Work Updates

I need to talk to you about committment.....This was the message left on my answering machine by my weekend boss. I know EXACTLY what he is talking about.  The person who I replaced who came back to work in the Spring is going to be unable to work for about 4-5 months because of impending surgery.  She mentioned this to a couple people but never really spoke to the boss about her upcoming surgery that her doctor wanted her to have 3 months ago. 

This is the co-worker who is not adapt at communicating about shift coverage, but boy did she talk my ear off the last weekend I worked.  Like talked to me for a couple hours.  She had a lot to get off her chest and into my ear. Most of it I had already heard through the grapevine and some of it was just chatting. But she did tell me that come the middle of October, she was going to have to go in for surgery and then not be able to work for at least 4 months, depending on her recovery time.  She had not spoken to our boss about this, but I know he "knew" about it. She just had not told him face to face.  I told her that she really had to speak to our boss and let him know.  He travels out of area for most of October and November and the last thing he needs to worry about is finding and training new help.

The message I got from my boss was that he needed to talk to me about "committment" which I am translating as "I need to know if you can go back and work your old shift of every weekend until your co-worker can come back". 

He knows that I've been using my  non working weekends to do "things", work around the house, socialization, volunteer work, etc. He probably thinks that I may not be willing or able to work every weekend again.  He's partially correct. I will come back and work since my weekday job is still not going back to full time hours, I most definatly can use the money (gutters, redo the bathroom, life expenses). I will tell him that I will have to schedule some time off so I can stay "fresh" and get done some of the chores around the house that take longer than 30 minutes of my time.  I think he will go for it. Now to just actually catch up with him and have this conversation!