3/18/11 – More Work Stress

Today was a good day. Work was busy…the END to a very busy week. I keep waiting for things at work to level off and become more manageable, but they never do. We have a lot of added stress going on right now, that just keeps piling up. Apparently there are strong talks of a government shut down this summer (like, if the legislature can’t come to an agreement on the next year’s state budget)…so I have to do whatever I can to save up my time, just in case. Now there are a lot of union talks going on…apparently there are several bills going through the legislature right now regarding state employees. One, to cut our pay 6% (keeping in mind that we have not had any raises for several years, just like most anybody out there), another to increase employees’ retirement contribution 3%, and decrease the state’s match 3%, and another one to increase our healthcare premiums. WOW, that’s a lot of hits, all at one time. It seems like there should be many other options out there rather than hitting us with all of these punches. There were talks a few years ago about a statewide Furlough…why not do that? Force every employee to take a day off, unpaid, per paycheck. I’d be totally up for that. Even more, have every employee off on the same day…so there are no lights, no computers, no copiers, etc. running. To me, this seems like a pretty easy fix, that has the potential to save the state a lot of money…

So, that’s the big stress at work right now (aside from the ever-growing pile in my inbox).

After work, I ran home to get myself and the girls ready…we were meeting up with some of our long lost friends, Nate and Gini for dinner! Once Christian was home and ready, we met them at Buffalo Wild Wings…a nice loud place for crazy little kids. Surprisingly, Amelia ended up sleeping through most of our dinner, YAY. Nate and Gini stopped over to our house to hang out for while after dinner. Olivia of course spent the night putting on quite the show for them. Like most people, they spent the night in constant fear that Olivia was going to injur herself…I swear, I don’t think we could ever have a babysitter for her, because the sitter would probably have a heart attack by the end of the night! It was not long before Amelia was getting hungry and tired, so I was off to put her to bed.

After they left, Christian and I settled in for the night. I was all set to spend a little time together, watch a little TV and kick back. Well…he passed out shortly after, so I amused myself online for a while, before finally just heading off to bed. One of these weekends, we will actually stay awake and spend some time together…it is my goal!

On a side note…5 years ago today Christian and I got engaged! People think it’s weird that I remember that…but I don’t know why. It’s an important date in our relationship history…why wouldn’t I remember it? I included a picture of that night, it seems like a lifetime ago!