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Boy, is this gonna be a deviation from the norm here...

I'm PO'ed...

First off, Michigan lost. Again. Enough said.

Second... I work for the government. I'm a civil servant. You guys probably have figured this out because I obviously work for NASA. It's a cool job and I took it 3 years ago because we're beyond the necessity to make increasingly more money. It's good pay, but a step down from what I was making $ wise. Some times a fun job is more important than $$$. Plus, the 4 years I spent in the army goes to retirement. Plus - next year my wife will make more than me base pay. It's time that happens. It's been my burden for 22 years.

The reason for ranting - I get 4 weeks vacation a year. I have 18 days left this year of vacation and its "use or lose". I can only carry 6 weeks over a year, which I carried over last year. I have never lost vacation before, but it is apparent I'm going to lose some this year (re: previous post about shuttle).

Ok, I whined. This is pretty stupid. I'm whining because I work alot. On an MS board. Go figure. People - I'm very fortunate. My legs don't work right, but I can walk from the parking lot to the mission control power plant to the mission control center to my office and nobody knows. I can walk 3 miles in the utility tunnel system and nobody knows. I've had MS for 22 years. I'm very fortunate. I work on shuttle missions and nobody knows I have MS. Life is technically very very good.

Time to shut up. I'm still ticked off Michigan lost... Stupid team...

Tom