Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Ten nights in a row and they wanted more
There are two reasons why I've not written anything here, or anywhere else, for more than a month.
First, the computer crashed and I lost everything. I mean four years of emails, a play I was writing, (never did that before) and tons of work on just about everything. I had to reinstall the entire system and it took a while to get over the fact that thousands of hours of work had gone up in one huge electric storm.
But the other reason has to do with work. Last night was the first night I've not worked in the last ten. That's ten days in a row. This is my part time job, remember.
We had a guy who was promoted to full time status and sent to our store in Cromwell. He was the "senior" part timer and he's not been replaced. Others have been on vacation so they've been adding more days and hours to my work week. That's good on payday but there is an obvious down side. Time.
Had the days been rainy then it would not have been too bad. It is ease to sleep on rotten days. Put the blanket over the window, set the clock and crash. But on nice days, and we've had a string of them, the backyard and the waterfront call. The days are getting shorter and we all know that winter's bleak, dark days are not far off. So I sit in the sun with a cold beer and a book and try to hang in until I just have to go upstairs and asleep. I get between five and six hours of sleep which is enough most of the time. But over ten days, that just isn't enough.
I was suppose to be off last night but they called to see if I wanted to go in. Foolishly I said yes but when Kathy got home and took a look at me we both agreed that it would be better to have a smaller check and a healthier Peter. I called them and said I would not be able to come in. I think I did about ten hours of sleep last night and I'm off again tonight. Too bad because today is suppose to be cloudy and rainy.
The talk over lunch for the last few weeks is about sex and Bush's guard duty. Everyone thinks he was a wimp then and hasn't changed much since he did his heroic service. It's easy to tell others to take the hill. Just has the Veep.
More on all this later. Now off for a run.
- posted by Peter Roberts @ 3:16 AM
