It appears these days I disappear on my days
off from work. I am just not on the
computer at home much like I am for 10+ hours a day at work. It was a very busy day and a half off. Let’s rewind:
Wednesday I worked overtime until 8pm. Kenyon had proposed a date nite to see the recent
Star Wars movie Rogue One. So I
countered his proposal with dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I have been craving ribs and it just so
happened the restaurant was next to the movie theater. The nice part of working night shift is that
I have a lot of my daily points left early in my evening so it wasn’t an issue
to have a high point meal. We talked on
our way to the restaurant and decided we would say yes to rolls but no to
popcorn. So this way I could allocate my
points accordingly. The ribs were good
but slightly fatty.
The movie was good but I am always a bit
confused. I can’t keep straight all the
names and terms and galaxies. I made a
quick run to the bathroom and then to refill the soda and was telling the gal
at the concessions I was confused. She
tried to connect the dots but it didn’t help.
If you are confused as well, I am being told Rogue One is Start Wars 3.5
meaning it is to bridge the gap between the “new ones” and the “old ones.” I hope that helps.
On Thursday we had plans to get down to the
Capitol for the House Committee Meeting’s vote on Rule of 80. Currently our retirement is Rule of 90
meaning that your years of service plus your age have to equal 90. A House Bill was proposed to make us Rule of
80 so we can retire earlier. The fact of
the matter is our skills decline and we just can’t stay in our job until we are
70 years old. It just isn’t safe to have
a dispatcher with declining skills on the air.
So, if we could get Rule of 80 passed, it would allow a dispatcher to
retire earlier. I’m not even sure if
Rule of 80 would allow me to stay in this job as long as I need to for full
retirement. It all just depends on my
skills. I am one of the lucky ones in
that I started my career with the State of Idaho in 2001 so I will be able to
retire when I am 56 years old.
Anyway, we had a really great turnout but the
House Bill 21 did not pass the committee floor and thus is no more. We will be trying for a Statewide dispatch
certification next so I’ll be back at the Capitol later in this month. Since we paid the meter for two hours and had
only used about 30 minutes of it, we stopped into 10 Barrel so I could drown my
sorrows in a beer.
I only drank part of it since I had an appointment
with my trainer and a workout scheduled a short time later. We also shared some chips and salsa and the
corn chips were fabulous.
I went to my training appointment (more on that
in a few days) and then ran home for a quick change as we had an appointment to
meet with a gal to discuss Europe travel.
We also had a phone conference call with the travel agent we have been
talking to at Global Travel. We met up
with this gal Tara at Panera Bread in Meridian to discuss a travel program she
is a part of where you spend money on points and/or the cost of your membership
equals points and then you use them for reduced travel. While it all sounds nice, it isn’t what we
are looking for on our current Europe travel planning. But I do appreciate her talking with us. Instead of eating at Panera we got a Papa
Murphy pizza and headed home.
I ran some Jamberry stuff over to my friend
Danielle and we visited for a bit. I
love our new house location as it is more central to my friends. I spent the last few hours of my only day off
watching TV and clearing out shows from our TiVo. Kenyon noticed my shows were old when he
heard an advertisement about the inauguration.
Yep, I was watching shows from January.
My time lately has been used for binge watching Gilmore Girls.
My coworker that is pregnant with twins is now
on medical leave so I am working an overtime shift tonight. It is my usual night to work but since I
worked Tuesday in exchange for Friday off, I did have another night off this
week. Instead I am here for 10-hours of
overtime and now working a 6-day work week.
I am more than happy to pitch in when it comes down to a medical need. I am sending well wishes to her and her
babies.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
