Free Day At Work

This title may be a little miss leading. No I do not have free time or free food or freedom to go home....I work free today. this is Saturday and I am salaried and that means that I work free. I guess you could pro-rate your salary out so that you do get paid....but then you would reduce the $ figure per hour that you pro-rated. Without boring you to tears it boils down to....
Saturdays Suck. I guess it would be the SS days in a career.
I got up this fine morning at the crack of dawn....what is the crack of dawn??? Oh well somewhere in that crack I got up and got my little buddy ready for his trip back to Mom and Dad. Bitter Sweet as it was, the time had come for our parting. When we arrived we had to take the girls to soccer games and watch them for Mom while she was working at the Food Both in town. Dad is the Constable and he too was working the crowds. Today was the Blue Bird Festival in Wills Point Texas ....The Bluebird Capital of Texas. Yes and my sweet daughter is working the Food Both. So Maw and I would be baby setting the kiddos until this evening. I would have to leave early and head back here to Dallas to give of my free time... then in the morning return to Wills Point to pick up my sweet bride. So here I set after my round trip of 120 miles tired and worn out...thinking about the fact that I am working for free and enjoying it less. The only thing I have to look forward to is someday I will be able to retire and not have to worry about all this. I believe that is why I read so many journals....people telling their stories about traveling to all these places far away and what they did to get there and what they will do next. I travel right along with them in my mind and really feel good after we all get there safe and sound. It does not cost me much and I really am not tired when we arrive?? Why is that??
I have noticed...that some of my folks are traveling less. With the price of fuel I can see why. Some have not traveled any more than I have and I am working. We live full time in our RV but being locked into a job here makes it hard to take up stakes and travel. I guess when I retire I will have to Work Camp some to pay for future travels. I wont mind as long as I get to see some new sites and then I can write about them.
Oh well I have rambled on long enough...my thoughts roll off my finger tips sometimes and I wonder... who in the world really cares??? So as not to bore you to tears tonight I will slowly fade away Somewhere In Time.