Musings on a Wednesday night..

It's Wednesday night. I'm at work. It's slow. That's not necessarily a bad thing with my position. You see the desk I work at is only busy when there are issues that need to be taken care of and problems to be addressed. If we're slow, the airline is running smooth. We are at 92% on time. That's very good for 10:00pm. I do miss being home in the evenings though with my wife and kids but this shift allows me to have weekends off and that takes precedence over shift times. When I worked mornings the family would snuggle up in Mommy and Daddy's bed and watch TV for the last hour of the day before bedtime. It was always fun to snuggle up and many times the kids would zonk out before that hour was over. As Daddy, I enjoyed my role of carrying them to bed and getting them all tucked in. I miss that. But now I can be home for more family events that happen on the weekend. It's a trade off but one Robin and I have decided is worth it for now. Maybe someday I'll be able to be mornings with weekends but we've got to have several people more senior to me retire before that will be available to me. Anyway, I've got 20 years in and probably won't be up for that shift for another 10 years at least. In the airline business weekends are something of a luxury. As opposed to most other weekday jobs, airlines are 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year operations for many positions. For now, I'm happy with having weekends off.