Redefining my days
Some time ago, when I was training to work at a program for my job, I was talking with a coworker at the end of our shift. As she was busy doing end-of-shift stuff, I asked her if I was going to see her tomorrow. She shook her head then said, “This is my Friday.” The day was not exactly a Friday but it was for her. Tomorrow, on a weekday, would technically be a “Saturday” for her. When that happened, I thought, That’s interesting! Changing your days based on your job schedule. Talk about living outside of the box! With my kind of job, it is never a 9-5 job for us. Plus, some of us aren’t working in an office all day. Some of us are out on the field – going from one location to another. And some of us work anywhere from one to 13-hour shifts. Some longer. (I have seen some shifts that last 48 hours!) So I guess that it would follow that, for many of us, we would not work the standard Monday-Friday workweeks that most people work with their jobs. I know some p...