All cats are grey in the dark, but mine is grey in the light also!
Its Tuesday before payday and Im broke!!
The only consolation is that almost everyone I know is broke also, for the benefit of anyone not living here in happy Sweden , everyone gets paid on the 25Th of the month, or the Friday before if the 25Th falls on the weekend which means that the bars are very quiet the weekend before payday , and you cant move for drunk Swedes singing Eurovision songs at the top of there voices on the weekend after. Its all very civilized actually , not the singing , but the bills all arrive during the week leading up to payday so its pretty easy to keep on top of everything and there are no nasty shocks half way through the month.
On the subject of drinking and singing, we have our works "kick off" on Saturday, this involves some team building exercises, and a chance to discuss ideas about work in an informal atmosphere from 9 until 3 (paid at overtime rate) then a trip into town , a game of boulle , a slap up feed and loads of beer on the company (unpaid) This is to prepare us for the busy season ahead and to create a better working environment . it also usually leaves you feeling like you have been in a fight and lost for about 3 days afterwards, but its all good, if there is one thing I like more than beer, its beer when someone else is paying :-)
Now I'm off to bed, its almost 11PM after all, and in my best Homer Simpson mode, I shall try to have sweet dreams.............."mmmmmmmmmmmmmm free beer!!!!"....
