Our half-shift overtime stint last night was a walk in the park compared to our full day schedule. We remember when we started that the 5 hour day seemed like an eternity for our bodies. It was such an easy time that we decided to sign up for the 50 hour week beginning on Friday. Since our muscles are getting used to the work (and our weight is dropping), why not. Remember, our main goal here is to make as much money as we can without killing ourselves. We will work our regular Fri - Mon schedule, but will add Wednesday next week in the middle of our 3 day off period. Basically, we still get 2 days off, but by working the extra day at time-and-half, it is worth giving up the other day. One disadvantage with our schedule is that we don't get to visit much with our neighbors (Karen and George, Hank and Brenda) who work the day shift on different days. Actually, they don't have much time to visit among themselves as Hank works 10 hour days like us, and Karen and George only work five 5 hour days, Mon - Fri.
It was cold last night when we got off work at 10 PM and we thought it might freeze overnight, but the clouds came in and it only went down to 38. It's still pretty good weather for late November and it continues to be a pleasant surprise.
One thing I failed to mention previously was the low (relative) gas prices here in Kentucky. We were used to paying around $2.89/gallon in Cody for regular unleaded this summer and it was averaging around $3.00/gallon in the Chicago area while we were there. The price here is averaging closer to $2.65/gallon so it makes you wonder what causes the huge swing in these prices across the country. Not complaining, of course.
We talked about going to Lexington today to go to Sams Club, but we have a lot of catching up to do here before Thanksgiving tomorrow, so we will see. That's about it from here...
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