I work a compressed schedule, which means that I work longer hours most days so I can have every other Friday off. I enjoy it a lot, though it does mean getting to work at 7:30. My problem comes when I mark my calendar with which Fridays I have off. Because I invariably mark the wrong ones. I realized this morning that I had messed up yet again, when the morning DJs pointed out that September 9 is next Friday (which, okay, is scary enough--it's already September?). "Huh," I thought to myself. "That's the day after I have jury duty. And I had thought that the day after jury duty is a compressed day. But this Friday is my compressed day. I think, anyway. I was at work on Friday, right?" And so on. Then I realized if I had marked the calendar wrong for that, then I was probably wrong well into the future. And so it was. I thought I was working the full week when I go on the cruise; nope. Compressed week. I thought my compressed day fell on my birthday. Nope. I'm supposed to work that day. (I may switch that, though, so I can have my birthday off.)
Honestly, you'd think that marking off every other Friday was some sort of challenging task. Well, to me, I guess it is.
Posted by Barb at August 29, 2005 08:42 AM | TrackBack