All Work and No Play Makes Russ a Dull Boy
Posted By Russ Emerson on June 10, 2006 at 5:42 pm
I showed up for the first day of my work week as usual last week on Wednesday* (that would be May 31st) to discover that I had been selected to attend a technical training course that began on Monday the 5th, and which runs Mon-Fri for two weeks. We’re halfway done with the training.
But someone still has to keep the network running on the weekends. The hamsters running in their little wheels won’t flog themselves, you know.
So here I sit on Saturday afternoon, my 11th consecutive workday. I won’t have a day off until the 19th which, coincidentally, is the day my brother arrives with his family for a visit.
It’s not really a huge deal, not having a day off. What kills me is working the weekends until midnight or later, then having to be in the office at 8am Monday. I don’t ordinarily even think about going to bed until 4am or later.
Someone’s going to owe me, big time.
* bearing in mind that I work Wed-Sun rather than Mon-Fri.
