Ah yes....

The reward for hard work--is more work.

I forgot.

I think there's a part of me that resents that at this moment.
But that's okay. I'm quick to get off the dime and out of the desert. I'm gonna hope that's true today. I cannot afford to be piffy around other people at this moment in time.

Needless to say.

I'll be going in to work today.

The holiday makes sick people--did ya know that?

I knew that. Historically, I really did know that. Seems to be something that happens with each holiday. It's probably all that exposure to other family members who're potential sickies. *nodding* I'm sure that's it.

And why is it I say 'yes'?

Cuz I'm the boss?

Granted, it'd be a cold day in hell before I ever rang my boss and asked him to show up on the worksite because someone was sick.

But I think that's the era I grew up in.

I need to remember that it's a changed world.
I'd be wiser for remembering that.

I'd also be wiser for setting up a few other things....which I'll attend to come Monday--when I'm working again cuz that's when I'm suppose to work.

HA.

Oh boy do I NEED to do something with this irritation that's rearing its ugly head.

I'd try to convince myself that I can get work done, but the truth is--that won't happen. My work isn't doable from where I'm going to BE this evening.

And yep--what started out as 5 hours 'possibly, if we need you' has turned into 9 hours cuz I've now been seen as a viable solution.

Hold on--I'm the boss.

Right?

I think that's the part that's irritating me.

But I've set them up to have me as a piece of the solution, so really--troubles of my own making.

*sigh*

I'll fix it. Not today of course, but I'll fix it.

Oy brother.

First things first. ME and my attitude.

Yup.......ready, steady, GO.

~~~~~~~~~~~And then sometime later:

Very funny Big Guy.

No--seriously, I appreciate you making the Jeep break in a town 45 minutes from where I live, RIGHT as I was turning. I slipped right into that parking lot that was empty. That was handy. I even appreciate that I got the nudge to check the gauges and shut it off--before the smoke/steam came from under the hood. And I'm grateful for the dead cellphones.........both of 'em. They died after I called for help from he-who-rescues-damsels-in-broken-Jeeps. And they forced me to get myself in check to ask the nice folks at the service counter in Lowes to ring the police for me. The customer service folks were way nice.

And the police dispatcher--absolutely wonderful. She gave me the name of the towing folks the city uses and was so kindly on the phone.
Ohhhhhh......and the fella with the tow truck--equally nice, given I called him out on a Sunday afternoon during football season. LOL

He knew exactly where to take the Jeep and took awfully good care of us.

Really--had things not happened when they happened, as they happened....one of us woulda been out on the middle of some lonely highway with a breakdown and probably a ruined engine--cuz we can be dumb like that..

Gosh--it was even in tolerable weather. Nobody froze even if my toes did get a little chilly.

And surprise of surprises--nope, they didn't need me for work cuz someone actually returned a call back and was going in. Good thing--cuz I wasn't makin' it!

AND we found a flashlight on sale at Lowes--which was promptly bought by he-who-rescued-the-damsel-what-broke-the-Jeep.

Yup--all's well.

'Cept we have a broken Jeep.

I don't suppose it makes sense to be grateful for that bit...LOL.....but the rest--mightily so!