You're doing it wrong.
QOTD: "Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen."
There was an unplanned death that required photos today. So many photos. I have blisters. Took all day. Autopsy tomorrow. Honestly, I have other things I need to do. Would you believe that I really was actually kind of excited about editing 140+ graduation photos. It's true. But no. Instead I have two full goddamned days blasted away. I also was sunburned. It's made me tired and cranky. Tried to cheer myself up with some STO, but getting my ass eaten up by Klingon disruptor cannons didn't help at all. I should exercise, but I'm tired and cranky.
Coming off a 4-day weekend highlighted how much I require time off to function well. I have a week of vacation time that I could take, but with the impending doom of job threat and the very real possibility that there could be a lapse in service due to governmental foot-dragging, I can't say I can rationalize taking that time right now. I really hate all this mess is going down three months before my five-year anniversary date. That would've given me an added week of vacation time to what I've been getting. It's damn near the only kind of reward they offer employees. I was looking forward to that, too. Planning some travel. This is what I get for looking forward to things. And people give me flak for being negative. Sorry, force of habit. The fates, it seems, have a Pavlovian sense of humor.
Going to work makes me want to stay at home.
There was an unplanned death that required photos today. So many photos. I have blisters. Took all day. Autopsy tomorrow. Honestly, I have other things I need to do. Would you believe that I really was actually kind of excited about editing 140+ graduation photos. It's true. But no. Instead I have two full goddamned days blasted away. I also was sunburned. It's made me tired and cranky. Tried to cheer myself up with some STO, but getting my ass eaten up by Klingon disruptor cannons didn't help at all. I should exercise, but I'm tired and cranky.
Coming off a 4-day weekend highlighted how much I require time off to function well. I have a week of vacation time that I could take, but with the impending doom of job threat and the very real possibility that there could be a lapse in service due to governmental foot-dragging, I can't say I can rationalize taking that time right now. I really hate all this mess is going down three months before my five-year anniversary date. That would've given me an added week of vacation time to what I've been getting. It's damn near the only kind of reward they offer employees. I was looking forward to that, too. Planning some travel. This is what I get for looking forward to things. And people give me flak for being negative. Sorry, force of habit. The fates, it seems, have a Pavlovian sense of humor.
Going to work makes me want to stay at home.