Consecutive days at my place of work, that is. Technically, I've had two days off in the past month, but both of them have been Sundays after working a Saturday night shift, so I was in the building for more than 7 hours on both of those 'non-working' days. I think my employer has had their pound of flesh from me for the time being, or will have by this time tomorrow, at least. One of the shift managers will have departed, having taken early retirement, by the time I get back from my two weeks off - I'm thoroughly jealous, I have to say, especially as he's only a couple of years older than me. I'd happily retire yesterday, if I could afford to.
Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B
I remember the days I'd work 29 days in a row, then revel in the paycheck at the end!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I'd retire in an instant if I could.
Peace <3
Jay
It's definitely nice to be retired. I didn't think I would ever make it but I finally did. But don't wish away your years, they go by fast enough as it is.
ReplyDeleteHello Jay & Brian
ReplyDeleteThe money I'll have earned is largely spoken for already, and my wish to take early retirement is so I can have some kind of a life which doesn't revolve around work while I'm not too old and worn out to enjoy it. What I want, and what I'm going to get, though, are two entirely different things.
Love & best wishes
Sammy B
Hello Sammy. I can understand wanting to spend less time at work, but right now I am having way to much fun at my job to quit doing it. Ron has talked moving to a less stress part of the field like a doctors office, but not me.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your job that you have to work so many days in a row? Hugs, Scottie
Hello Scottie
ReplyDeleteThe job itself, I guess, isn't the problem, it's the fact that it's 200-odd miles from home, and I have to spend so much time away. What I do, specifically, is something I've never advertised in the blog, because it would be, or rather would have been when I was working nearer to home, too much of a giveaway to my RL identity. The reason I've worked so many consecutive days prior to yesterday is something of a quirk of the roster, and one which, in 30 weeks time when this part of the roster next recurs for me, that I'll evade by taking some leave.
Love & best wishes
Sammy B
Sammy I gather from what you wrote that things are not the greatest between you a nd your wife. Maybe being 200 miles from home helps you not to argue or disagree with each other. Maybe you could look at where you stay at works as being a happy place for you? Just a thought. Hugs, Scottie
ReplyDeleteHello Scottie
ReplyDeleteIt's like the proverbial curate's egg, really - much of the time, our relationship is fine, but there are bad times, when the pressure that both of us are under asserts itself, and the cracks open a little. My 'home away from home' is just somewhere to sleep, and to store my things, just an artefact, really, not a place with any emotional resonance. Better than sleeping on a park bench, though.
Love & best wishes
Sammy B