I went to a one-day training seminar today (on Financial Records). It was a lot more fun than it sounds. My previous job was in the archives of a bank, and when I started, I was prepared for it to be very boring. So I was amused when the archivist leading the seminar also admitted that when he started his job, he thought exactly the same thing.
The practical session, in which we got to look at some real account books and ledgers, was particularly satisfying. My current job is interesting and challenging, but it's almost entirely hands-off, and I do miss working directly with records.
It was also good to meet up with several former colleagues and catch up. One of my current colleagues was also there, and she asked if I was going to claim back a day of leave, since I don't usually work on Mondays. J asked me the same. Perhaps I missed a trick there - it never occurred to me.
I'm not very good at using up all my leave anyway. When you're only at work three days a week, it never seems like a good idea to take a Friday off without a special reason, because that will make the working week so short that it'll be stressful to fit everything in. And I'm never quite sure I won't want the leave at a later point. It's the same rationale which leads to keeping things (bath gel, craft materials) rather than using them up, because they are too good to waste.
It's a silly thing to do, though, because craft materials are doing no good in a drawer, and bath gel will go off eventually (I know, because I've managed to keep it long enough that it did). And if I don't use my leave, I lose it - I can only carry over five days, and I don't get paid any extra for not using it.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to fit in the extra leave days before January, but maybe I should make a New Year's resolution to make use of what I've got, while the opportunity is there.
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With my lawyer's hat on I can tell you that the Working Time Directive which sets your minimum holiday entitlement is a health and safety directive and that trying to persuade you into taking your full holiday entitlement is intended to be a measure to safeguard your health. Does that help? (Now you know that being a lawyer really IS boring!)
I've got craft stuff in my drawers too. Lots of fabric and dress patterns I'd like to make someday, but probably won't.
Guinea pig! What a cutie!
Oh, Loth, I know. I am not avoiding taking it because I'm a workaholic; I'm just not quite sufficiently organised to make decisions about when to take it in good time.
PQ - she's even cuter in person. We are besotted. There is no hope for us.
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