Well I have made it through about half the week, putting in right at 33 hours so far. Tomorrow I have my very first appointment with my new orthopedic surgeon so have to leave work a bit early. I do think I have more than made up the time already. Now yesterday I know I was tired. I past out before 8 pm and didn't take my last doses of meds. That was a mistake. Woke up just before 1am hurting so bad I wanted to scream. I took my 8 pm dose then and rode the waves of pain hoping my meds would kick in before too much longer. I finally got back to sleep around 1:45 and I didn't take my 2 am dose. Didn't want to double up just yet. Woke up again about 4:30 and took my 2am dose then. Still was aching like hell. Tried to go back to sleep but tossed and turned until my wonderful wife woke me at 5:30 to go to work. Still felt like a red hot poker was shoved into my spine and my legs had some nice aching going on. My right foot felt like someone was slashing open the bottom of my foot with a knife dipped in acid.
I should freaking know better by now. How freaking stupid could I be to put in 23 hours in 2 days, AGAIN ? I did that and more 2 weeks ago. Actually I put in 5 11 1/2 hour days in that week then worked Saturday as well. You would think I learned my lesson but nope here I am doing it again. Well I do have a good reason. Since I ranted about it yesterday you all know what it is. Trying to get some extra money up to have the guy come out and look at the AC. Apparently I am not still superman who can force his body past the pain threshold and keep moving. Still I am aiming for 50 plus hours this week. Hoping the back won't act up too much. Will try and get it all in before Saturday so I can have 2 whole days to recover. I think I will need them.
So today started off bad, in a lot of pain and tired. Took a long time to get moving at normal speed and just about a pot of coffee. Then at work I get to put up with a people being stupid. That always brings out my grumpy side. There are days when it takes all my strength to hold back from launching into a tirade at some people. Sure they deserve to be fired, they refuse to do their job correctly and make others do all the hard work. But I would be the one fired if I went off on them. Can't figure out how the freaking hell they get away with it day after day and month after month. Doesn't do anything to point out their shortcomings to management. Nothing is ever done. I bet it is that way at just about every job on the planet. I am betting that if I were to go back into history I would find the exact same thing. That sure doesn't make me feel better.
I guess I am kind of old fashioned. I actually care about my job. I take pride in the fact that I do it to the best of my ability. Even when I was working for a large cable company in customer service/tech support I tried my best to fix the issues. I had many people call and write in letting my bosses know how much I had helped them. To me it's hard to understand how people who aren't in pain like me can just do the least amount possible and not try to do all that is asked of them. Then you hear them complain about how bad the job is. Hey I am willing to admit it aint great but it sure beats a lot of jobs out there now. I make more than $15.00 an hour and I am not on the phone nor am I working outside. Best yet I can go to work in my underwear if I feel like it. They let me work from home and on my schedule. I can start any time between 6 am and 9 am as long as I put in my 8 hours. When I have to go to the doctor they work with me so I don't need to use all my vacation time. I can do like I will tomorrow and leave early and make up the time I will miss. I have had a hell of a lot worse jobs than this one.
I have found being tired brings out the grump in me. The grump factor also goes up when I am in pain. I can be down right nasty at times when the two combine. SO very happy the wonderful wife puts up with me when I am like that and knows I am not upset with her personally. Now before you jump to any conclusions no I have not and will never hit her. I can't understand guys who hit women. Makes no freaking sense to me. Maybe it was just the way I was brought up but no matter what you never hit a women, even if she is hitting you. You block her and protect yourself and leave if it gets too freaking bad. YOU NEVER HIT A WOMAN ! Wow just read back through this and I have been wandering all over the place. Another sure sign I am tired.
So far this week has been pretty bad, between the long hours and the heat. I don't sleep well in the heat anyways and with the extra pain from the long hours it just makes for a miserable night. We try to cool it down, we use 2 large oscillating fans and a ceiling fan and 2 smaller fans on each bedside table. Have to turn the TV up a bit and no way to talk across rooms when one of us is in the bedroom. Also have a large oscillating fan and a small 10 inch fan on my work desk. I guess I got a bit weak. I used to work outside year round and it never really bothered me as much as it does now. Well I think it is time to go lay down for a bit. Tired and aching so it is really time to go.