Time or Money Never Both
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Topic: General Diatribes

Time Time Time, there's never enough time, I've been run ragged this week trying to get everything done, my lack of time (even with 2 sick days off last week- friday & sunday)has cost me at least 2 zuchinni plants & maybe a couple of summer squash- it took me so long to plant them that a bunch just wilted & died from having their roots cramped up in the starter boxes. I've got to put together a birthday party for 9 turning 10 tommorow & get she & her brother to their cousin's birthday party the next day somehow. I've had about 6 hours of sleep every night for 2 weeks (except for last night- got more last night & the silence was beautiful- only got up 2x because of my cough & inabillity to breathe because my lungs were full & I was wheezing) If it wasn't for Chrissie I would have grass 2 feet tall in my yard. I have baskets of laundry which need to be folded & more which still has not been put away (I have to stand over mr 6 to get him to put his away - not really a problem because his closet is also my closet so I put my laundry away at the same time & keep him focused (this is commonly known as nagging)
& yet here I sit, reading other peoples blogs, discusted that out of 55 emails I only was interested in reading 5 & just basically doing anything but writing here or getting off the computer & doing some of the other things which need to be done around here tonight. Now on the plus side, things are quiet around here, schools out, first full week off was this week & we're still adjusting, me to what it takes to feed 3 people just sitting around the house (well, 5 this week really) & the kids to not having to get up early or do any homework (like THAT takes adjustment) I enjoy being able to talk to them longer at night & see them on my days off more, I resent even more every minute over 40 hours that I'm forced to spend in my workplace. As I mentioned I missed 2 days, last Friday & last Sunday & on Monday my boss asked me what days I thought I'd be coming in to make up the time I missed plus the 4 hours of overtime I'm supposed to do. I laughed in his face. Then I pointed out that I had to drag myself in on Monday to work & that I still only had half a voice, 'if you think coming in here on Tuesday & Wednesday is going to improve my voice & not take me back out of work on Thursday or Friday then you've gone crazy & it's time for retirement' He laughed, my boss has a thick skin to say the least! & said he'd tell our manager that he was lucky I was there at all & doing any overtime would be too much right now. we went on to discuss how illness & absenteeisim always goes up when we're in mandatory overtime like this (I know I always get sick when I have to be there extra- even if I'm doing it because I need the money- it's just the extra stress & strain.)The whole computer mess is getting worse not better, today they told us to take the program down & put it back up, when we put it back up we couldn't authorize set top boxes any longer, just a LITTLE glitch in the system (we do that all day long in case you were wondering) But I paid my bills this week & even missing Friday didn't dent my paycheck too much (The memorial day holiday pay helped a lot- the 2nd paycheck in June won't be as pretty) so I don't feel like I should complain, they keep me well & I'm greatful in many ways (they can't teach their customers better manners, that's the world these days not my company & all I can really do is be as nice as possible when I have to deal with someone doing their job on the other end of the phone or across the counter from me. Unless they give me poor customer service- then watch out!)
I would love to be able to just do stuff like the kids & I did on Wednesday, hike around & look at pretty views, hanging out & enjoying nature. Of course, back when I was a stay at home mom & my ex worked I never even had the money for gas to go up on the parkway & hike or anything, its always time or money, never both.