It's the day EVERYONE loves!!!! It's the pinnacle of the week... the grandest day of them all... the one day when there is hardly a frown to be found and smiles abound! Yes... it's FRIDAY!!!! TGIF!!!! Do a little dance... make a little noise... Happy Friday everyone!!!! :)
Yes... even here Friday is Friday for this guy. That's how it is when Saturday is your day off. Now granted... I can remember lots of Fridays that would drag on and on... seeming like they would never end... but not here! No sirree Billyjoejimbob!!!! Fridays here are an absolute BLUR! In only 37 short minutes I will go out to the floor to sit my final 2 of my 6 hours for today. Then I will have a debrief then off to dinner... and by the time I roll back here there's only about 45 minutes left in the day (week... actually). So all of this is good stuff, right? Most would agree... it is! This is where I have to stop and think for a minute.
We spend so much time wishing our lives away don't we? Every week is a race to see how fast we can get it over with (unless it's a vacation week... and we all know how fast THOSE pass us by!). We are all trying to get to that next day off... that next weekend... or holiday... or whatever perceived "time of enjoyment" we're able to reach. I know I'm as guilty of it as anyone. The problem is... none of us are getting any younger. I know I'm sure not... I'm 38 now... and the more days I wish away the closer I get to 40! YIKES! Oh... I am still going to do it, too! It's just the nature of the working person to do so. I don't think I'd be wishing any days away if my living were made.... say... as a professional poker player. That's something I could do and enjoy 24/7 (at least until I was too tired to think and had to get my ass to bed!) :) I think a reasonably steady accounting job would fit the bill for me... and that's what I'm looking to do once I retire from the Air Force in 22 1/2 months. See... there's that wishing the time away again...
It's something to ponder, though, isn't it??? Now, don't get me wrong, Friday is still glorious! :) Days off are not only a good thing... they are very necessary! If you worked 7 days a week 365 days a year there wouldn't be much "life" to live now would there? It's a vicious cycle.... this living life to its fullest thing. So what is ideal? My wife works as a speech therapist in a local public school. Her job requires a lot of patience and understanding and at times I'm sure can be nearly impossible to handle. Her reward? She has the summers off. I'd say that's a pretty fair trade off, but that doesn't take away from the fact that during the time she's at work she is seriously AT WORK! Most days she doesn't even get the opportunity to enjoy a lunch break of more than 15 minutes. She also works with children whom the majority of are special needs kids. Yes, it's extremely rewarding yet extremely difficult. She does enjoy it, though. :)
So... as this 14th week in the Iraqi desert comes to a close... I have to wonder how much of it I've "wished" away. I know there have been times.... but honestly I feel like they're few here. The time goes by so fast, and you're so focused on the job at hand that you really don't have time to wish it away. For that I'm actually grateful. When I'm at work in Idaho, where my days are 4 hours shorter... and my weekends full weekends... I wish an enormous amount of my weeks away! Perhaps once I get back... I can do my best to start to change that thought process. Only time will tell... but I know that I'm the only one with the power to change it. Nobody else can do that for me!
I hope everyone has an AWESOME Friday... only 15 days till Santa comes. :)
Peace, Love, and Poker
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