I just received a phone call saying that I am needed to attend a briefing tomorrow morning. Currently I am still on holidays and tomorrow is my last day before officially heading back on Wednesday.
Before I even go there I know it will be a pointless conference and that it will only stuff people around all day. Gee I'm angry and already negative about work this year, I need a career change.
It also means that I will not be able to make the TT tomorrow :-(
The Army, the edge. It certainly pushes you over it more often than not!
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So after my big tanty about work yesterday I arrived there this morning to find out that the family of my work mate who died have requested our unit to conduct a funeral cermony/service. This will be held at the chapel on base before the family head off for a private service.
Therefore the day wasn't a stuff around, with most of it rehearsing for tomorrow. It should be as nice as a funeral can be I suppose and will give those who served with him during the last 20 years a chance to pay their last respects.
8 comments:
There will be plenty of other TT's Shane.
Work is so low on the priority scale for so many of us runners...but then again without it we couldn't put the food on the table - let alone the shoes on our feet.
Every day of overtime I do I justify paying for ANOTHER race...looks like I might be doing a lot of racing this year :)
See you Saturday.
Sorry to hear about this Shane, but glad to see you still have a sense of humour there (I think!). BTW, I am ex-RAAF and never regreted leaving the military just over 13 years ago.
Claire's comments are also very interesting. I really do live for my running and my family. Like Clairie, work just helps pay the bills for me.
Bummer about the TT, especially after that promising session yesterday.
A bit like Clairie and her o/t, when I'm dragging myself into a night shift I think it all helps pay for the next trip away for a race. Or at the moment the next trip to the physio :-(
Too bad mate
you were primed for a big one I reckon. Still your comment about work sucking is not lost on us runners.
One thing I like about blogging with other runners is that work hardly ever comes up in the conversation. We can happily live in a fantasy world. I can't imagine any one of you guys working the only image I have of you bloggers is that you spend your weekdays carboloading and training by the glistening ocean and your weekend racing.
Don't spoil my image please win the lottery and do as above.
Guess I'm just lucky - I love my work :-)
Thanks for your comments on my blog recently - now I'm back from hols I've managed to get you subbed on bloglines.
Look forward to following your journey.
Cheers, 2P
Hope all goes well at the service.
Shane I feel so terrible, when you and Tess were talking about dying when we were running up the hill towards St Lucia golf club, I didn't realise you were talking literally.
My smart ass comments at the time were aimed at me thinking you were talking about dying up the hill!!!
I am sorry to hear about your work mate. I was on leave last week and my internet usage was sporadic so I missed your post. Do they know why he died? What caused it?
I hope you put on a good show for you, your work mates and the family of the deceased mate. A good farewell helps us to say goodbye in our own way.
I hope it went well Shane - or as you say, as well as can be expected.
Condolences, MAR.
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