Comments on: Everybody’s Working for the Weekend….

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Absolutely, Lori — and I take full advantage of it, too. :o)

I like taking my naps in the morning… tacked onto the end of my night’s sleep. ;o) But I’m a big fan of afternoon naps when I have to get up early! (Like today — ugh)

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:12:00 +0000

Gotta love the flexibility of our lives, eh Katharine?

Anne, I think we should become advocates for siestas. ;))

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:07:00 +0000

I don’t work Saturdays, usually, nor Sunday either, except I will start Monday’s jobs on Sunday evening just to get a head start. And I take naps during the week 😉

By: Katharine Swan

Katharine Swan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Old enough to remember that song, but barely... LOL.

I work at least a little most weekends. Usually it's a few blog posts for a client or something easy like that, but sometimes it's a larger project. (In fact, last night I was up until 5am finishing a project.)

Weekends are my catch-up time -- if I spent more time at the barn than I planned, or got together with my mom (she takes Fridays off), I use the weekend to catch up where I've fallen behind. Like you, my husband has weekends off, but I resolve this by working after he goes to bed.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:37:00 +0000

As I've said before, as someone who's worked on Broadway for years, I never had weekends OR HOLIDAYS off. Monday was my dark day.

As it is now, I have floating days off. I don't designate them. I take off whenever I want, provided I've met my deadlines.

I actually prefer to be at my desk while everyone else is racing around catching up on errands they couldn't do during the week. It's quieter.

I rarely date men who are locked in to a 9-5 existence, so that's not an issue. My men and I take the time when the mood strikes! ;)
That's not a deliberate decision, it's just the way it works out.

However, I am not available to those from the 9-5 world on weekends without appropriate compensation. Weekends are for fiction and plays.

Unless I'm covering a sports event, of course! ;)

By: Kathryn Magendie

Kathryn Magendie — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:18:00 +0000

Remember it? I used to turn it up full blast after work on Fridays! *laughing*

By: Angie Ledbetter

Angie Ledbetter — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:53:00 +0000

I’m older ‘n dirt, so of course I remember that song! I don’t work weekends unless my own procrastination or crazy schedule demands it. Kudos on all the new good work!

By: writtenexpressions

writtenexpressions — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Thanks for the earworm, Lori–I’ll be tormented all day! My weekend work philosophy is pretty simple: I will work a weekend if I feel like it, but I don’t normally feel like it. There has only been one occasion when I worked the weekend and didn’t feel like it (procrastinating client with looming deadline), but I got paid for it and learned to better manage that client by padding due dates and being more vocal when I’m not getting what I need from them.