Finger Print Update

I should know by now I that should trust my blogger friends. Yesterday I received my letter for my finger print appointment. I am due to be in Elizabeth, NJ for my finger prints on March 6th. I hate it when I am not the one that gets to pick out my appointment dates and times because it can be difficult to get my schedule changed around because I work 12 hour shifts at night then add in that because of some serious cut backs the pool of people that I can ask to cover my shift is not very big like 8 or 9 people.

I am trying to save all my favors for when I have to travel. I will however have to start to take some time off because a new policy where I work about the amount of vacation time that I can have in my vacation bank. Currently I have close to 600 hours and I was hoping to just use them all when the little Banana comes home but I believe the new policy will only allow me to carry 240 hours.

Usually when the census is down and I am put on call I take it without pay. I have done this for a couple of years in the hopes that I will feel comfortable not getting a full paycheck so that going part time will not feel so different. In the past couple of months I have worked a couple of months in a row that I only got a part time paycheck. It is tight but I think I can do it.

But I have a plan. I will buy back 100 hours and put it in the bank for things that I may need to travel and I will start to take my call offs with pay. My plan is to save as much money as I can now for later. We are still kicking around the thought of me going part time. I think with the state of the economy Gerard is a little hesitant but once she is here I am pretty sure that he will see it my way.

So alas no travel dates this week but I plan to call again next week. Off to make a mess out of my organized home.