Back to "normal"?

Had a surprise that I did not have to go into work after church on Sunday, and had all of Monday off for the New Year's Day holiday (wich was doubtful)!  Rang in the New Year while on a zoom meeting with my church family, it was a great blessing to be in prayer as the calendar turned.
  I did check my work Teams and the department manager posted that remote duty was cancelled again this week (after being cancelled last week due to the inventory). So I missed out on my rotation last week in the bi-weekly cycle, but while at work on a surprise mandatory overtime Saturday my colleague asked me swap my day next week for today , 1/2. Frustrating 😞.
  I have really no reason to complain because I did get an extra remote day in December, when I had some sort of respiratory bug, which saved my 'perfect attendance' bonus for the 4th quarter, which marks the whole year of 2023 with 'perfect attendance' ($500 per quarter, about $340 after taxes (bonuses at taxed at a higher rate)).
  Got up early this morning and did my weekly pilgrimage to the laundry mat. Quite empty at 10:00 am on a Tuesday. Almost made me wish I had more laundry to do... almost.

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