Every night this week I've brought home straw from Mom and Dad's--and of course, this evening I hurt my thumb again. :( It was beginning to feel a lot better, too. Argh.
Since the lovely State of Ohio has eliminated our flex time (no more Mondays off as of June 2nd (so far, at least), darn it all) I am toying with the idea of just getting up at my 'normal' time--or sleeping in a little bit--and actually *cough* writing before work. And maybe, just maybe, doing a bit of exercise, too.
(They actually had a bit about it on my NPR station this afternoon.)
I am not really mad about this change. I liked having the day off, but I hated the 10 hour days. Since I refuse to work after 5pm, that meant I worked 6:30-5, which meant I had to get up by 4:30am to leave at 5:45am to get to work at 6:30am. I am not a morning person, either.
So... if I go to work at 7:30, that means I have to leave the house at 6:45, not 5:45. If I still get up by, say, 4:45, then I'd have a whole hour to write or do something else (exercise, ha!) before I have to get ready to leave. This would be extra nice during the summer when it will be cooler earlier in the morning.
If I go to work at 8am, then I'll have to leave the house at 7:15am, which means I could get up at 5:15 and still have an hour to write or whatever before work.
I like this idea a lot. And I'm not sure I want to give up the getting up early; I have grown rather fond of it, and I like the early mornings that I have. They would be even better if I don't have to rush and actually have enough time in the morning to *gasp* write. Or ride my exercise bike. Or, in the summertime, if it's warm enough and light enough, take a walk around the block.
I can make this work to my advantage.
The only bad part is that my baking/cooking day will have to change; I usually make my soup-of-the-week and bread-of-the-week on Mondays, and that will be a bit difficult to do if I'm at work. But I should be able to bake and cook on Saturdays or Sundays; I'll just have to plan my time off better. And Monday holidays will feel like holidays again instead of just days off.
And I won't have any problems at all getting to the post office for ebay stuff, either. I think, in truth, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Since the lovely State of Ohio has eliminated our flex time (no more Mondays off as of June 2nd (so far, at least), darn it all) I am toying with the idea of just getting up at my 'normal' time--or sleeping in a little bit--and actually *cough* writing before work. And maybe, just maybe, doing a bit of exercise, too.
(They actually had a bit about it on my NPR station this afternoon.)
I am not really mad about this change. I liked having the day off, but I hated the 10 hour days. Since I refuse to work after 5pm, that meant I worked 6:30-5, which meant I had to get up by 4:30am to leave at 5:45am to get to work at 6:30am. I am not a morning person, either.
So... if I go to work at 7:30, that means I have to leave the house at 6:45, not 5:45. If I still get up by, say, 4:45, then I'd have a whole hour to write or do something else (exercise, ha!) before I have to get ready to leave. This would be extra nice during the summer when it will be cooler earlier in the morning.
If I go to work at 8am, then I'll have to leave the house at 7:15am, which means I could get up at 5:15 and still have an hour to write or whatever before work.
I like this idea a lot. And I'm not sure I want to give up the getting up early; I have grown rather fond of it, and I like the early mornings that I have. They would be even better if I don't have to rush and actually have enough time in the morning to *gasp* write. Or ride my exercise bike. Or, in the summertime, if it's warm enough and light enough, take a walk around the block.
I can make this work to my advantage.
The only bad part is that my baking/cooking day will have to change; I usually make my soup-of-the-week and bread-of-the-week on Mondays, and that will be a bit difficult to do if I'm at work. But I should be able to bake and cook on Saturdays or Sundays; I'll just have to plan my time off better. And Monday holidays will feel like holidays again instead of just days off.
And I won't have any problems at all getting to the post office for ebay stuff, either. I think, in truth, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
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