May Day
n.
Man! It's been a loooong time since I've enjoyed a public holiday on the day itself. At my old job (for four-plus mostly thankless years), we had to work through most holidays for the next day's paper, and we'd get a random day off before or after the fact. Working through Christmas was the suckiest, and I got smart and booked my Xmas leave in January for the last two years.
Now, with this new job, I get to take a break with the rest of the nation. Woot!
It's significant that it starts with the May Day holiday. [See second definition; 'in honour of labour', something I feel was quite sorely lacking at my former company, where you're pretty much treated like a peon and respect and recognition is mostly lip service.]
Now, I really have to get my act together to make the 8.30am punch-in time.
This past month, I've tried to get in to work on time (9am, but most come in at 10am), but failed miserably. My body clock's still too tuned to working the afternoon shift and I can't seem to get to sleep before 3am. I set the alarm for 7.45am, but that must be the deep sleep/REM sleep part of the sleep cycle or something coz I somehow sleep through the alarm and the snoozes. Excuses, excuses.
Anyway, I plan to enjoy my first Monday off since starting this job. Tuesday we have to be in on the dot. Boss came round to request we do so. Sigh
- May 1, observed in the United States, Canada, and parts of Western Europe in celebration of the coming of spring.
- May 1, observed as a holiday especially in socialist countries in honour of labour and labour organisations.
Man! It's been a loooong time since I've enjoyed a public holiday on the day itself. At my old job (for four-plus mostly thankless years), we had to work through most holidays for the next day's paper, and we'd get a random day off before or after the fact. Working through Christmas was the suckiest, and I got smart and booked my Xmas leave in January for the last two years.
Now, with this new job, I get to take a break with the rest of the nation. Woot!
It's significant that it starts with the May Day holiday. [See second definition; 'in honour of labour', something I feel was quite sorely lacking at my former company, where you're pretty much treated like a peon and respect and recognition is mostly lip service.]
Now, I really have to get my act together to make the 8.30am punch-in time.
This past month, I've tried to get in to work on time (9am, but most come in at 10am), but failed miserably. My body clock's still too tuned to working the afternoon shift and I can't seem to get to sleep before 3am. I set the alarm for 7.45am, but that must be the deep sleep/REM sleep part of the sleep cycle or something coz I somehow sleep through the alarm and the snoozes. Excuses, excuses.
Anyway, I plan to enjoy my first Monday off since starting this job. Tuesday we have to be in on the dot. Boss came round to request we do so. Sigh
'Write Louder!' she says with one raised eyebrow at 1:00 AM
