branch mailbox full

 near the end of the workday i let a branch employee know that their slot, or slots, in the mailroom was full. i had been informed that the manager was absent due to her husband having covid, so it meant finding out who was in charge. i had left some boxes there and it hadn't been emptied for a week. as i was leaving i noticed there was more to pick up on the upper level delivery table. two envelope boxes for me and it looked like some business cards for the branch. so i got out a cart and when i came back to the check shop with the boxes on the cart i left it in the 'back room' of the shop and will take care of it in the morning. a technician arrived this morning to look at the envelope stuffer and was able to do a temporary fix to have it fold the checks and stuff envelopes but not seal them. then no colleague was needed to arrive and manually stuff envelopes, and i was able to get caught up. parts had to be ordered and they are being overnighted, so hopefully things will be up and running again soon. technician said the machine was obsolete but they also aren't cheap to replace. 

  in the evening i went on a walk and found 40 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when raj was too ashamed to admit he was dating the janitor. it was followed by the one where sheldon hunts down leonard when he is on a date with dr. stephanie. 'young sheldon' had its season premiere and i noticed they had a clip from a clint eastwood movie, one of the two where he stars with an orangutan. there was something on the news about haunted houses, specifically the one at valleyfair in shakopee. when they have charlie brown characters at that park i might have to go to it. i found an online article that listed 6 haunted houses, this was one of the six. but some were expensive, kind of far away, or both. it also listed those that are 'no longer with us'- and one of those i had been to many times before- fright farm in maplewood, in residence at the ramsey county fairgrounds. i also drank the can of corona with the evening meal so now there are 2 beers waiting. i will likely get another beer after work on friday. it appears that corona and modelo are both made by the same company.