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LeatherneckPA · 01-22-2008, 10:05 AM

Only 217 calendar days to go. 103 working days. Finding it harder and harder to get motivated to go to work. But all the ducks are lined up, the t's are crossed, and the i's are dotted. (Except for the hit TSP has taken in the last three months!!)

Work's not making it any easier either. New Warden thinks he's a grammar teacher with a sense of humor. Fortunately for me I write very well, but it's still stressful waiting to see if he kicks something back and why. Great Captain just retired and the new one is the Warden's "boy". And as of last week we now have to be screened by both x-ray and metal detector to enter the joint. The x-ray is only for things that won't clear the metal detector. Minor annoyance is all it is, but it's an annoyance I don't feel like putting up with at this point in my career. The 80 minute drive is starting to take it's toll, especially at the current gas prices.

And then there are all the things I WANT to do at home that I never seem to have the time for.

Thank goodness for my countdown and my sick leave.

rocketdog · 01-22-2008, 03:39 PM

Hang in there, LeatherneckPA! I just RE'd, and the last few months of w*rk were absolutely the pits. But the time will pass, and once you are retired, these next few weeks will seem just like a (bad) dream.
Your j*b does sound particularly awful for you right now, do you have to wait out the entire 217 days? Can you bail a little earlier?
Oops, don't listen to me...

Rivrider · 01-22-2008, 03:40 PM

Hi Leatherneck

Looks like I'm in a similar situation to you. Down to less than a year, and it's shaping up to be a looooong one. Each day get a lettle less interested in w*rk and a little more bored. Know what you mean about difficult bosses. When our manager is there, I hear every word he says even when he's not talking to me. Fortunately, he travels a lot.

Hang in there, each day brings you a little closer to freedom.

**Sarah in SC** · 01-22-2008, 09:55 PM

103, piece of cake! Just spend that commute daydreaming about all the things you'll get to do once you are free! But hey, I bet you know the term "short-timer" anyway!

Congrats on having an end-date--I only wish! And you'll be out in time to enjoy planting a fall crop in the garden.

Rocketdog--I love your Border Collie avatar! Frisbee dog maybe?

SecondCor521 · 01-22-2008, 11:01 PM

2804 working days left here.

2Cor521

01-22-2008, 10:05 AM	#1
LeatherneckPA Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Williamsport Posts: 488	217 Only 217 calendar days to go. 103 working days. Finding it harder and harder to get motivated to go to work. But all the ducks are lined up, the t's are crossed, and the i's are dotted. (Except for the hit TSP has taken in the last three months!!) Work's not making it any easier either. New Warden thinks he's a grammar teacher with a sense of humor. Fortunately for me I write very well, but it's still stressful waiting to see if he kicks something back and why. Great Captain just retired and the new one is the Warden's "boy". And as of last week we now have to be screened by both x-ray and metal detector to enter the joint. The x-ray is only for things that won't clear the metal detector. Minor annoyance is all it is, but it's an annoyance I don't feel like putting up with at this point in my career. The 80 minute drive is starting to take it's toll, especially at the current gas prices. And then there are all the things I WANT to do at home that I never seem to have the time for. Thank goodness for my countdown and my sick leave. __________________ "Iron" Mike - Semper Fi Jack of all trades; Master of none.

01-22-2008, 03:40 PM	#3
Rivrider Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bloomington Posts: 127	Hi Leatherneck Looks like I'm in a similar situation to you. Down to less than a year, and it's shaping up to be a looooong one. Each day get a lettle less interested in w*rk and a little more bored. Know what you mean about difficult bosses. When our manager is there, I hear every word he says even when he's not talking to me. Fortunately, he travels a lot. Hang in there, each day brings you a little closer to freedom. __________________ Relax your mind.

01-22-2008, 09:55 PM	#4
Sarah in SC Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,917	103, piece of cake! Just spend that commute daydreaming about all the things you'll get to do once you are free! But hey, I bet you know the term "short-timer" anyway! Congrats on having an end-date--I only wish! And you'll be out in time to enjoy planting a fall crop in the garden. Rocketdog--I love your Border Collie avatar! Frisbee dog maybe? __________________ "Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." - Mark Twain DINKS, 38 and 46, plan for his ER at 50, mine few yrs later. Boy it sucks getting older and having to edit your sig line to reflect that!

01-22-2008, 11:01 PM	#5
SecondCor521 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boise Posts: 1,344	2804 working days left here. 2Cor521 __________________ "At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough, and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events, may in fact be the first steps of a journey." Violet Baudelaire. Last edited by SecondCor521; 01-22-2008 at 11:17 PM..

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01-22-2008, 03:39 PM	#2
rocketdog Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 73	Hang in there, LeatherneckPA! I just RE'd, and the last few months of wrk were absolutely the pits. But the time will pass, and once you are retired, these next few weeks will seem just like a (bad) dream. Your jb does sound particularly awful for you right now, do you have to wait out the entire 217 days? Can you bail a little earlier? Oops, don't listen to me...

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