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Quarantine Life: Time Off
Jul. 29th, 2020 11:21 pmPreviously I posted about how I was working less this summer, participating in a work/pay reduction program. I signed up for three months, with the intention of either changing to the offered leave of absence program for 3 months in the fall or extending this one.
I decided that the best course of action was to extend, and last week I put in the request to do that only to be immediately rejected. They have figured out that the program they offered was too generous to save them money and they are not extending it. I was upset but it is what it is.
So I decided that I would take advantage of it while I can and take a break. Using 9 vacation days, I’ll have 3.5 weeks off. Then I’ll come back to one more 3 day work week before returning to being a full-time employee again.
What to do with the time?
I’ve set 4 goals:
1. Catch up on my reading. Right now, I have 4 or 5 library books on my iPad and I want to finish them so I can turn off airplane mode. 😆
2. (Start and) Finish my 2008 memory book. I have all the photos printed and I’m ready to start it.
3. Make an exercise from home program and make it a routine. I am going for a 3ish mile walk each and playing tennis once a week but I need some sort of core fitness strength training also.
4. Clean house and declutter a bit.
Writing them down so I can come back at the end and see how I did lol.
State of the world: still shit. Government agents are snatching Americans off the streets and throwing them in unmarked vans, the plague is still in full swing, the American death toll just hit 150,000; it’s still The Darkest Timeline.
I decided that the best course of action was to extend, and last week I put in the request to do that only to be immediately rejected. They have figured out that the program they offered was too generous to save them money and they are not extending it. I was upset but it is what it is.
So I decided that I would take advantage of it while I can and take a break. Using 9 vacation days, I’ll have 3.5 weeks off. Then I’ll come back to one more 3 day work week before returning to being a full-time employee again.
What to do with the time?
I’ve set 4 goals:
1. Catch up on my reading. Right now, I have 4 or 5 library books on my iPad and I want to finish them so I can turn off airplane mode. 😆
2. (Start and) Finish my 2008 memory book. I have all the photos printed and I’m ready to start it.
3. Make an exercise from home program and make it a routine. I am going for a 3ish mile walk each and playing tennis once a week but I need some sort of core fitness strength training also.
4. Clean house and declutter a bit.
Writing them down so I can come back at the end and see how I did lol.
State of the world: still shit. Government agents are snatching Americans off the streets and throwing them in unmarked vans, the plague is still in full swing, the American death toll just hit 150,000; it’s still The Darkest Timeline.
