Friday At Last

Friday has finally arrived. I am more than ready to head to the beach for a week. It's been a long time coming. It takes about seven hours or so to drive from my place to Jacksonville Beach. The next closest beach would be Myrtle Beach, SC. It's a nice enough beach and I enjoy going there, but this time we decided to go a different route.

My Job

It is strange to me that the most difficult part of my job is not the job itself, but dealing with the employees who I supervise. They are all in their 30's with the exception of one who is 57. They are honestly the most immature, negative group of people I have ever had to deal with. They are never happy, spend the majority of their time complaining about something, and can't see the good in anything. I takes a great deal of my energy every day just listening to and having to deal with them. Unfortunately, I am pretty much stuck with it as there is not a rule against being negative, immature, or selfish. Too bad.

Cable TV Ire

My cable TV went out last night and as of this morning was still out. This would not be a major source of concern if not for the fact it happens rather frequently. When it does bite the dust, they don't exactly burn up the roads to get someone out to repair it. On the other hand, when it comes time to pay the bill there are reminders all over it saying it is "due upon receipt". That satellite dish is having more and more appeal all the time.

Tuesday AM

The week is dragging already. I am looking too forward to next week and the beach. I am stressed to the max and need some rest and peace and quiet. At one time I did photography as a hobby but found that it became more and more expensive as well as finding I didn't have the time to devote to it. I found that I would go to photograph something and overlook something or forget to do something so that when I had the film developed and saw the photo, it was a disappointment. Digital photography might help with some of this but again the initial investment to get a really good camera is more than I care to invest.

Monday Morning Work Day Blues

After a pretty nice weekend I am back at work. It's difficult to make the transition from having a, for the most part, peaceful weekend, only to come back to work and everything's hectic and tense. I am looking forward, with a great deal of impatience, to retirement. Unfortunately, I have quite a while before that becomes reality. Even though it's wishing my life away, I am ready to let my mind and body relax.

Rainy Sunday Morning

Went out with the wife's family last night for an early Father's Day dinner. It was a typical dinner with general chit chat. We went back to my sister-in-law's house and watched a movie, then home to bed. Tried to sleep in this morning but awoke with a headache. Had planned on getting some sun this afternoon but it's cloudy and raining.

Saturday Morning

Saturday morning. I am sitting here waiting for my neighbor to finish mowing his lawn so I can go out and lay in the sun. I want to get some sun as I'm headed for Jacksonville Beach next Saturday and I'd really like to go with some tan rather than looking like a ghost. I have on my little bikini bathing suit and I'd really rather the neighbor not be party to it.

Friday Morning

I am anticipating a very eventful weekend. What with changing the oil in my Nissan pickup and the Father's Day gala with all my wife's relatives descending upon my humble abode on Sunday night, how could I not be excited. The inlaws are nothing if not fun and entertaining. And if you believe that...

Thursday - The Day After

It's the day after because I sat at my computer at home last night and consumed an entire bottle of wine. Not that I really meant to, it just happened. This morning I am hungry and suffering from a slight hangover. Nobody's fault but mine.

Wednesday Muse

These are strange times in that the President and his staff can lie in order to take the country into a senseless war, a pop star can sleep with minors and nothing happen to him, people can go on radio or TV, say whatever they so desire without any proof to back up anything they say and yet the media and the people themselves show no outrage whatsoever. What has happened? Have we become so uncaring and so unfeeling that no matter what comes or goes, it's accepted without question? Seems so and this is a scary feeling.

Home At Last

The work day is over at last. Home to a nice drink and some relaxation. It is incredible to me that all life seems to be is a series of "duties" you must perform in order to get money to live on. As I once heard in a Kinks song "all life we work and work is a bore, if life's for living what's living for?". This has always stuck in my mind and I wonder the same thing. Why are we here? If all we do is work and, for the most part, do things we don't enjoy doing, why are we here to begin with?

Bad News

Received a call last night from my nephew's wife. He has been suffering from throat cancer for several months. They knew he wouldn't live very much longer but now his condition is deteriorating rapidly. Will probably only live a week or so longer. He is on morphine and his organs are not functioning properly. We grew up together but grew apart after I served in the Army. When I returned from Vietnam it was very apparent we no longer had much in common. Over the years we only saw each other at special family functions. Still, even though we didn't remain close, it's a shock. He's only 53 years old.

Beginning

I am at work now wishing I were anywhere but at work. I have worked here far too long and need to find other means of employment but with current committments this is just simply not a possiblity. In two weeks me and the wife are off to Jacksonville Beach, FL for a well deserved week of rest and recuperation. I can hardly wait. But, for the moment it's here I am and here I'll be. At least until 4:00pm.