As I was filling my water bottle before leaving
the house to workout at Curves, my Dad asked me what I had going on the rest of
the day. I told him I was headed to
Curves and then to work but that Kenyon was off work. He said, “You are working again?”
Work has been my life lately. And while I’m usually all in for the overtime
and the extra money, it gets exhausting and even I start to feel the dread of
getting up to go into work…again.
We are currently down eight dispatchers. It was like this last summer with several
people, myself included, jumped ship.
Since I returned to ISP six months ago, we have only managed to hire and
train one person. There were two people in
training when I returned but they both ended up decided dispatch wasn’t for
them (I know that feeling). We have one
in training and one that starts on the 27th. It appears we are having difficulty finding
people that can pass our background check.
Of the six people that were offered a job, only one pass the
background. Oy. If we can’t get people in the door we are in
big trouble.
So, while we wait for more employees most of the
rest of us here are working an extra ten hour shift each week. Some even work two extra ten hour
shifts. There are people working a
six-day stretch, seven-day stretch, and even an eight-day stretch. So you can see why it feels exhausting.
While I was at Curves I was chatting with the gal
working yesterday. She asked what I did
for work and I told her State Police dispatch.
She thanked me for my service. I
can’t say that I feel fulfillment in my job.
Perhaps that is why I had made the change to Nampa PD last year. I was just looking for something
different. I was looking to escape the
mundane. Obviously my paycheck affords
us certain luxuries so I’ll continue to stick around.
I think I’m also feeling a bit down because we
haven’t been on any type of an extended vacation for a long time now. We had to push back travel a year ago when I switched
jobs. Then I switched back. Then we bought/built a house and had to push
back our upcoming cruise this September to next September. I will be taking 13 days off at the end of
August/first of September. I am so very
ready for some time off.
I spotted this on FB just before I went to write
this post.
I guess I’m in the ordinary, mundane, and routine
part of life right now.
1 comment:
I understand girl!!! The OT has been horrible and with no end in sight. I feel like it has broken me. Come on vacation!! :)
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