Now 89 Days and Counting.

Einstein was right - time is relative.
Today it is now 89 days until our last day of employment in the Magic Kingdom. Now into two digit numbers.
Although the days are the same length, time here is relative in another sense.
Staying for three years (in a contract) is not the same as at home.
My initial contract had a start date of September 28, 2010 - so three years later would be September 27 or 28, 2013 right?
No, not in the Magic Kingdom.
Here years are measured in the Arabic Calendar, which is based on the Lunar month, or the "monthly" cycle of the moon.
Pay days are carried out at the beginning of each lunar month - so with each month it becomes an earlier date on the calendar, if based on the Gregorian calendar which we use at home. When a "full moon" is seen, it is mid way between pay cycles. As everyone in the Kingdom is paid on the same day you can see the scenario at the bank machines? And do they plan for this and put  in enough cash? You make the conclusion.
So three years later after the start on September 28th, the "third year" ends 33 days sooner (11 days per year, as the Lunar month is shorter than the Gregorian month) thus becoming August 25th.
So my nearly "three month extension" of my third year of contract that I requested will put my last working day on November 20th (or just under "two months" after three Gregorian years here).
Make sense?
In any event, as of today there are 89 days (all being 24 hours) to our last day of employment - and now counting, as the "packing process" will have to seriously start, until the final day when we "Exit Only" (as the Visa will state on our passports).
A thought for the day.

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