As you've noticed, my posting rate has decreased quite a bit these days. I've been rather busy at work, or at least, I've been there more often, because I have been stuck on a late shift, which will happen every other month....
Of course, next year, I will likely be furloughed for two weeks without pay, as the congress is planning on cutting our budget dramatically next year (while asking us to carry the additional load of the new Medicare prescription drug plan AND only replacing 1 employee for every 8 retirees....). The solution proposed by the head of our Agency to this gap between our budget and the amount of work we can get done is to close our doors to the public once per pay period for 10 pay periods, thereby preventing us from filing for unemployment, while also docking our pay. The idea is that congress will "get the message" that the budget needed to be higher. . .and then next year they will up it in order to prevent that from happening again. Boy do I love being a pawn in that game.
I am looking forward to having Veteran's day off and the long weekend associated with that. Several people are coming up to spend the weekend (or part of it), and if you haven't been invited, feel free to stop by. The original invitees were invited when the idea came up at Bryan Bird's cabin, so those people got the reserved spaces. If you are reading this (and you actually know me), feel free to drop in that weekend if you happen to be in BG. Just e-mail me ahead of time so know if/when to expect you.
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