The "honeymoon" portion of my employment has officially ended, and just in time to get my benefits! I'm sick of ten-hour days, and I'm sick of working Sundays. And so far this month, I've only had one Saturday off. I haven't even gotten to go to a Midnight Movie at my favorite theater since November, specifically the day after my birthday. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I don't have much time on my regular work days to do anything but work and sleep. The only good thing about them is that I get three-day weekends. Having to work an extra day for overtime fucks up my entire week, and I have to cram three days worth of weekend into two days. While I guess that can still be considered rest from work, it can still be pretty stressful. I appreciate the job security, but a little more time for myself would be nice. Here's some good reading: Why we have to go back to a 40-hour work week to keep our sanity. Note that they mean 40 hours split into five 8-hour days, because working more than 8 hours in a day is counterproductive.
The only good things I can say about this week are that I got to see and meet Henry Rollins again, and I'm getting to go see Jane's Addiction for the first time tonight. In other concert news, I found out that The Psychedelic Furs will be playing in Louisville on April 4th, and the Danzig Legacy tour will play in Indianapolis on June 1st. My overtime day in June is Friday, so I'll have to remind myself to try to get a vacation day for May 30th so I can get out of working that day if OT is called, and to get a four-day weekend. I actually have a blog entry idea brewing in my head that involves both Jane's Addiction and The Psychedelic Furs, I hope I'll actually have the time sometime soon to actually write it.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Brief update, March 10, 2012
Having a regular income is nice, but I really miss having time to write my blog, or read blogs that I follow. Working ten hours a day kinda sucks. After work, I only have time to eat dinner and take a shower, then I might have an hour or so to fool around online or watch TV, then it's off to bed. I feel like I do have quite a bit that I want to say these days, but don't have the time to type it down. When I do get the rare chance to write in here, I usually find myself too exhausted mentally to write, so I just quit and go watch some stuff on the DVR instead.
In February 2011, I wrote What have I gotten myself into?, where I decided to buy a Lifetime Membership into Louisville Mojo. These days, that place is so dead that I would delete my profile if I didn't feel compelled to keep it due to my lifetime membership. Back in 2004, Mojo was so entertaining that it replaced TV as my choice of prime time entertainment. That's definitely not the case now.
I'm trying to make some lifestyle changes, and the first one has been to try to wean myself off of sodas, in this case I'm referring to both regular and diet sodas. I'm not necessarily eliminating them from my life altogether, just trying to get to where I don't drink them at home or work. I grew up drinking sodas like most people probably drink water, and it's been one of the hardest things I've ever tried to give up. Reducing my soda intake has been easier this time around, probably because I seem to be getting tired of them anyway. The time I find it hardest to not drink a soda is when I sit down to type up a blog entry, or do some other task online that's going to take up a lot of time, like doing taxes or filling out an application. I am happy to say that I have no drink beside me at the moment.
In February 2011, I wrote What have I gotten myself into?, where I decided to buy a Lifetime Membership into Louisville Mojo. These days, that place is so dead that I would delete my profile if I didn't feel compelled to keep it due to my lifetime membership. Back in 2004, Mojo was so entertaining that it replaced TV as my choice of prime time entertainment. That's definitely not the case now.
I'm trying to make some lifestyle changes, and the first one has been to try to wean myself off of sodas, in this case I'm referring to both regular and diet sodas. I'm not necessarily eliminating them from my life altogether, just trying to get to where I don't drink them at home or work. I grew up drinking sodas like most people probably drink water, and it's been one of the hardest things I've ever tried to give up. Reducing my soda intake has been easier this time around, probably because I seem to be getting tired of them anyway. The time I find it hardest to not drink a soda is when I sit down to type up a blog entry, or do some other task online that's going to take up a lot of time, like doing taxes or filling out an application. I am happy to say that I have no drink beside me at the moment.
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