Isn't it amazing how one day can make a difference??? Knowing that I only had 4 hours to work today... it was pretty easy to get out of bed even dog tired at 5:30 this morning. 11 couldn't come soon enough, though. It was definitely going to be a good afternoon. :) My roommate and I, ironically enough also James, left at the same time and got changed and started walking around the base in the late morning heat. It wasn't too terribly hot today, though. The sun and the breeze actually felt pretty good. We went to the Italian restaurant on base for lunch, and it was delicious!!! I am definitely getting back there soon! I haven't had food that good since I left the U.S.!!! Then we walked about and did a little shopping... well... I did the shopping I suppose. He didn't buy anything. LOL I picked up some shaving cream and a card... then we went to the Iraqi bazaar and I picked up a few DVDs... the quality remains to be seen... and this wifi extender antenna for my room, which is working GREAT!!!! I have 5 bars finally!!! :) It's a grand day!!!
I am getting some laundry done right now and just got a haircut, so it's been pretty productive overall. :) Speaking of laundry... I think I need to go check on it for a minute... Ok... took care of that. So I'm actually sitting in my room blogging for the first time. I'm happy about that. I usually have to head elsewhere to use the web only because my wifi signal is so terrible in the room.
So I got a little pissed off today... actually I was going to be pissed off about this no matter what because it's the dumbest most assinine thing I've ever heard of... and it's being done for a few very selfish individuals. It's not right, but there's no way to fix it. Each of us gets 2/3 of one day off per week... so all of us in leadership positions were asked to vote on one of 3 possible schedules for this day. We can either come in and work 1st shift and then leave for the day (like we had this week). We can work the 2nd shift... which means you sleep in... but you have to work from 11-3, so you miss the lunch meal. If you sleep in you will also certainly miss the breakfast meal. Then you leave after your shift at 3. The last option is to have the first 8 hours of the day off and then come in at 3 to work from 3-7. Out of all 3 of these... the middle one by far makes the least fucking sense... yet that's the dumbass one they picked for us. So why do you even bother having a majority vote if it doesn't matter anyway??? It's so dumb... you won't be able to do anything on that day meaningful because you only have 4 hours to yourself on either side of the fucking 4 hours you have to work. It's so ridiculous!
Anyway... enough of that... now my blood is boiling again. It's just the way my life has gone ever since I got into this job 3 years ago, and now it's happening here, too. For everything good that you might get... you can call it the dangling carrot... there is always some way this job manages to make it something shitty.
Peace, Love, and Poker
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