Ahhh, and we’re back. I’ve been working odd shifts again and sleep is elusive. It’s normally during these little hell-weeks that I’m off-line and away from the keyboard. I enjoy these little respites from the internet. Especially during election season. Oh my are you people insane. Some of you attach all your hopes and dreams on one man and close your eyes. You’ll follow him into Hell if that’s where he leads you. No one is perfect, neither is the system.
There, that’s the extent of my political opinions I’m willing to express in public for now. If you’re wondering where all my opinions on the current or upcoming politicians are, they’re not here. Or on FaceBook, or anywhere you’ll read them. I’m not a political commentator. I don’t fall in line with either of the major parties. Little of column A, little of column B, mostly just my own thoughts. Many of which are not politically viable… How awesome would it be to run for President on a platform of, “You won’t re-elect me but I’ll do my best in the time I have”?
Maybe that’s just the sleep-dep talking. It’s a strange thing having worked half the week but coming in for the first “real time” on a Wednesday. Like the week has only begun but it’s a half week. Midnight shifts somehow don’t count.
Sometimes I wish for a job where I work in an office, M-F 9-5 and no call-outs. Weekends off the cell-phone leash, able to visit people/places without wondering if I’ll have to leave early. Able to make plans without the caveat of “If I don’t have to work”. This weekend I had rather special plans at 4pm. At 2pm I got called out… to Albany, GA four hours away! Luckily the problem resolved itself without a dispatch but this is the kind of constant stress I live in…
Baby steps man, it wasn’t long ago that you just wanted a job, ANY job, that got you off the road. Take it slow. It’s sad, office drones fantasize about being important, I fantasize about being an office drone.
Adventure, excitement, a fat-man craves not these things…
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