Day 28 Post 14 - Hectic Week

 I am so glad it is Wednesday. I'm not trying to wish my life away, but I am looking forward to the weekend. I need some down time.  Last Friday was the start on a new pay week. I worked 10 hours that day. Monday, I took half a day a still worked 7.5 hours. Tuesday I worked 11.5 hours. And today I worked 9 hours. So in 4 days I worked 38 hours. Tomorrow will be at least 9 hours. That work life balance is wearing very thin.

Now there is a reason for such long days. Friday, I had a special project that had to be done that day. No if's and or buts about it. Then my relief called in, so I couldn't leave any of the work that I couldn't do while working on the project. So I stayed over.  This week my boss and the other supervisor are in Elgin getting training. so we are down 2 on the management team.

On a normal week being down two isn't so bad. I just do it.  This week, however, we have a new install being put in. And we have training. All of which is pulling me away from taking care of things.  I had to leave a lot of work for my supervisor the past two days. Today I was able to get everything done though. 

Tomorrow I have a lot to do. Fiscal year ends tomorrow. I have to put together all of the new spread sheets and I only really have a couple of day to do it.  I will start with the ones we use everyday. Then I will build out the rest. Fortunately a lot of it can be just cut and past from one year to the next.  But there are some changes that I need to make, so finding information is easier for my boss and me. 

The next two chapters in the book are about Patience. Chapter 13 is about being more patient. We need to remember that interruptions are usually not intentional. When people around us don't seem to respect boundary's or space it is easy to forget that they may not know or understand the issue.

In Chapter 14 he suggest that we start developing more patience. He suggest that we start with 5 minutes and determine to not let anything bother us for that 5 minutes. Then slowly add to that time. As with anything else practice can strengthen that ability. One thing I know for sure, if you pray for patience, you're going to get plenty of practice at being patient. Be careful of what you wish for.