Took A Break...

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... from work on Monday and Tuesday. Monday, I took a leave from work to fix my national ID papers. It was done in a mall across my condo unit so going there was a breeze. I was scheduled for a 4:00pm appointment, I was there by 3:30pm and getting signed up was a breeze. The wait was long though. It took an hour to get my photos and biometrics taken. Had a bit of a problem with the actual photo. The software used was not detecting my face under all my facial hair. At least that was the explanation to me by the staff taking the photo. After several attempts, a picture was taken finally, although it only read a 47% recognition. Technology nowadays, go figure. Beside the hall where they had the national ID processing, was a vaccination site. They had been experiencing a low turnout that they actually accept walk-ins. I had asked what the process was and what vaccine was being administered. One simply has to show up, fill up a form, download a vaccination tracking app, and line up. Easy. Only concern of mine is the vaccine brand is from the country that started this global pandemic so I politely declined. I did leave my contact number so that when they do have Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson&Johnson, they can advice me and I'll promptly show up. So that was Monday for me. Tuesday was a holiday and although it was a holiday and I wasn't suppose to show up for work, I did attend our weekly Zoom meeting. Our recent manager, who has shown a genuine interest in helping out our team was canned for unknown reason. I wanted to get the 411 on that so I attended the meeting. You can tell from the other remaining managers and senior staff that they wanted him out because they were so jolly and upbeat. They opened the meeting and 'talked' about our manager leaving the business. They didn't say it but it had a 'If you ask further questions, you just might be following suit' tone. Oh well, I was really looking forward to working with the new manager. After the meeting, I lounged the rest of the day. So counting the weekends, it was a nice little four-day break for me. I got to work out and train three of those four days so it ain't bad at all. Take a break when you can and when you need to. Everyone deserves it.