what to write
These e-mails are good practice for me, you know, in case some day I want to be a writer. In the mornings I just start writing. If my mind flows in several directions, I jot things down and save them as drafts to work on for another day. Some days I can have 5 or 6 things in my drafts. Then for the next few days I open one of the drafts and finish the e-mail. I figure everyone's tired of the Kamehameha Schools segments so I'll go on to other things. Almost daily, something will come up to write about.
Wes turned down a promotion to be a fire captain. Although at first it may seem a strange decision, I understand the train of thought. If he was a fire captain he would work a regular and normal 40 hour week. Those of you who don't know us as a couple may be surprised to find that with his current schedule, I spend several nights a week alone. The nights can be kind of bad and lonely in an empty house. The afternoons and evenings though, I can fill those with starting and finishing projects and going to halau. Then he gets 4 days off seemingly out of the blue. These days are treasures because we can take off to places during the times when most people are working and thereby avoid the heavy traffic times and the crowds.
The other day I called the station. Wes was taking a nap and I told Matt, "Oh by the way, today is Wes' birthday."
When Wes got home yesterday he said it was so nice of the guys to "surprise" him with some kudos and a birthday cake. I probably should have made the trek but I'm too lazy! I figured celebrating the day before and the day after would be okay.
You see, as one of 3 shift lieutenants, Wes is in charge of a bunch of guys. The reason why the chief asked him to go out for captain is because Wes has the smoothest running of the 3 shifts. The guys on his watch are very protective of him and don't ever want to switch shifts. The other shifts have problems with discipline and just plain old getting along. Wes is a good leader.
Promotion would mean more administrative stuff and less of training and going out to calls with the guys. Promotion also means no overtime. Think of this, if your base pay gets you (just for an example) $60,000 a year, add in overtime and you could be up to $90,000. A single 24 hour overtime shift is in excess of $500. And that's why I wanna quit work! If I was working fulltime at my job, I'd have to work for 2 weeks to receive that kind of a paycheck he would get in a shift.
We often discuss who has the more difficult job. Suffice to say, he is good at his, and I am good at mine. He could never do my job. I had a glimpse of what he's involved it when I volunteered at the fire department for 5 years, but that was being on call for nights and weekends and going to a lot of training!
Well, I love the long weekends! Yesterday was borderling gorgeous and we went on a nice barbecue picnic! Today, I don't wanna get ready for work!
Wes turned down a promotion to be a fire captain. Although at first it may seem a strange decision, I understand the train of thought. If he was a fire captain he would work a regular and normal 40 hour week. Those of you who don't know us as a couple may be surprised to find that with his current schedule, I spend several nights a week alone. The nights can be kind of bad and lonely in an empty house. The afternoons and evenings though, I can fill those with starting and finishing projects and going to halau. Then he gets 4 days off seemingly out of the blue. These days are treasures because we can take off to places during the times when most people are working and thereby avoid the heavy traffic times and the crowds.
The other day I called the station. Wes was taking a nap and I told Matt, "Oh by the way, today is Wes' birthday."
When Wes got home yesterday he said it was so nice of the guys to "surprise" him with some kudos and a birthday cake. I probably should have made the trek but I'm too lazy! I figured celebrating the day before and the day after would be okay.
You see, as one of 3 shift lieutenants, Wes is in charge of a bunch of guys. The reason why the chief asked him to go out for captain is because Wes has the smoothest running of the 3 shifts. The guys on his watch are very protective of him and don't ever want to switch shifts. The other shifts have problems with discipline and just plain old getting along. Wes is a good leader.
Promotion would mean more administrative stuff and less of training and going out to calls with the guys. Promotion also means no overtime. Think of this, if your base pay gets you (just for an example) $60,000 a year, add in overtime and you could be up to $90,000. A single 24 hour overtime shift is in excess of $500. And that's why I wanna quit work! If I was working fulltime at my job, I'd have to work for 2 weeks to receive that kind of a paycheck he would get in a shift.
We often discuss who has the more difficult job. Suffice to say, he is good at his, and I am good at mine. He could never do my job. I had a glimpse of what he's involved it when I volunteered at the fire department for 5 years, but that was being on call for nights and weekends and going to a lot of training!
Well, I love the long weekends! Yesterday was borderling gorgeous and we went on a nice barbecue picnic! Today, I don't wanna get ready for work!
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