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Back to the daily grind (dull)

Once more unto the office dear friends, once more.

Last night shift then 5 weeks off! Got an upgrade to business on the Darwin to Sydney leg too, so might even get a snooze in.

Back to work with a long dinner break so i arranged a pt session at the gym... The first thing the trainer did was to weigh me. Ive put on about half a stone so thats probably why my trousers were tight yesterday.

Back to work in a bit.

Slowly dying.

Up at 4pm for my last shift yesterday, then flew off the platform this morning. Dramas with flights from Timor to Darwin so missed connecting to Sydney. Next flight is red eye. So sitting at the airport, been awake for 31 hrs and I’ve still got a 4.5 hr flight ahead of me. Body now thinks on still on night shift so any chance of sleep on the flight is unlikely. Lost my business upgrade and now the only seat I could get is middle row.

# youthinkyourcommutesux

With any luck you'll get to sit between two Samoan ladies...!

Safe flight.

kiwikrasher wrote:
# youthinkyourcommutesux

If only my commute was once a month on the safest form of transport in air conditioned environments with hot food and drinks available.

Man up.

getting my final exam booked at work, just done a mock paper which I failed by 1 mark, but to be fair going back over it I did some silly mistakes, so Ill do a few more and hopefully be ready.

Kwacky wrote:

kiwikrasher wrote:
# youthinkyourcommutesux

If only my commute was once a month on the safest form of transport in air conditioned environments with hot food and drinks available.

Man up.

Safe? We had to change helicopter types because the Puma 225’s kept falling out of the sky.

And the red eye is a budget airline. No food or drinks, so ner

kiwikrasher wrote:

Kwacky wrote:

kiwikrasher wrote:
# youthinkyourcommutesux

If only my commute was once a month on the safest form of transport in air conditioned environments with hot food and drinks available.

Man up.

Safe? We had to change helicopter types because the Puma 225’s kept falling out of the sky.

And the red eye is a budget airline. No food or drinks, so ner

take my chances on the Puma over the M25 any day mate!

I will admit I prefer the commute I do now compared to the 3 hrs a day I did to the refinery. And a sKwacky pointed out I don’t have to do it often. Even if I’d come off days it would be so bad, but after three weeks of night shift and going so long without sleep this doesn’t feel like much fun.

How long have you been doing that job now?

5 years almost to the day.

Rushing about like a nutter....

Minor injuries this morning, as expected I've damaged the tendons on either side of the ankle. Rest is the only fix.

Got back to eat lunch, tidy the house a bit and the drive the wife and her brother to the airport. Got back, fed the kids, and put them to bed.

Tomorrow is the first day back at school and the first time I've ever got then both ready. This could be "entertaining". I've also got to squeeze a full days work in?!?!

Yeah, that doesn’t sound like you are going to have much opportunity for resting!!!

Caught the 5.30 train for a meeting in Chelsea at 8.30 this morning...great

This morning went better then expected! Both children ready for school early and back home working by 9:15..

Few hours peace now to get some work out of the way.

Being told how to do my job. I love being told I'm causing everyone's insurance to go up. I defend claims. I can only defend the claims people make. People make claims because people like you think cars have priority on the road over pedestrians. The fact you saw them from 600 yards away means you've not got a defence. Now stop telling me how you want to sue for stress and sleepless nights and sign the form of consent.

Fwiw I'm just beginning to get some downtime, seems to have been a while. "Interesting" time over the last few weeks, albeit not altogether unsuccessful IMHO.
- Chance to catch up on here & elsewhere..:

I hope you're ok mate