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Oh I already embraced it, I’m just not sure how much more of it the world can take. It might be considered a crime against humanity, you know?
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How could that be?
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Soupy out. Can’t wait for fall.
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Zero ounces consumed on the way down the hill. 80 degrees. 25 ounces consumed on the way back up the hill. 90 degrees. I did pre-hydrate.
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I drank half a bottle, while I was at the shop.
shaken, not stirred.
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So my contract before the corporate buy-out stated that I got 4 weeks of vacation time after 10yr of employment with the old company, which was a benchmark that I achieved before the corp stepped in.
But. The max annual vacation allotment with the corp is 3 weeks. I had to wrangle with them a bit when they took over my contract. In the end, they agreed to keep me at 4 weeks vacation. Cool. I get one more week vacation than most people in the corp.
Then. When I wanted to explore the 3 day work week, my regional VP looked into my contract and stated that the wording of my contract was such that I could go to 3 days a week, still be considered full time and all my benefits would remain the same.
I assumed that meant that I'd still get 4 weeks of vacation. With a 4 day work week that was 16 days, and with a 3 day work week it would become 12 days.
Nope. Thats not how it works. A full time employee accrues vacation hours at a certain number per pay period. It doesn't matter if you work 3 or 4 or 5 days, you still accrue the same number of vacation hours per week.
Which means I have the same number of total hours of vacation days per week. Previously that was equivalent to 4 weeks, but now it is equivalent to 5 weeks.
So: In September, I will move to a 3 day work week, same benefits, same base salary, and an extra week of vacation.
But. The max annual vacation allotment with the corp is 3 weeks. I had to wrangle with them a bit when they took over my contract. In the end, they agreed to keep me at 4 weeks vacation. Cool. I get one more week vacation than most people in the corp.
Then. When I wanted to explore the 3 day work week, my regional VP looked into my contract and stated that the wording of my contract was such that I could go to 3 days a week, still be considered full time and all my benefits would remain the same.
I assumed that meant that I'd still get 4 weeks of vacation. With a 4 day work week that was 16 days, and with a 3 day work week it would become 12 days.
Nope. Thats not how it works. A full time employee accrues vacation hours at a certain number per pay period. It doesn't matter if you work 3 or 4 or 5 days, you still accrue the same number of vacation hours per week.
Which means I have the same number of total hours of vacation days per week. Previously that was equivalent to 4 weeks, but now it is equivalent to 5 weeks.
So: In September, I will move to a 3 day work week, same benefits, same base salary, and an extra week of vacation.
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A nearby giant 24/7 multiple specialty hospital and emergency has a human COVID case so they are shut down as of today. Three docs in the hospital to manage hospitalized cases but they are closed to new cases for what I assume will be two weeks. We are going to get very very busy. Thankfully I am on vacation for a few days starting tomorrow. Even though I am currently waiting for the first of the deluge of emergencies to arrive.
Also: a mountain biking friend/acquaintance flew to Texas for 10 days to visit family in Houston. This was right before COVID took off there. She and her son flew home, then two days later were both sick. Interestingly the son was GI sick, the mother was just vaguely sick. They are both still sick. Just got their COVID tests back: positive.
#funtimes
Also: a mountain biking friend/acquaintance flew to Texas for 10 days to visit family in Houston. This was right before COVID took off there. She and her son flew home, then two days later were both sick. Interestingly the son was GI sick, the mother was just vaguely sick. They are both still sick. Just got their COVID tests back: positive.
#funtimes
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Man I don't know what it is but people are in a MOOD today. Even at work people are chucking around things like "UGLY!!!!" about bugs instead of just asking us to investigate them.
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Sigh. I did not have much confidence in our health trade system to begin with, but things like this makes it even worse.
The thing is, they’re the ones that “got caught” and may not be the most aggressive out there.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...-he-d-n1232971
The thing is, they’re the ones that “got caught” and may not be the most aggressive out there.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...-he-d-n1232971
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A nearby giant 24/7 multiple specialty hospital and emergency has a human COVID case so they are shut down as of today. Three docs in the hospital to manage hospitalized cases but they are closed to new cases for what I assume will be two weeks. We are going to get very very busy. Thankfully I am on vacation for a few days starting tomorrow. Even though I am currently waiting for the first of the deluge of emergencies to arrive.
Also: a mountain biking friend/acquaintance flew to Texas for 10 days to visit family in Houston. This was right before COVID took off there. She and her son flew home, then two days later were both sick. Interestingly the son was GI sick, the mother was just vaguely sick. They are both still sick. Just got their COVID tests back: positive.
#funtimes
Also: a mountain biking friend/acquaintance flew to Texas for 10 days to visit family in Houston. This was right before COVID took off there. She and her son flew home, then two days later were both sick. Interestingly the son was GI sick, the mother was just vaguely sick. They are both still sick. Just got their COVID tests back: positive.
#funtimes
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I ride in high humidity almost every time I ride, and have never come home wet. I get wet after I stop, but not while moving. And I sweat heavily.
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If it gets bad again here, we're all ****ed because the shutdown has been as strict as any in the country, compliance with masks and distancing has been near 100%, and a relatively large slice of the population has been working from home.
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How's that going for ya now, ya ****?