Dilemma

Ok, here's the situation: My parents went away...wait, that's not it. No, I got my work schedule, and I'm scheduled to work on my birthday. Do I suck it up and work at 6am and then party only a little because I have to work again at 6am on Friday, or do I trade Thursday away, or do I trade Friday away, knowing that it means I will have to work a dreaded Sunday, which means putting up with those annoying church people who have no church so they come and spoil our Sunday mornings every week?

I once swore I would never work on my birthday again after a particularly bad run in with a jackhole on my birthday (22nd?), and so far I haven't. The crux of the situation is that I have to work sometime because I'm so hard up for cash (who says the movie bidness isn't glamorous?) I'm not particularly excited about this birthday, but I have a firmly rooted belief that how my birthday goes sets the tone for the rest of the year. Kind of like my own personal New Year's Day.

Anyway, I'm wondering if I should skip the "I'm special" attitude this year and go for the "I just want to get through it alive" tack.

Stupid work. Just like cops: always around when you don't want them, never around when you need them.