Uh oh!

I heard those chilling words, "Come in. Shut the door. I need to have a talk with you" and I knew it was over.

I have a part-time job with an excavation company. I don't really have anything to do there, I just answer the phone. It's really boring and I've been looking for another part-time job. I haven't been able to find one, but I'm still looking. The thing is - it was on my terms. I was willing to stay with this company until I found another job. Well, what you want and what you get are two different things. (I say that to the grandkids and they hate it! Now I know why!)

I enjoy having my own spending money. If I want to buy something on the spur of the moment, I buy it. I have money for birthday presents, gifts for my two granddaughters, souvenirs if I travel. I don't have to explain where the money went. I only have to answer to myself. I signed a contract with the health club and the money is taken from my account automatically, every month. I have 12 months left on my contract. Hmmm. I foresee a problem here.

My boss explained that with the office manager out on extended sick leave, he's had to ask the accounts payable person to come in on her days off. I am not an accountant, never wanted to be one, no one in his right mind would ever consider asking me to be one. So, that leaves him in a quandary. He's paying her and me at the same time. She's doing valuable work, I'm answering the phone. She can answer the phone and do the extra work. I can answer the phone. Again, hmmmm. Who should stay and who should leave? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

He has offered to let me come in one afternoon a week. I guess I'll take him up on it. A little spending money (and it is just that - a little) is better than none. I'll try to talk him in to letting me come in from 9 - 5, instead of 12 - 5. That would give me a little more money. Ahh, who am I kidding? If I hate being there from 12 - 5, why would I think I'd enjoy being there from 9 - 5?

Last week I bought some paint for the living room. It's been over 17 years since it was painted. I was wondering when I could carve out the time to paint that room.

I think I just found the time.