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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n_stephenson A lot of you will probably think I'm crazy after reading this post, but I'll go ahead and say it. I should be happy sitting at home getting paid a decent salary working maybe once or twice a week. But, I'm actually going nuts! I have no hobbies that I can stick with and I'm so used to working that I don't know what to do with myself. A lot of people at my terminal love just sitting home making guarantee, but I find guarantee as a last resort. I'd much rather be pounding the freight pool making a ton of cash, that's probably the only hobby I really have!!! What makes me nervous is that business is starting to slow down a bit and it will only do so more in the coming months. There are a lot of us on extraboards sitting around not really being used very much, so I'm just waiting for the old hook to come. My UTU chairman assures me that no one will be furloughed, but I find it hard to believe. During the weeks when Florida was being pounded by hurricane after hurricane CSX cut our roster down. I made the cut as the last man; and the company did that just for a few days of delays caused by hurricanes. I just can't see CSX holding onto all of us for the entire winter unless the weather gets really bad. I know I should be lucky just to have my job, but I just feel bad sitting around doing nothing. I mean, I guess I make a good "househusband." Since my wife is in veterinary school and studying all the time and pregnant I do stay busy helping out around the house with a little direction from my wife. I just got so used to making the good money during the summer and now its gone....[V]. Don't worry oldheads, I do know how good I have it; I just feel the need to whine every now and then. I'm just having a hard time adjusting from working all the time to not working at all. Maybe it's time to dust off my bowling ball and join that league I've been thinking about all summer....[;)] [/quote] Be the ant not the grasshopper. Save every nickel you can. There will be plenty of expenses when the little one arrives. As Ed, ValleyX and others have said these cycles are common. Things up this way usually pick up in february or march. Enjoy your time with the family and make sure you have a talk with your TM or Super about the projected birthdate and being able to mark off for it. When my second daughter was born I talked to the Superintendent a couple of months ahead and it worked great. No problems with permission or anything. While you have time do some planning and spend some time preparing with your wife. Some of the toughest times will come when she is home alone with the baby and you are out pounding the rails next summer... LC
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