FA+
Shop
Busy couple of months!
6 years ago
At the start of July - two months ago, now - my employer realized that the other people at my site neglected to renew their licenses. It's arguable whether it's their fault or my company's, but either way it makes it literally illegal for them to do the job they're hired to do. Suddenly I was the only regular at my site.
Obviously, this doesn't work very well. Even if I worked every day, I can't work 24 hours for several days in a row. Still, they had me fill in as much as possible. For 5 weeks I worked at least 5 days a week, which doesn't sound bad until you realize these are 12-hour shifts and my commute is 30-60 minutes. The last couple of weeks I worked all 7 days.
It was, to say the least, exhausting. Yeah, my job isn't difficult, but it very, very tedious. Add in that there's really no time on work days to do anything but sleep, commute, and work, and you'll start to understand.
Still, it came to an end. Several weeks back, in fact. Problem is, my coworked got their new licenses in just in time for me to attend DragonFlight, a small board game convention held nearby. While certainly better than work, I would be hard pressed to call a convention relaxing.
The week after the con, I got sick. I think it was the flu. It was a terrible weekend, but it cleared up just in time for me to go back to work on Tuesday with no days missed. Yay.
Last week, a coworker - one of the ones who'd just gotten their license back - got sick. I had to fill in for them on Sunday. And Monday was a holiday, so I had to fill in then, too.
This weekend was a relief of sorts. No extra work! But, again, not exactly obligation-free. Had people over on Saturday for gaming, and as it was the first Game Night of September it was also a potluck. Feeling uninspired, I just made a cold-cut tray, but I made it, not bought it. Friday I bought all the stuff that went on there. Sunday I woke up early to watch the local football team play their season opener (we won) and then went to a friend's birthday party, and Monday I'm meeting another friend who just moved to the area. Except for Game Night, none of these took much time, but they were all outside the norm, and the time they required had to be accounted for.
Next weekend, God willing, will be the first weekend that truly, actually FREE since July. I'm really looking forward to it.
On the good side, all that overtime really helped pad out my bank balance. Those 5 weeks, I giot roughly 12 weeks worth of pay. Tack on another extra paycheck for the holiday weekend, and things are looking nice there, enough that I'm requesting time off so I can go on vacation in Hawaii.
But man, I'm looking forward to next weekend.
Obviously, this doesn't work very well. Even if I worked every day, I can't work 24 hours for several days in a row. Still, they had me fill in as much as possible. For 5 weeks I worked at least 5 days a week, which doesn't sound bad until you realize these are 12-hour shifts and my commute is 30-60 minutes. The last couple of weeks I worked all 7 days.
It was, to say the least, exhausting. Yeah, my job isn't difficult, but it very, very tedious. Add in that there's really no time on work days to do anything but sleep, commute, and work, and you'll start to understand.
Still, it came to an end. Several weeks back, in fact. Problem is, my coworked got their new licenses in just in time for me to attend DragonFlight, a small board game convention held nearby. While certainly better than work, I would be hard pressed to call a convention relaxing.
The week after the con, I got sick. I think it was the flu. It was a terrible weekend, but it cleared up just in time for me to go back to work on Tuesday with no days missed. Yay.
Last week, a coworker - one of the ones who'd just gotten their license back - got sick. I had to fill in for them on Sunday. And Monday was a holiday, so I had to fill in then, too.
This weekend was a relief of sorts. No extra work! But, again, not exactly obligation-free. Had people over on Saturday for gaming, and as it was the first Game Night of September it was also a potluck. Feeling uninspired, I just made a cold-cut tray, but I made it, not bought it. Friday I bought all the stuff that went on there. Sunday I woke up early to watch the local football team play their season opener (we won) and then went to a friend's birthday party, and Monday I'm meeting another friend who just moved to the area. Except for Game Night, none of these took much time, but they were all outside the norm, and the time they required had to be accounted for.
Next weekend, God willing, will be the first weekend that truly, actually FREE since July. I'm really looking forward to it.
On the good side, all that overtime really helped pad out my bank balance. Those 5 weeks, I giot roughly 12 weeks worth of pay. Tack on another extra paycheck for the holiday weekend, and things are looking nice there, enough that I'm requesting time off so I can go on vacation in Hawaii.
But man, I'm looking forward to next weekend.
Dominus tecum