Today I have to give my wife credit. As you may or may not know, she works at a local grocery store, and for the past few weeks her hours have been cut by about 33%. This is not the best thing when you are a part-timer to begin with. Plus, her day off (not including Sunday) changes as often as the wind blows. She had Wednesday's off, then it became Thursday's, lately it's Friday's. She looked so forward to her day off this week, as she worked Thursday evening, had the day off Friday, then working 10-2 on Saturday. Perfect! Plus, Anthony was going out last night with a friend, so our plan was to drop him off, then go out to dinner. WAIT! DON'T BLINK!!
Friday: One of her co-workers had to call in because his wife had a staph infection. Thankfully, they got it out, but the poor thing is in ALOT of pain. So, of course, he was not going into work. Ann found out and covered his shift. So much for dinner as planned. We did get to go later on, but not to the place we wanted to go, so the food was not as good. Then, by the time we got home, we had a short time to relax before I had to go get Anthony. By the time we got home, everyone was so tired it was sleepy time.
Saturday: OK, only 10-2 today, so this works. Guess what? Same co-worker wasn't making it in (still understandable, wife still in ALOT of pain). Another co-worker's grandma is dying and he wanted to go say goodbye. The third co-worker made alternate plans and would not be able to go in to help cover. Needless to say, 10-2 became 10-7 or later, not real sure yet. Needless to say, her boss is pissed because when the one who wanted to go say goodbye to grandma got hold of her, he TOLD her that Ann said she would cover his shift so he wasn't coming in. Had he ASKED, mentioning that he spoke to Ann, and was it ok for him to take the day off, he would not be in trouble.
My wife made a comment that she's "too nice" on this. I told her for sure she wasn't. We had no plans for today, plus great getting the extra 8 or 9 hours of pay. Next month is our anniversary, and if she wants to get the day, her boss will remember this week and not even blink.
So, tonight when she gets home, I will have the glass of wine poured, dinner on the stove, and two hands ready to rub her shoulders. Wow, I must want some!
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