Today was definitely a Monday cleverly disguised as a Tuesday; I hate it when that happens.  

It's my early week, meaning I need to be in the office by 7am.  I've never minded it; most of the staff, excluding correctional officers, don't start rolling in until 730 or 8am.  That's changed recently though.  

The Warden is a huge advocate for flexibility in the workplace. We offer our correctional officers the choice or working 8, 10, 0r 12-hour shifts.  There are some, including myself, that enjoy a flex schedule, which means that more and more people are coming in at 7am and doing 10-hour or 12-hour workdays. I've been doing ta flex schedule for 20 years and absolutely love it.  Another lady and I in my office alternately work four 9-hour days and a 4-hour Friday. I usually book my Friday afternoons up with appointments or take annual leave for 4 hours and give myself a 3-day weekend.  

I hit the ground running at 6:45 (yes, I was early!)  and didn't get to drink my coffee until 930am. Trust me, that is not a good thing for my co-workers.  Then I got pulled into two meetings today that literally were a waste of time; everything could have been handled with an email. I don't like wasting time when I have other pressing things that need my attention.

Since we're short a person in the office, we've had to readjust workload; essentially, it's all hands-on deck.  The crew I have right now work well together.  We have a good communication style between us, we know each other's strengths, weaknesses and workload. Human Resources mucked up on the paperwork to reclassify the open position, which means another delay for it go through the hiring committee, which means a delay in posting the job.  I had hoped to have someone in the position by the end of February; it isn't looking very promising.  One of my girls will be out on maternity leave starting in mid-July, I keep reminding HR of that fun little bit of information; but it's State government, nothing moves quickly unless you're in an actual panic situation.  They'll be panicking if I am down two people in July!  Just sayin!