This is my last final day of vacation for this year. However, I should note that next year's vacation is probably a mere 6 months away. We are able to put in for vacation at Macy's beginning the first part of the year. I always take one of the last weeks of April off so my granddaughter and I can go to the Blue and Gold Game at Notre Dame. We also walk in the March of Dimes Walk for Babies at that time. Plus, the weather is usually good. It's a great time to take a vacation, providing you like football and walking.
This year, I'm going to try to plan to vacation in August and September, I think. Of course, I also have to plan to take one weekend off in October (I think) because that's usually the time when I go to my only actual ND football game. So, that's pretty much what my entire vacation time is planned around--so far. I got to thinking this year that I'd like to plan a vacation around something other than football. Sooo--this year's vacation will be planned around next year's birthdays--hopefully. I'd really love to take the weekend off when my oldest granddaughter has her birthday, but, I'm never sure when my daughter will be having her actual party. This year, I missed the entire thing due to work.
Work definitely gets in the way of life. It's intruding more and more, it seems. This year, instead of hiring a sufficient amount of people to staff our store during the holiday season, they have asked us to sign up for extra hours during the two weeks before Christmas. The worst possible time, of course. They are paying extra, so I was really tempted. The only thought I had was that this would severely curtail any extra shopping and preparation time I have. (Not that I actually have any, of course) Plus, the only thing I want to do is leave immediately from work when my shift ends. Putting in extra time seems like a good idea now. However, I'm sure that when the time comes, I'm sure I'd be thinking 'why, why, why did I say I'd stay extra?'
Needless to say, I decided not to commit to any extra hours. Plus, I did say I might be willing to stay extra on the spur of the moment if I am needed.
I also can't help thinking that they really should just go ahead and hire the extra people. True, we do have to train them and put up with babysitting them, but, we may also end up with some pretty terrific employees. This has been the case in the past couple of years. I can think of at least 2 people who really worked out for us. These employees stayed on after Christmas and have proven to be an asset to our company.
Also, our company seems to pride itself on helping out in the community, what with various plans to donate to charities. What better way to help out the community than to put people to work. That way, instead of having to go to the food pantry for groceries, they could actually earn money to buy the groceries. I'm just giving my opinion here, but wouldn't most people rather work than not work? Why not offer them work? Makes more sense to me.
Geez--I've really gotten off my original subject. Sorry.
