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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:24 PM
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How Busy Are You?
I work 50 hours a week.

I am taking two classes this semester.

I barely seem to have time to breathe.

So how busy are you guys?
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:51 PM
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1. Things are calm for a few more days, then out of town for 8 out of 9
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:53 PM
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3. i think i would hate that even more.
:hi:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:37 PM
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30. It's a rather strange work schedule this month and next
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:53 PM
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2. Not at all.
I don't work.

I don't go to school.

I take time to stop and smell the roses all day long.

Yes, I'm a total slacker. :P
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:54 PM
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5. if thats true..i am so jealous
i would like to just stay at home and be a socialite housewife...

sigh!

:)
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:46 PM
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31. It is true.
Except for the socialite part. They wouldn't let me join, something about pajamas and house shoes not being acceptable daytime attire. :P:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:53 PM
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4. Right now, not a bit
Out of work on disability following knee surgery. I fool around on DU, exercise and pretend to clean the house.

As of the first week of April, very busy. I'll be working 40 hours a week and taking 4 classes.

All or nothing in my life, I guess.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:54 PM
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6. wow! 4 classes and 40hours work is a lot!
:hi:
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:57 PM
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7. I'm a disability pensioner. I'm renovating a house.
Edited on Thu Mar-22-07 12:57 PM by neweurope
I plaster and I paint, using masking tape. Taking the masking tape off, the plaster comes off with it. So I replaster and re-paint... And I'm getting sick of it.
I also have two horses to take care of and a garden to create in a sand wilderness. I'm pretty damned busy. And I'm in pain. :(

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:04 PM
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10. Have you tried the blue paint tape?
It peels off easier, from what I understand. :hi:
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:12 PM
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13. Thanks for the tip! But we don't have that here in
Germany:( The house is from 1928 and the walls are sanding. And unfortunately I am obsessed by old fashioned casein colours and stencils and whatnot... I have all rooms done but two, and those two evidently never get finished *sigh*
I want on somebody's lap and have my head stroked :cry:


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Bush to The Hague!
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:58 PM
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8. It varies.
I work 60 hours per week but the pace varies, which is why I have time to check in here a few times per day.

My 4 hours of commuting every day is a bit excessive, but at least I get to read for most of it, so that's okay too.

:shrug:
It could definitey be worse.
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Miss_Strawberry Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:01 PM
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9. I'm a full time student
five classes each 80 minutes long.
I do a lot of reading and I have a few big, important papers coming up.
Once I read something carefully, I tend to remember it, so I don't do much studying or looking things over.
I'm graduating in May, so I quit my job and just keep putting expenses on my credit card...I've had a job since I was 14...so this is pretty excellent.
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Maineiac Donating Member (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:08 PM
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11. My work week is 60 hours
I'm at the gym every morning at 5 to work out. I go back at night after work to take a class or in the summer we'll do a road ride. I'm on the board of directors for he Bicycle Coalition of Maine, an advocacy group, I volunteer for the American Diabetes Association and I'm on the organizing committee for the American Folk Festival, an annual open to the public event that draws about 150,000 visitors a year. I guess my calendar is pretty full.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:11 PM
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12. I work 6 days a week
8-12 hours
I am up at 3 am and out cold before 10 pm.
I am normally exhausted.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:25 PM
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14. busy, busy, busy
Job is 40 hours a week, but it's about 100 miles away, so that takes up a bunch of time, then:

I have a 15 month old daughter, I take care of her while my wife works on the weekend

Part-time job #1, my band. We are only playing about 2 nights a month now, but every little bit of exrtra money helps.

Part time job #2, my recording studio/CD duplication service. Jobs are sporadic these days, more live recording jobs than anything, but again, every bit of extra money helps these days.

so, I get 4-6 hours of sleep most nights, that's the explanation why I seem so batty most of the time. :hi:
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:25 PM
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15. Not very
30 hours a week for work.

A nice, slow 1.5 hour walk to and from work.

No kids, no girlfriend, but then I'm an American with no car and no money, so, I'm not busy wondering why. Plus I ain't pretty.

I don't much like time, yet I have so much of it. It's also going quicker as I get older(only 28, but the last 14 years are a total blur). It's crazy.
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:26 PM
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16. I have two jobs...
One (i'm at now), cube-dweller, 40 hrs. week, pretty much eats up my week cuz I end up going to bed earlier than I like, I have less energy, less motivation...because my job is boring as hell. I spend most of my time trying to find ways to kill time between answering the phone and copying/filing stuff. Thank goodness for DU!

The other job, part-time, retail (bookstore), I enjoy more, but I only work one day a week right now. That job keeps me busy while i'm working.

But this fall I'll be starting grad school....so things will get a lot busier.

I hope you get some time off soon! :)
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:27 PM
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18. for a few months i was workign 8.00 am to 10pm...its sucked...
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:51 PM
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34. I did that for awhile...
usually only 3-4 nights a week, if that. But yeah...it sucks. Thank goodness I haven't been scheduled for weeknights @ job #2!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:27 PM
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17. I roll a stone up a hill all day but the damned thing rolls back down
fucking rock!
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:28 PM
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19. very ancient greek of you...
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:28 PM
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20. Sissy
phus.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:30 PM
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24. ...
:rofl:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:29 PM
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21. I guess I'm not busy enough.
I spend way too much time here even though I have a ton of stuff to do.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:29 PM
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23. i get time at work...where i am on hold w. some client or the other..
thats frequently when i post...
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:29 PM
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22. i'm not busy. work 25 hrs a week in three days
and man oh man do i feel guilty

but not guilty enough to get off my arse and quit posting on DU :evilgrin:
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:31 PM
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25. I'm a med student
I'd say I'm at school about 100 hours a week. Weekends have ceased to exist. I haven't had more than a 3 day weekend in 5 years. My stress level is unbelievably high. So yeah, I'd say I'm pretty busy.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:31 PM
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26. all my sympathies.
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:34 PM
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29. Heh. Thanks.
It's not so bad, really--I love what I do. And it's certainly a bed I made for myself.

Speaking of which, I should get back to work. I need to study hard so I can have my bentley (and mercedes) and victorian mansion and get crucified on DU for being a freeper and not caring about my patients. ;-)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:31 PM
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27. 40 hours a week + watch my life slip by.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:33 PM
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28. At the moment?
Not at all. I'm on vacation today and tomorrow. I had to take these two roll-over vacation days or I'd lose them.

Just hanging out at home.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:47 PM
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32. I should be busy but I've let it all slip for a long time.
I guess I should feel guilty but I don't, not usually.
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BluePatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:48 PM
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33. Lately it's "how busy can I look"
I have tried to get them to throw extra work my way. Feh.

So now I volunteer doing logistics with a nonprofit to kill time and only spend 2-3 hours a workday on DU vs. 4-5. I swear I am not kidding.
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