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So for the last 4 weeks of work I've been working extra hours. What do I mean by extra hours? Well, this past week I clocked 50.5 hours of work, including an awesome 0700-1830 on Thursday. "Wow, that must be brutal" you say. Not at all! I use to think I knew what I wanted to do when I graduated - work for some corporation that will pay me craploads of money. As I recently realized, I didn't have a clue, and being able to work 50+ hours a week and still love it is a testament to that fact.

But the main point of this post is the reason why I'm working so much. Next week is my yearly trip to Hilton Head Island, something I've done every summer basically since I was born. Two weeks from now is E3. A month from now is my yearly trip (though I think I've missed a fair number of this one) to Ocean Isle with most of my mom's side of the family. I could only really afford to take one week off of work this summer, partly due to the fact that I want a full-time job offer and partly because I have a lot of work to do. So I looked at my options and decided a week at Hilton Head was too much to pass up.

Unfortunately, the July 4th holiday falls mid-week this year, meaning only Wednesday is a federal holiday. That meant I had to figure out a way to get four full days of work off, but still get at least most of the work for those days done. Fortunately those two things were able to work together as every hour over 80 hours (40 hours/week; 2 weeks/pay period) for the last two pay periods has been counting towards credit time, which I will be using next week when I'm not there. So at the end of work today I turned in my timesheet with 50.5 hours of work this week + 8 hours of holiday (the 4th) + 18.5 credit hours + 3 hours of vacation time = a full 80 hour pay period with me being at HHI all next week.

I fly out tomorrow afternoon, and I can't wait.