[quote=Providence Farm] I have not been home on a Thanksgiving in over a decade. Something about double time and a half when scedualed or triple time when called in. Needless to say I almost always sign up to work. And when I don't they call me and I answer the phone and go in. I'm starting to regret my habits of doing so now that the older family has died off.
I have never celebrated secular holidays so it’s very normal for me to view it as just another day. But I can understand the value many folks hold on them because of family. I miss my grandparents so much. We almost always ate together because they lived right next door. My pap would boil hunks of pepperoni and place it in a big bowl. It seems weird now but I feel a need to do that soon. Pap was Russian and Grandma was Croatian. They refused to eat pepperoni “raw” like the Italians lol
When I was younger I hated hollidays. To many stops spread out over 60 miles . 2 sets of grandparents on my side then hers add in my mom's working got me out of that and I made a lot more money for doing the same job. Now I would give a years Pay to have one of those days back. I dearly miss my grandparents.
But I have an addiction to work/money problem. It's always just a little more and I will hit the goal post. Problem is not only does something always come up but it's also a moving goal post. But geting older only 43 but the years of rotating shifts working 16hr days and up to 97.5 hr weeks getting 4 hrs sleep and being away from home days on end only to take a few days off and have everything at home on the farm to work on behind are catching up both physically and mentally. I don't handle stay up 36hrs after 16 hrs sleep over the 4 days before like I used to.
So I'm beginning to see the value of time off holidays ect. Only going ro have worked 15 days in Oct and November took vacation. But even with working that little I could not work another 18 weeks and would still have over a 40hr average
My wife still takes the kids to her moms. And we will make it to my mom's to visit and eat as little same possible ( mom can't cook but tries) my wife will throw down in the kitchen and make a traditional Thanksgiving meal 94% from scratch all from things we raised killed or grew on the farm for our family. Can't get 100% we can't grow everything or don't like sugar coffee and flower It just won't be on a big money days.
We live 2.5 hours from most the family but if I had a nice building to do it in I would have a big Thanksgiving here and even not work. Guess I better work some more overtime to pay for that building.;) see how that works?
