It Finally Happened...

I have had those kinds of days and have concluded that I prefer NOT to have them! I like to have just enough activity in my day that lets me feel productive with enough time to do it in that I can relax and enjoy the ride. But I will try not to write long rambling posts in your discussions!

I wouldn't be able to handle long days like you describe on a regular basis. Now and then, no big deal. But every week? Or a few times a week? Ugh! I think it would kill me. Or at least I'd get to the point where I wished it would. lol.

Well, lately I have had a couple of these long days as well, so have not had the time to be active in here as much as I would have liked to be as well. I have been busy lately helping a Friend from work move, and so it has been rough for me to be online for sure. I will hopefully have some time in the next couple of days to catch up with everything for sure. Just remember to have Fun when you can be here, and this site will always continue to be here when you can be active in here as well.

My situation is very much the same actually and there are times when due to my work committments I do not come here at all for weeks at a time. You see I am an interstate truck driver and regularly away from home plus we have a small organic farm that tends to keep me occupied when I am actually at home. There are times when I do a trip and can get home the same day, like is happening at the present time but it doesn't normally happen that way. For those people who work we all have times when we cannot come here to mylot, much as we would probably like to come and post every day. I have learnt not to "sweat the small stuff" though and just do what I can and time permits me to get online for however long I can spare. So, yes I do work long hours on a regular basis. Some days it might only be 9-10 hours but more often than not I work up to 15 hours a day. During the winter months I generally work shorter hours but like now I am driving for upyo12 hous a day and then do a few more hours on the farm as we are currently planting our summer and autumn fruit and vegetables.

i mainly have long days on weekdays. i have 9 hours of job. then i travel long to and fro for my job. all days are long. i only post here when i get some time

Not to worry Saint Anne :) Just take care of yourself and don't overdo it. Sounds like your have a hectic schedule. I have been working during the weekends and had this weekend off. As of Monday my days will be full until after New Years sometime because of my part time holiday job. It feels full on because I have my son to take care of after school so I feel I have a lot more on my plate because of my job. But that is ok, we need the extra $$ and I'm enjoying having contact with other adults and getting out of the house. I'll suck it up until the New Year. Good luck with your two jobs and keep us posted when you can.

That's okay dear. You will be missed greatly but you must go for your priorities. I do have my share of such days when I can't really manage to log in but then when I come back it feels so good to see my friends waiting right there for me. You take care, hon.

Oh, sure. I'm just very happy that I had not yet discovered myLot before we retired! But really, it is ok to take a day off from myLotting. No need to go through withdrawal, lol, although I confess I did that somewhat the first time we were on vacation and did not take the computer. Now I never take the computer. When reading your first sentence I did panic a bit, thinking you made a DECISION not to myLot anymore, as opposed to just missing a day. Whew! Glad that wasn't the case, as I look forward to your discussions

Don't feel bad. We all have really long days now and then and there is no time or very little time to mylot. When I wa younger I used to work those kind of hours, when I was going to college. I would open up a restaurant from 6:00 AM to 11:00 got to school from 11:30 to 2:00, and then I would start work managing a movie theater from 4:00 until 11:30 on a good night where there were no mistakes. If a box office girl made a mistake I could be there till 12:00 or 1:00 AM. The hours finally took their toll on me and I got really sick. When I left the theater job it wa like a tremendous weight being lifted off of me. I still continued to work 2 jobs but for lesser hours.

That sucks my friend and I am sorry to hear that you are working so much and I am glad that you like both jobs,but it sounds like you might be working to much which is never good for a person,and can cause a person to burnout or end up getting really sick and fatigued,and I am sorry that you do not have much time to be on mylot to comment on people who respond to you,or respond to other peoples discussions and I am sure a lot of people are too busy to be on mylot these days especially because of the economy,and me and my fiance do not have jobs right now because it is hard to find one,so we have to spend most of our time on the internet to make money,and I remember when I met my fiance she was working at this big hotel and she was working anywhere from twenty to twenty four hour shifts because she was a banquet server,so she was always tired when we would go out on dates,and I remember one time she got sick because of fatigue so I told her to call in sick,and several days later,she started staying with me at my parents house,and made her quit because it was too much for her,and someone our age do not need to worry about benefits if it means working ourselves to the bone,and she was glad she quit because she was actually able to eat regularly and sleep regularly and it also meant we could spend more time together and she has basically been living with me sense,which I know she was supposed to quit her job and move in with me and my parents because everything happens for a reason,and everything happens because God wants it to happen.

Not responding is completely understandable under those circumstances... Good luck with the long hours. Be sure to take care of your health while you are pushing yourself so hard.

I was not able to devote time to myLot , entire last week because i had few deadlines to make at work and so have been really busy with that. this week hopefully i wont have that much work, so i will be able to post more discussions on myLot.

I have a lot of these long days, haha. But being away for awhile can actually be healthy. It's okay to occassionally have a change of pace, and leave MyLot and just experience life in its full quality.

Hello saint Anne You are a really busy woman. Sometimes I have a long days too, but I really addict with internet, so I will still connect internet and doing with my notebook at least 30 minutes a day. Really great after that. God bless you

Good for you SaintAnne! I remember one of your discussions a while back about the lack of quality time you and your BF get to spend with each other, so although we of course missed your presence, you certainly made a wonderful choice. I hope that you had an enjoyable time of it and if these shifts continue like you have said then maybe you can make this a regular thing. We'll wait for ya! lol. My days can be very long also and especially when I am travelling; but I do come home for lunch with my wife and we have a full day alone on Saturday's too so we are able to find a good balance most of the time. Enjoy every moment you can find and never be concerned with having to apologize either. We all have lives outside of mylot; we just tend to forget every now and then!

[i]Hi Anne, wow..I wish I will be able to have 2 jobs also! LOL! I love earning great and to get myself busy! ANyway, I am sure all your friends will understand you and as I have observed a lot of my friends also here are inactive for some reasons and in my case, been lazy lately! I have all the free time but busy with other stuff! ENjoy![/i]

Yes I think that most of us have those days where we just dont want to post at all I know I can safely say that happens to me a lot after a long hard day of work. I come home and just want to realx by playing videogames or watching tv and dont really feel like posting at all.

When I was younger I did work three jobs for afew years. It gets old fast and always seems to go on longer than you think it will. One thing to remember though is that when you start getting away from the norm it becomes easier and easier to get off your schedule and make excuses. Committ to what you can and need to do and let the rest go by the way side. Don't try to do too much or you will make yourself sick.

No need for apology here, I understand. Working is your first priority and getting rest and giving some of your time to your mate is very important. Having a job is a blessing and doing what you havae to do is the best thing. Just take care of yourself and I will be here MyLotting when you have the time to check in.

i've had long days and will again i'm talking long days like 14 to 15 hours a day my husband pulls 15 hours a day everyday (7 days a week)