This is my last week of summer work, and my schedule only consists of a Monday through Thursday. Normally, that’d sound great. Perfect. Four day week, who could complain?

Me.

I’m not leaving for another week, but I know that will only seem like days. Monday is the big day, and Friday will be the first day I have to think about that. Instead of enjoying the last week of summer, and relaxing in the comfort of being home, and finishing up my little summer projects…I’m waking up at  5:30 a.m. every day and coming home at 4 o’clock.  Completely exhausted. Not wanting to think about the end of summer, or packing everything, or leaving.

Originally I was just going to ask for this week off. I thought, why not? I’ll relax, not do anything, and bask in some laziness. Then I changed my mind.  And when I gave the supervisor my schedule for this week, I thought that if I had every day off I’d probably get bored. My logic was that since they’d only be eight-hour days (instead of my usual 10), I’d still be making money and have a little more time in my day to do the last “summer” things I wanted to do. Wrong. Soooo wrong.

So here I am, wondering what would have been so bad about being just a little bored. What would have been so boring in taking a week to have to myself? I could hang out with my brother and sister, who are just home for the week. I could slowly pack up my stuff, instead of hating that I waited until the last minute and shoving it all in (which I probably would’ve done anyway, but still).  I could watch a lot of TV (i.e. Olympics!), and enjoy the fact that I had the day to just watch TV. Yah, I think I could have found some ways to entertain myself.

Alas. I am stuck with my already-made decision, and the already-decided schedule. And I’m learning a lesson. It’s a great thing to have work ethic, I know this. It’s a great thing to help out your co-workers when you know that they’ve been short-handed all summer. It’s even okay to make a little extra money while you’re doing it. But, sometimes, it’s okay if you’re just a little bit bored.

Posted by Mary Ellen Nunes at 08/14/2008 02:34:18 PM