The Importance of Being Idle

That Was The Week That Was And A Birthday

So, following on from where we left things at the end of September, it was Saturday, and working on the market for once didn't seem like a chore, it seemed like a day off! I got a lie in before I started and we finished at a reasonable hour.
Then there was a surprise party for my birthday which was actually really fun! The surprise had been slightly spoilt earlier on that morning by a careless email sent to the wrong address, but I knew there was SOMETHING going on, I just wasn't sure what. Anyway, I was surprised to really enjoy it and also be very drunk and not come home until four in the morning; this would turn out to be a very bad idea, as I started work at 5am on Monday on the London trip and I was not even slightly recovered from the party. To be honest I was terrified that I'd fall asleep and then wake up in dead in an accident. Luckily that was not the case. Sunday (birthday day!) was mainly spent in recovery, but as it turned out nothing like enough recovery for the week ahead.
Monday and Tuesday I did London which wasn't hard work per se, apart from the starting at nothing o'clock in the morning before I went to bed, which was troubling. The rest of the week was spent doing more supposedly light courier work for DHL, which still takes up a good eleven plus hours of the day. By the end of the week I was utterly shattered, which might explain why I woke up Saturday morning with an utterly debilitating migraine. I spent the whole day in bed, in the dark and then almost inexplicably decided to go to the local funfair with Shaz Matt and Bex in the evening. This was not a good idea and the last hour or so of the night was utter torture. I still felt like shite when I woke up this morning and so had to miss out on the family visit to Shaz's grans for her birthday, which I feel bad about, but not as bad as I'll feel if I either can't go to work tomorrow, or die in an accident 'cos I haven't had enough rest.
So, there we are; I've been at work - a LOT.
I enjoy this new job, but I already find the work/life balance to be skewed horribly in favour of work; I haven't so much as cracked the spine of a book, picked up a miniature or watched a movie all the way through in the past two weeks, and that can't be a good thing, can it? Still, it's honest work and it is earning me money, which is what I need right now. But maybe I should be keeping an eye open for something with more prospects and better hours? Not saying I give this up right away, but I wonder what sort of life we'll have if work is all I ever seem to do... I mean I haven't even had the time to spend any of my birthday money yet!

posted by BadMonkey @ 4:55 PM