ah...freedom

My boss/father-in-law just left the other day for a nice 10 or 11 day vacation.  The reason that is so great is that we normally share an office (which is roughly 11' x 23') and I get that all to myself for 8 (possibly 9) business days.   It is so frustrating having to share that size of an office with someone.  Granted it could be a lot smaller, but when you cram a normal desk, my big desk, three filing cabinets, a table for the copier/printer and then shelves for supplies along with two theatre seats, there really isn't that much extra room.  The other part that is great is not having to hear the ring tones on his cell phone.  If he didn't get so many calls and text messages it wouldn't be so bad.  But I get really tired of hearing the Buffy theme song, and "I am the god of hellfire..." and his other ones (One other is "Hot for Teacher" for his daughter's ring tone since she is a teacher).  And of course like everything else he has to have the volume maxed out on those so he can hear them.  Another bad part about working with my father-in-law is his inability to separate work life from personal life.  I can be sitting at my desk and doing my work, concentrating hard and all of a sudden he'll launch into some story about dinner he's making for friends, or the trips he and his girlfriend are taking, or things like that.  But on the upside if I don't want to work I can ask him something about any of those things and not have to work for an hour or two.

I do like working for him though since it is the family business and he and I are the only family working here now.  His grandfather opened their first theatre on this very lot in 1949.  I think it is great to be a part of something like that.

So for now, I'm just going to sit, back, relax and do my work in some peace and quiet.  Granted I have to do his work in addition to mine while he's gone, but I'll trade one extra morning of work for 9 days to myself anytime. :-)