Back to work :(

[thyme4change]

Anyone else going to work today?

I took all of last week off.  I liked that.

[Deleted]

I am back after having been off since Wed. It was nice.

[wvugurl26]

I've been off since last Tuesday. This is my first day back.

I enjoyed being off but it was very busy. Back to the usual grind today complete with a physical therapy appointment tonight.

[taz157]

I have 2 days PTO that need to be used by Jan 15th, but we are also doing work to our house so I will be using it for that. Last week was a ghost town at work while I expect this week to be the same.

[Jake 48]

I've been off since the 22nd, back to work on the 3rd

[Deleted]

I was off all last week too and it went by way too fast!

[michelyn8]

I worked yesterday so I could be off on Thursday - nevermind they are on two different pay weeks.  We did the same thing the weekend before Christmas so I'm all out of whack as to what day of the week I'm on. I'm also not looking forward to what my next two checks are going to look like since I'm about 6 hours short on my normal 80 since I used up the last of my vacation/sick time in October. 

I will have to say I am looking forward to having 5 days off after tomorrow though.  The four days off last week were nice but 5 this week will be even better. And to make it even better, DD2 is off 3 days in a row and thinking of spending part of that time at her Dad's since he hasn't seen much of her or DGD since she started working last month.  

The house all to myself for a couple days and no where I have to be - great way to start off the New Year if you ask me. 

[Deleted]

I worked 3 days last week and have this week off

[swamp]

I'm here today.

We did office pedicure and lunch on the 23rd, half day on 24th, off on 25th and 26th, and worked on the 27th. It feels like I was off last week.

No appointments today, so I could either have a really productive day, or do nothing. I see nothing coming up.

[michelyn8]

Dec 30, 2013 9:05:09 GMT -5 swamp said:

I'm here today.

We did office pedicure and lunch on the 23rd, half day on 24th, off on 25th and 26th, and worked on the 27th. It feels like I was off last week.

No appointments today, so I could either have a really productive day, or do nothing. I see nothing coming up.

Swamp - are you sure you're in NY?  Your pre-Christmas "celebration" sounds a lot like what one my FB friends did with her staff  last week (immigration attorney). 

[swamp]

Dec 30, 2013 9:07:42 GMT -5 michelyn8 said:

Dec 30, 2013 9:05:09 GMT -5 swamp said:

I'm here today.

We did office pedicure and lunch on the 23rd, half day on 24th, off on 25th and 26th, and worked on the 27th. It feels like I was off last week.

No appointments today, so I could either have a really productive day, or do nothing. I see nothing coming up.

Swamp - are you sure you're in NY?  Your pre-Christmas "celebration" sounds a lot like what one my FB friends did with her staff  last week (immigration attorney). 

<<checks map>>

Yup, I'm in NY.

[sheilaincali]

last week I worked- Monday and Thursday. I was off Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Random but Thursday was so slow that I just told the Bossman "Unless you need me I'm staying home".  We were officially closed so it was just he and I doing some year end bookkeeping work anyway.

This week I'm here today, probably 1/2 of tomorrow, off Wednesday and will work Thursday and Friday. Blurgh

It's was -3 (ambient) when I drove into work today. I have to go outside to the lunchroom to download the hours from one freaking employee and I am trying to work up the nerve to brave the cold again.

I've been here 45 minutes and I don't feel guilty about screwing around on the interwebs because the other 4 people "working" today have been standing up by the dispatch desk shooting the shit since before I got here this morning.

[taz157]

Dec 30, 2013 9:05:09 GMT -5 swamp said:

I'm here today.

We did office pedicure and lunch on the 23rd, half day on 24th, off on 25th and 26th, and worked on the 27th. It feels like I was off last week.

No appointments today, so I could either have a really productive day, or do nothing. I see nothing coming up.

How are feeling after your accident?

[swamp]

Dec 30, 2013 9:29:17 GMT -5 taz157 said:

Dec 30, 2013 9:05:09 GMT -5 swamp said:

I'm here today.

We did office pedicure and lunch on the 23rd, half day on 24th, off on 25th and 26th, and worked on the 27th. It feels like I was off last week.

No appointments today, so I could either have a really productive day, or do nothing. I see nothing coming up.

How are feeling after your accident?

still sore. and have one hell of a bruise on my left hip. and a bruise on my right boob. and my back hurts.

but I'm alive. and driving my dad's truck.

[taz157]

Dec 30, 2013 9:32:51 GMT -5 swamp said:

Dec 30, 2013 9:29:17 GMT -5 taz157 said:

How are feeling after your accident?

still sore. and have one hell of a bruise on my left hip. and a bruise on my right boob. and my back hurts.

but I'm alive. and driving my dad's truck.

I'm sorry that you are still sore, but it's fantastic that you are alive to tell the tale. Even if you need to drive your dad's truck.

[Deleted]

[nogooddeed]

I'm back too.  Many are on vacation through the end of the year and it's eerily quiet.  I'm taking advantage of the down time to go through and straighten my office. 

Happy New Year!

[giramomma]

Swamp, also glad you are doing OK.

I've had a good bit of work to do, so I didn't take any time off. DH really can't take time off, either, since his pay pays for daycare and he doesn't get PTO or holiday pay. (If DH took time off and we didn't use our sitter for these two weeks we'd be out about $500. We'd prefer to spend that money other ways.)

For us its -5 out right now. I'll save up my PTO for when its nice over the summer and the kids and I can do something outside other than look like the Michelin Man.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I am back.  I had banked holiday I needed to burn so I used it.  It was nice to not feel so rushed and I got chores done I don't usually get to on weekends.

It's dead here, most people are still off.  I don't have a lot to do.  I would have taken this week off too but I'm hoarding vacation time right now for possible maternity leave this year.

[NancysSummerSip]

I'm working. Hoping we will not work tomorrow, but not counting on it. Definitely off Wednesday. Traffic was just nonexistent today. Seriously, you could have stood in the middle of the interstate, and been pretty safe for at least 20 seconds or so.

[Deleted]

I don't go back until the 6th....last day worked was the 20th (and I think I left at 1 that day).  I've been doing a little bit of work at home but not nearly as much as I should be so I can feel like I'm caught up when I get back.

[Miss Tequila]

I worked Monday last week and then took the rest of hte week off.  I am back in the office today and in year-end hell. 

[motherto2]

I worked last Monday and Tuesday, off the rest of the week. I originally was going to be in today, tomorrow and Thursday, but darn it all, I broke a big piece of tooth off late last night. I'll be at the dentist bright and early on Thursday morning

[chiver78]

Dec 30, 2013 8:50:11 GMT -5 Jake 48 said:

I've been off since the 22nd, back to work on the 3rd

been off since the 23rd, and other than getting called in for 5 hours Saturday to quick-fix something until we're all back from holiday shutdown, I don't go back until the 6th.

spent today at my 2nd mountain this week, I'll likely hit a 3rd on Friday

[msventoux]

I worked last week except for Christmas and will work this week except for New Years.  I don't have a whole lot to do and probably would have not gone in, but other people were "sick" and couldn't come in.  Fine by me to get paid to do nothing really...I let the owners know what was going on and they were fine with me getting caught up on reading and a bit of admin stuff that is the job of someone else and not doing much otherwise.

[thyme4change]

It wasn't as lonely at work as I thought it would be, but I will say that there was a whole section of my floor where nobody turned on the lights.  

[ZaireinHD]

working - yes!
but off on Thursday and Friday only because I have 5 days remaining and I had planned to take 3 vacation days
but then I also plan on being in the office on this Saturday to make up for being out on Thursday and Friday this week

[Deleted]

My colleagues have been off since Dec 4, they go back Jan 13. All of us have to mark finals during that time. I did it LITERALLY NON STOP and it took me 8 days. I had 120 finals to mark (the longer ones), two of my colleagues had 200 (the shorter ones). Their 200 took HALF the time my 120 did, lesson learned for next year. 

I also teach Personnel, two of the three other teachers don't. Two have more regular hours than me during the school year, and more time off. I have fewer hours every week but I work more weeks.

I ended up finishing my marking AND teaching on 20 Dec, and taking two full weeks off. I would have happily taken a week or 10 days off, and gone back tomorrow. But, surprise, my personnel students who were all up-to-date with their classes wanted class tomorrow, but the ones that have missed a bunch of classes weren't available this week. Since my personnel hours are limited, I'm going back to school Monday 6 Jan instead, so I unexpectedly ended up with two full weeks off. No regrets, I needed the break.

I'll work PT next week, then the "real" students come back the following week, on 13 Jan.

I love my job and I'm very happy there, but I'm not going to get rich there anytime soon. 

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[Malarky]

I've worked every day except Christmas Day and today. I'll finally get two days off in a row on Sunday and Monday.  I am freaking exhausted.

And tomorrow it will snow so it will be incredibly busy because of panic buying.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Except, I worked today.

And, well, people don't really buy mens clothes in anticipation of a pending snow storm so no panic buying.