Thursday, August 16, 2007

the rest of field season

It used to be that the field assistants who had my job had weekends off and someone else collected the hatchlings. Apparently there were a whole bunch of political and logistical issues with that, I got caught in the middle, and got saddled with the nasty results. I no longer have any days off (unless it looks to be pouring all day); to make up for that, can go in late or leave early on cooler days, provided my work's done. Yes, that means working Sundays, too. Working every day from July 30th to October 31st. Am I happy about this? No. Do I have legal recourse? No, not really.

So what I need is prayer to make it through this:
-prayer to make it through this physically & mentally & spiritually, because it's only been 3 weeks and I'm already exhausted in all 3 ways.
-prayer to not be bitter towards my boss or the other island bigwigs who decided this for me.
-prayer to find a church with evening services (I can't go in early or late on Sundays, there's only 1 boat - it's 8 hour days).
-continued prayer about decisions regarding my future and grad school. I'm still thinking about applying to grad school, and need to make that decision in the next month, if I'm going to apply. Definitely need guidance on that one. Would actually love to chat with anyone about that because internal processing isn't cutting it.
-prayer that I wouldn't be cut off from family and friends despite no longer being able to go visit them (but hey, you can always come visit me and have time to yourself while I"m at work).
-prayer that I'd get along well with my research assistant for the next 2 1/2 weeks.
-prayer for it to pour buckets on Sunday mornings - my boss said that, on weekends, if it was raining in the morning before I went to work and forecast to rain most of the day and/or be less than 80 degrees, then I can skip work that day. So pray for rainy Sundays in Tilghman, MD for the next 2 1/2 months!

Thanks & love to all of you :)

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