Overtime and more overtime

There comes a point when most people get 5 or 6 hours of overtime and they are quite glad to get it. Overtime of course is when you work more than the alloted 40 hours per week that the government says is average. 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. The average work week. This week I have put in 96 hours not counting other projects at home and on repo jobs. I found out today that due to what they call a draft at work, that I will likely have forced overtime next week too. I had planned on NOT working much, only my assigned shifts, but that is not going to happen. I am not complaining, overtime is paid out at 1.5X your normal hourly rate, so it makes your paycheck a bit higher. We are short handed so medics and EMT's alike are being pinched to work extra shifts. It kinda sucks, but I am willing to do it while the kids are in school. This summer will be a different story. They are looking at 2 medics to hire which will fill up the schedule and decrease the overtime requirements to only 8 hours a week. When you are used to getting 30-40 hours of OT, that is a big hit to the checkbook. I welcome the time off though, this first 6 months of employment with AMR have been long ones, but good.

We have not run any calls today and I am catching up on my rest. I have needed it. I am looking forward to tomorrow as I am going to meet up with a friend from Web City whom I met through craigslist.com. I was looking around for any local music festivals to go to so I could jam with some new people and learn new stuff on my guitar and found a Christian guy looking to collaborate on some new songs and jam with someone. What he described in his post was me. So we are getting together tomorrow night for a couple of hours to put our heads together. His 18 year old son is coming too, he plays guitar and wants to become a paramedic! How funny is that? It should be fun. When I told him that my 11 year old daughter will be joining us on the bass, he freaked out! My daughter Shelden has been coming out to the studio and learning some songs and playing with me when I give drum lessons to a couple of local boys. She is getting better. She has a great practice ethic once she finds the time. I love playing music with her. Before she was even born I had a vision of us playing music together. She has written several songs and they are actually good! This is not just a dad's proud voice either. She has a gift. God will use her in a mighty way. My little girl Molly loves to come and sing too. She is honing her craft too. I am very excited as to what the future holds for my kids and their musical interests. I want them to feel free to go out to the studio and create. I am sure they will. - DJ