Holiday Cheer and The SCROOGE
I’ve been feeling a bit hum bug this year. I get the feeling that a lot of people are feeling this way. Seriously the holiday felt like it just snuck up on us. I can’t tell if its just because we’re focused on moving into the new house, or if its because work is nuts, or what…. But today I finally felt the spirit of the season.
So Ryan’s on the schedule to work Christmas. I feel like finally I’ve been able to detach myself from THE DAY of the holiday. Its more about the idea of the holiday, and I feel like I’ve gotten to the point where I’m OK if we celebrate Christmas, or Valentine’s, or Thanksgiving on a day other than the actual holiday. Survival tactic or not, I finally feel good about the whole thing.
That’s why it was a shock today when Ryan got a call from another firefighter who volunteered to trade him shifts so Ryan could spend the holiday with his family. Wha? This guy looked down the list of guys working and saw that Ryan was the only non single, non divorced guy who was working on Christmas, so he called Ryan to offer to let him be with us on the actual day. Can you believe that? Ryan and I discussed it and we both felt bad letting that guy work on Christmas just for us. But we thought maybe this guy needed the sense of family at the fire station that he wasn’t going to get at home alone on Christmas, so it was perfect for both of the guys. So Ryan called him back to accept. And I made plans to make treats to take to that guy’s station as a thank-you.
And then Scrooge came and ruined the holiday for all the Who’s in Whoville.
The Chief of Ryan’s department commanded today that not a single person was going to be allowed to trade shifts on Christmas. The reason? It would be too confusing for the poor Scheduling people (who get to celebrate the holiday at home with their families). Oh those poor, poor scheduling people.
So to the people at Ryan’s work who are selfish enough to not care a bit about people and their families during the holiday season: I hope you enjoy your time at home with your loved ones and that you SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT.
