What A Man!

The Sheriff's department where John works is extremely low on cops right now. Several have transferred out and due to budgetary reasons, the county isn't allowing them to hire more right now. It's tough... They have inadequate back-up much of the time, which obviously is very scary, and many of the shifts have been greatly under-staffed lately. Because of this, that means that there is overtime galore. There is so much money to be made right now, which I suppose can be a blessing and a curse!

John and I had a long talk about the abundance of overtime available and he's going to work 40 hours of overtime over the next 9 days or so. John doesn't want to do this and I don't want to sacrifice our time together, but opportunities like this help us put lots of money in the bank. He's supposed to be off tomorrow night and Saturday night but he's working the overnight shift on those nights. He's also doing a million half shifts before and/or after his regular shifts. When it's all said and done he'll have 40+ hours of overtime in his check. To top it off, on the 5Th he's doing security for a speedway around here and then he's doing wedding security immediately after that. It's hard to imagine how he'll fit it all in, huh?

I have the utmost respect for John- For this, but for other reasons too. First of all, he consulted me about whether or not I could handle this rough week of not having him around. Though he is always trying to get us ahead, he would have totally been sensitive to me if I had said that it was too much. Also, I respect him because he provides for us so well yet he isn't a workaholic. He picks up lots of overtime and is constantly striving to make sure that we're financially sound, but he would never sacrifice us for money and he knows when enough is enough. I have the most amazing husband and feel extremely blessed that he picked ME:-)

We're thinking that we're going to put some of this mega overtime money aside and take a really nice vacation in February... When it's cold and crappy in New York. It may be a tough week ahead of me (and him- the poor guy!) but when we're basking in the sun while everyone else is shoveling snow, it will all be worth it!