Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Trouble in Paradise

I'm in a conundrum. I've hit a wall. I have a problem.

No, not that kind of problem. Things between Boyfriend and I are great.

So, I got a job back in November ("Finally!" I thought), and it was only supposed to last until the end of the first week of January. For those of you not looking at your calendars, that'd be this Saturday. Strangely enough, my work has decided to keep me on - they're extending my contract for a few months. Unfortunately, Boyfriend will be here next Thursday, and there are six work days happening while he's here, and I've only got enough time off to ask for four of those days off.

So, do I work the two days, keep the job, and support myself and save up for our future, even though it would mean sacrificing two whole days, almost 22 hours of our visit? Or do I drop the job, enjoy as much time as humanly possible with Boyfriend while he's here in the flesh before he disappears back to Germany for five months, and try my luck finding a new one? Sometimes the time difference between us frustrates me. Normally I'd just call Boyfriend, but, he needs to sleep sometimes, too.

The plot thickens!


Update!
Well, Boyfriend and I agreed that it's easiest to just keep the job and for me to sacrifice some of our time together in order to keep bringing home the bacon. Or, bread. Or, well, those little slips of paper that the bank gives me money in exchange for (a trade I'm more than willing to engage in). Unfortunately, I'll be missing a total of 7 days off, since my work is changing my current no-working-Sunday-through-Tuesday schedule, to a different no-working-on-Saturday-and-Sunday schedule. So, I can ask for four days off, but, I have to work three. Gah! At no other time would I wish sickness upon myself, but if it means I get to lie on the couch and have boyfriend rub my feet and bring me soup... Heck, maybe I'll start spending more time around my sick sister...

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