and then the hand valve. Make sure no leaks, go to the receiver's valve, open that up and product will start flowing into their tank.  

You just stand there and wait until it's empty.  You know it's empty when the line starts cavitating.  You get up on the top of the tanker and make a visual check that yes, indeed, it's empty.  Get down, close the internal and hand valve on the trailer and turn off the air pressure to the air line.  Take the air line and hook it to the bleed off valve at the hand operated valve.  Open the valve before connecting the line to ensure there is no product to come out.  Hook it up, turn on the pressure and the product is forced through the line and into the customer's tank.  They do that for maybe a couple minutes and then turn the valve off at  the customer's tank. Close the valve at the hand wheel for the air line and then go to turn off the pressure.  

Open that valve again and let off any pressure still in the line.  Pull the big line off, there shouldn't be anything more than a few drips coming out of it.  Put the camlock lid on it, seal it, go to the customer side, same thing.  Put everything away and, double check your valves are closed and you can leave.  

If it sounds complicated, it really isn't. It's just a lot of steps you have to remember.  I just wanted to write this down now before anything slips out of memory.  Writing it helps me.  The big thing about pressuring off is not to let the air pressure in the tank get up to or above 30 psi.  

Far different than cryo days where you build it up to around 85 psi to pump the cryo out of the trailer.  

Anyway, I have the fill and offload procedures memorized.  I stood up on the rack the other day and just went over the loading procedure from start to finish probably 20 times - 15 at least - while standing there waiting for it to fill up.  

Now then. What to do with an entire weekend?  I can tell ya right now, there is going to be at least one hotel night if not two.  Im seriously considering getting a room tonight. 

Yup, I'm going to Eugene tonight - I think, lol.  $20 for Uber shuttle.  Get there, get in the room, take my laptop and clothing with me and do laundry there if I want to or just wait until I come back sunday afternoon and do it then. I'd say for sure Sunday but I have no clean jeans now.  I'm not sleeping in this hell hole for the entire weekend.  No thank you and no thank you please.  It's going to cost a few bills, I'll put it on a credit card and pay that back when I get my first paycheck on the 7th.  

I've been sleeping like hell and I need a diversion from this ridiculous place.  I'm tired but not so tired I can't just up and leave here right  now and take off.  I've basically talked myself into it. There are numerous restaurants within walking distance and that's what I'm going to do.  My first paycheck will be over 2 grand, I'm not concerned about treating myself after 12 hellish days/nights of this nonsense. 

I'm getting off of here and will make an entry later when I'm all set up.