Sprinkler Blowouts For Friday, October 17, 2025

Yesterday was a decent day in Sprinkler Blowout Land. I interviewed a new guy who will shadow Joe today to brush up, especially on how we handle paperwork and billing. Hopefully, we’ll send him off on his own on Saturday. I had another interview set up for yesterday afternoon, and it was another no-show.

I picked up our new reel and hose yesterday afternoon. That put nearly a $1,000 dent in my bank account….. Hopefully, In the next few days or so, I can get Jesse over to our shop and cut off the welds of the old reel and bolt/weld the new reel in its place. It will be nice to have Orange Julius back on the road again. If only we had someone to run it. I am still plugging away, going through candidates from ZipRecruiter and Indeed. No matter how I set the parameters in both programs, I have to weed through a crapton of unqualified responses to get to the good ones.

Unfortunately, Ben won’t be working today. His wife came down with strep throat, and the kids are home from school, so Ben’s on dad duty wrangling the little ones — including a baby, if I remember right. My wife Sheila could catch strep from someone over the phone. Me, on the other hand, I think I’m immune. I’ve been around plenty of people with both strep and mono — including Sheila — and still haven’t caught a thing. Either I’ve got the immune system of a superhero, or the germs just take one look and decide to move on to easier prey. Personally, I think it’s all the onions, jalapeños, and Sriracha I eat. Maybe I should bottle whatever’s in my blood and sell it on Amazon — “Now available in Extra Spicy.” 🌶️

I apologize I haven’t gotten the calendar updated like I want. With all the upheaval of finding fresh blood to run our machines, I don’t dare plan more than a few days at a time. Just because your zip code isn’t showing at the moment doesn’t mean we aren’t going there.

Also, I need to point out that when we’re in a particular zip code for the day, we won’t get to everyone in that zip code—it’s physically impossible with our workload. What I can tell you is we will get to you. Some areas have 50–100 requests, and there just isn’t enough daylight (or caffeine) in a day to knock them all out at once.

Customers have asked why we don’t just stay in one zip code until the area is finished. The truth is, if we did that—especially in Meridian or the 83709—we’d still be there come Christmas. Maybe even next Christmas. We’d have to set up tents, start a food truck, and forward our mail there to keep up. 🎄 Presenting… The Blowout Burrito Bus! 🌮💨“We Blow Out Your Sprinklers, You Blow Out Your Britches.”

Here is the route for today:

Joe And Eddie With “Blowzilla” in Boise 83712 and a TINY bit of Eagle:

South Grandean Way
West Pacific Ridge Street
North Trail Creek Way
East Red Tail Court
N Echo Creek Pl
North Ashtree Way
San Felipe Way
East State Street
East Washington Street
East Jefferson Street
East Walling Court
S Boulder View Ln
South Travertine Way
South Toluka Way
South Ridge Point Place