[masraum]

I completely understand. I changed jobs the end of Jun. I'm in an unusual situation for me. Normally, I'm salaried and also have to be on call which means plenty of OT without pay, but since the end of Jun, I've been in a new position where I'm contract and therefore get paid by the hour. I've been working an average of 62hrs per week since July. Even getting paid for the OT, it gets very old. I'm getting ready to go perm, which means salaried, but even once salaried, I'll still get paid OT for anything over 40 hours a week which is unusual and fantastic. I also won't ever be on call. I'm going to continue working the rate that I have been for as long as I can. I do VERY LITTLE on my days off, especially since every other week I work 6 days. I'm just not interested in doing much when I'm home.

It's not uncommon for me to think that it would suck if something weird happened and I die tomorrow or next week or next month having worked so much the last 6 months of my life. I still try to enjoy myself and spend time with my wife when I'm not working, and this pace is not going to keep up forever. The benefit of this pace is going to be huge when it's finally over. I guess I'm gambling that I'll not be dying in the next year. If that hold true, then things will be much better when I finally slack off a bit.