Two Day weekends are barely worth it

Ok, most people just want to veg out and relax on the weekend. I’m a little insane and I would rather plot my escape from a job that is slowly killing me both mentally and physically. So I find two day weekends to be just about worthless. No matter how hard I try, I can’t get a damn thing done. My soul sucking job leaves me totally spent and all I can do is be 100% unproductive. There is no way I can seem to get any cd reviews done despite this stack of promos turning into a mountain taking over my house (anyone want to review cd’s for me?) There is no way I can get anything truly productive accomplished. Every week I have all these grand goals of things I am going to finish. Why can’t I get any of them done?

I think that on Saturday all I can do is recover from the week before. My brain and body needs a day to just veg. Maybe go out to a movie, watch tv, have some lame ass picnic, go to a concert, or anything but what I “should” be doing. Sunday all I can seem to do is regret that I have to go to work again the next day! I just sit here and dread what is to come and think about how I blinked and the weekend is over already.

So I am starting to think that we need a mandatory three day weekend. Make it a federal law. I have heard that some countries already do this. One even has a chunk of time where the entire country is forced to take off unless they are in the retail or service industry! The whole time us Americans are killing ourselves day after day. It’s no wonder we are falling apart more and more all the time. We have pushed ourselves to the breaking point. Or maybe I just need a vacation?

Last Spring I tried putting in for one for this summer, but I was told no vacations would be allowed. Then I found out several people at other work sites got theirs approved no problem. So I start jumping in on the computer to put in for my vacation in March (better late than never). The worthless software my employer uses keeps giving me a database error of some sort. Seriously, I could write a better system in a weekend with this buddy of mine. If I don’t get some serious time off soon I think I may snap. So Monday I plan to give a call to the head office. I pitty anyone who gets in my way or tells me I can’t have the time off. There will be repercussions and it will not be pretty.

Now don’t worry, I’m not going to go psycho and physically harm anyone. I’m not that type of person and I never will be. My methods are much more “by the book”. I make people wish they worked harder at being more fair. I make people regret special treatment they may have given others. If a cop follows you long enough, he will find a reason to pull you over. If you watch the higher ups at your job close enough they will make a mistake or two. Use that! However, never get too greedy. Only use it to enforce fair treatment. If you go beyond that you weaken your power for the next time. It will weaken your case. A fair shake is all anyone wants. Isn’t it? I just want the vacation time already given to others. If I don’t get it there will be heck to pay, HECK I TELL YOU! Or maybe I typed this whole thing out because venting about it helps keep me from exploding? No, I really just need a vacation. I was burnt out months ago.