Random Thoughts 15: Crystal Clear 2021 Edition
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Still using just a space heater in the early morning...Darn, broke down and turned on the heat.
Folks, this is how you humble brag.
Your name isn't nearly as silly as those names. Give yourself an old school first name and you could have fit in pretty well there with the kids with the less silly names.
The normal end of year "I need to use vacation hours up". This will be the first year that we have to be at zero or lose them. It also helps that as a company we are shut down between Christmas and New Years so that is kind of a free week of vaca too, my last day to work in December will be the 17th.
It was 64 in the house when I posted that. The outside temp was 35 when I got up this morning so it was a good call. Would have probably been about 58 inside if I hadn't
I would be divorced if I let it get that cold in the house.
We just had a guy request 4 weeks straight. The only time I have taken more than a week in years was when I lost my parents
I considered it but didn't want to deal with paying myself alimony so I guess I'll just have to put up with myself for a bit longer.
Got a kid in concussion protocol this morning. Not how I expected to start my Friday
I have had some people go for 1.5-2 weeks. Longest I think was 4-5 weeks from a couple of Indians to go home for a month or so.
I did not, but someone else in the house did. Sigh.Darn, broke down and turned on the heat.
I took 2-3 week vacations several times over the last ten years of my career, primarily for 12-14 night cruises. When I retired, I had 400+ hours of vacation time banked (just shy of my max of 2 years accumulation). After 30+ years, I was getting 2.5 days a month, and my boss could never "be without me" for more than a few days. A couple of times she tried to refuse signing off, but when I explained to the department manager that my father's birthday was in March, and I WAS going to be there for his birthday, my boss had to back down.
I tried to use up the extra house by taking either Monday or Friday off for a while, but she insisted that if I was going to take one day off weekly, it had to be Wednesday. So I used the bare minimum to stay under the use it or lose it level, and made her pay out my vacation time when I left. I'm vindictive like that.
I tried to use up the extra house by taking either Monday or Friday off for a while, but she insisted that if I was going to take one day off weekly, it had to be Wednesday. So I used the bare minimum to stay under the use it or lose it level, and made her pay out my vacation time when I left. I'm vindictive like that.
My wife sets the thermostat at 63.
She hates paying heating bills.
Heat and a.c. is the one thing I pay for without even looking at the impact to my bills. I spend roughly half my time at home, I'm not going to be uncomfortable.
When I got home last night it was 63 in our house and I had the same thought of it being in the 50s in the morning so I broke down too. Our kids rooms are in the basement and it is 6-8 degrees cooler down there anyway.
I watched it this morning through the light clouds. For one brief moment it shone so brightly as it was at just the right angle to the sun
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