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I really just don't know what is normally expected, I guess...and I would never want to grumble about something that would help Steve progress in his career. But he's been doing this for gosh...4-5 years and never got a pay raise, (as a matter of fact, remember when they took his education assistance away?) So he even got a decrease in pay, sorta.

And he does this once a month...they go out once a month and run samples on a stream or wetland as part of this "volunteer" effort. He was able to get a time slot during work hours, thankfully, or else once a month he would have to take time away from family and school to do this! (Scads of people are doing this at all hours of the day, every day! It really is something.)

Then a couple of times a year they have these special events. Creek cleanup is one, then there's Fish Count (where they trap and document the number of fish in the Illinois River.)

Like I say, I don't mean to complain if this is a normal expectation, but with him going to school and never being home ANYWAY, I feel kinda resentful.