SIX and three

I dont know what it is but working 6 days on and 3 days off is just a crazy rollercoaster.

At the start of your 6 days on youre filled with this sense of that youre about to start a marathon. You're energized and ready for it but you know that it's going to be a long one. You have to make sure you have enough supplies, you've got the right attire on and you're ready to deal with a bunch of crap.

By the middle of the 6 youre still feeling ok but you realize that youre only about halfway there and are just going to have to push on. You've been able to look back at the road behind you and realize that there is no turning back and that you're going to make it if you'll just dig. Dig deeper.

By day 5 you're a little crusty. You're legs are sore and you think it stinks that tomorrow is not your day off like it used to be. It's only one more day and than it hits you.....THREE days off are on the other side of the finish line.

On day 6 you're ecstatic, just plain giddy. You can't wait to be off. You can look back at your six days on and see that youve accomplished X, Y, and Z. You're happy and it is all peaceful in the world.

On your first day off you wake up to birds singing. Amazingly the sun shines down on your abode a little birghter and little warmer than all the other casa's on the block. The mailman brings your mail to the door. The kids next door are washing your car, for fun. While the stock market is falling all of your holdings go up. The grocery store delivers, only to your home. It's just the best day. It's as if you're the star of your own Disney movie and it's just begun.

Day 2 is pretty darn good and you can't believe that at the half way mark you're only half-way done! Things are still good and while the sun isn't shining as bright it's still warm and smiley.

Day 3 is a mixed bag, sweet yet sour. You're excited to have this 'bonus' day off but you begin to look at the next race. You begin to realize that you have to get ready....again. You look forward to the evening but you know that it is simply the harbinger of the next day.

Such is the rollercoaster of the 6 and 3 but there is one wonderful thing about the whole thing. At least you have a 6.