So much for consistent blogging right? Well I’m back at work and having a great time (I love that I love my job)! The problem is, I miss being at home with Jaxon. So about two weeks ago I approached my boss with an idea. A few months ago I got a promotion that took me out of desktop support and into more of a systems administrator role. My job is now more project based and there will need to be some after-hours work done sometimes. Since I’m not salaried, this will certainly mean either getting overtime (which my department can’t afford) or flexing my time (which leaves me behind on my normal work). So I asked my boss if I could switch to a four day work week. Basically, instead of working five, eight hour days, I’d be working four, ten hour days. Management here tends to be cautious of change (and rightfully so) but to my surprise, he said yes!
So my new schedule will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:00am to 7:00pm. That means Wednesdays off! It’s a win-win situation. I get two hours each day from 5:00-7:00 to do after-hours work and get things done without the phone ringing, and in case something goes down during that time, the department has someone to cover phones. But I also get one whole day a week at home with Jaxon, PLUS, having Wednesdays off means I’ve got myself a perpetual two-day work week. It’s brilliant and everyone benefits! We’ll see how long it lasts. I’m guessing a few months at least, but if all goes well I could have this schedule for a while. Yay!
Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted last, but I figured if I post something now then I’ll at least have one post for March!
I believe myself to be quite lucky. It seems a fairly common thing for mothers to take three months off work after the birth of their child. The Oregon Family Leave Act even requires that employers allow employees a full twelve weeks of leave (although it doesn’t require them to pay the employee for the leave). Fortunately, Shanan’s work allowed her to accumulate twelve weeks, and from December 18th to March 10th she was home with Jaxon.
But even more fortunate than that is that my work allowed me to accumulate eight weeks! That means that I’ll be staying home to take care of Jaxon until May 5th! I feel like a stay-at-home-dad and it’s awesome. Jaxon and I have a lot of fun together and things are going very well so far. Next week I hope to start getting out of the house with him and going on walks or to the park that’s only a few blocks from our house.
I’ll try to post more often in April and get some pictures of Jaxon up.
So anybody who knows me knows that I could care less about football (and most other competitive sports as well). However, each year we get together with some friends on Superbowl Sunday and watch the superbowl ads. Of course, in between the ads there’s a football game. Well last night, my reasons for disliking football were confirmed.
Yes, the Patriots lost, but I see no reason for them to be upset. Here’s a team that won eighteen of their nineteen games and somehow that makes them losers? How does this make any sense? Personally, if I came in second place out of thirty-something teams, I’d be ecstatic! Do you think the number two technology company in the world is pissed for not being number one?
Of course, this seems to be a flaw in the NFL’s system. Why would a team that won less games than another team be considered the number one team? Think of it this way: the Patriots are the only team that didn’t lose a game (before the super bowl) right? So that means that if the losing team of a football game was killed after the game, the Patriots would be the only team left alive right? That’s what I thought…
Ok, so he’s not exactly standing on his own. But still, he’s standing with minimal support and really only for balance! He can support his own weight at only one month!!
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