Nov 15 2008
I fell asleep at the factory
I was called in to work again in the winery this week and the other night I fell asleep. 
I started work at 8 pm and I didn’t get to drink coffee before leaving the house.
Tuesday night we packed wines in 750 mL bottle. I saw a bottle on the table and it was much bigger–1.5 L. I said to myself that I was lucky I didn’t get to pack that one. But the other night I proved myself wrong as I saw the big bottles coming from the machine. I thought I was not going to make it through the night. The 750 mL was already a bit too much but because I am using the gym my muscles are conditioned to carry that weight. I got home with some muscle pain in my arms but it was okay because it’s just like working out. Anyway the second night was a disaster. I almost dropped some bottles because they are heavy and wet they easily slip out of my grip. Thankfully I didn’t drop any. I did this on Wednesday night and until now my arms still ache a little bit.
It was good the machines stopped from time to time giving me to rest a bit. When this happens we prepared the cartoon trays and it was very boring. At around 5 am the machine stopped and it got fixed 15 minutes before 6 AM. During this time we were just making trays and because I was less active I got sleepy. My eyelids were getting heavier and I just dozed off. A Polish girl who was a regular staff at the winery gently woke me up and said that I might get caught if someone comes in. Maybe I was reported because I didn’t get called in on the next evening. But it was such a relief. I had plenty of time to rest. But I sure will miss the money I should be making from the winery.
