I've been working quite a bit lately. Too much, perhaps, because the new building has fallen by the way-side. That tends to happen when you're left with an hour or so of daylight in the evening, and you discount rain and the other non-construction tasks to be done, but man does it weigh heavy on the soul.
The "full-time" work is not as bad as it was last year. Certainly not as monotonous at the moment, and even easier when you don't give a damn, but when the alarm goes off at 5AM, and meetings run 'til 6:30PM and later, well, something's gotta give. If I weren't in the midst of this construction I doubt I'd really complain that much.
But let's back up a bit.....
Two Saturday's ago- it was announced the day previous that we would NOT be working the weekend due to parts issues. So, I pulled the trigger on a deal I had been working out with a fellow up in MN the days prior. Hours later, management rescinds. Hourly workers can now 'volunteer' to come in Saturday. Salary, it's simply expected, will show up to support. I called BS and told my boss I made an agreement after the announcement and I was not about to discount my word on the pretense that the company I worked for did not stand behind theirs. I ended up working several hours that Saturday morning before setting out for a 6 hour trip north as a show of goodwill; also, my boss is an idiot.
Brought home a lovely '57 finned runabout and a carload of furniture that had been on our list for sometime. No, not the Macy's couch and chair that we had delivered (that's another story), but something like 12' of dressers and additional kitchen cabinets around the fridge. The front and side panels, now discontinued, require pick up in a week or two. More projects, but ultimately a reduction in clutter that's much needed. 5 hours of Ikea that Sunday and I was shot.
Since then, if I can even recall, it's been mowing, nightly furniture assembly, new headliner fabric on the wagon panels and even one installed this week, gathering scrap and dealing with the scrap-man, bought a boat cover, picked up and installed a water softener, calculated and ordered LVL's, arranged and picked up additional jalousies after work from the fellow I had bought from before, installed hurricane clips on the new building, cut studs for the west wall, and lord knows what else. Plus Damfest last Saturday after work and ultimately a Sunday off to catch up on labor around here. This is simply nuts. Now 12 hour days in my future and possibly a weekend in the factory. I think a night off (ok, a couple hours before hitting the pillow) is in the cards to blow off some steam.
More to come!
