Well I am not so sure about getting laid¹ but this game really rocks.

I am really glad that Moby, Gooster and This Boy Elroy all offered recommendations to play² God of War.

We are now just heading to bed after 5 hours of wicked enjoyment.  Both of us exhausted.  I did not get a lot of sleep last night because I was up late upgrading this blog and one other blog I run.  My sister worked the night shift last night and this morning we had to take her car in to get a tire repaired and stayed awake to hear the phone ring when it was done.³

On an unrelated note, I am faced with a situation that I am not 100% sure of;

• a) how I am going to deal with
• b) how work is going to deal with
• c) how things are just going to pan out

Here is the situation; I am still not well enough to fly.  I sound horrible, my voice keeps coming in and out.  I am coughing, I have a congested head/sinuses and every once in a while my ears plug and won't clear.⁴

Now here is a quick run down.  Today was a day off.  Which was a day off in between 2 sets of trips, both of which are a 4 day duration.

Now according to my understanding I booked off for those 4 days as «not fit to fly.»

My day off is well my day off - regardless of my «fitness to fly.»

Tomorrow⁵ I am to start another 4 day trip. 

If I call in «not fit to fly» I am thinking that I start off again at square one for days missed due to work because my day off brings me back to zero.

However I got information today from one person in management that is not the case.  That even though my day off is a «day off» if I am still «not fit to fly» on my next pairing and it continues on to include 01 January, I then have to go on Short Term Disability.⁶

So that does not make sense to me. 

Where is the cut off? 

How many days off in between trips/pairings does it take before you would start back at square one?

Also what happens if I go to work and either a) am off loaded from the pairing because my crew deems me «not fit to fly» and a hazzard or b) or I actually 100% loose my voice and then can't do my job at all and then have to be off loaded? ⁷

Do I start back at square one again because I tried to work?

At the end of it all I really REALLY do not want to go on Short Term Disability - takes too long to get the cash!  Plus I am missing out on my «per diems» by not working and that is cash I need as well!

Anyone looking for a high-class date?

post posting update:

I just logged on to WordPress to see that there was an update released today - so after spending all that time (8 hours last night) doing upgrades and changes so that both blogs were running WP 2.3.1 I find out that the current version is now 2.3.2 - FUCK!

Cheers, tH/out

1. I am taking this from quoting one of the developers of the game after watching the «behind the scenes» footage on the making of the game↩
2. which meant a mad dash to Future Shop down the street, I put on jeans but my sister drove in her PJs, to grab the game↩
3. Knowing that if we both fell asleep we would sleep through the phone ringing and it would not be fair for one to sleep while the other stayed awake↩
4. all of which are extremely detrimental to my job performance never mind my career↩
5. which is really today but I have not slept yet↩
6. STD for short - and I have to say that acronym doesn't sit well with me↩
7. damn wish we were flying to Hawaii or something - wink↩