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BabyBlues
Trouble Just Finds Me!
melissapugs
Android Enthusiast
but are you happy about the shift change? no matter what time I work/go to school, I would always prefer going to sleep at 4 am...which leads to many four hour nights of sleep during weeknights 
It was stay on 3rds with REALLY crappy days off (mon tues wed) or go to first shift with thur, fri off (eek, 5 day work week again
)but are you happy about the shift change? no matter what time I work/go to school, I would always prefer going to sleep at 4 am...which leads to many four hour nights of sleep during weeknights
The jury is out, in the 17 years i have been working full time i have never been on first shift. Seeing family and such every day will be a big change for sure.....
I'll need some luck.... I really like my 'alone' time in mornings when i get home and on the nights i need to stay up... now that is gone... its kinda scarey for real
only if another spot opens up. this is a result in a total department re-bid. if someone quits etc they will post that spot then highest seniority gets it (i'm at the bottom, even after 5 years)
donkey nuggets??? LMAO!!!
Don't worry... you guys will probably forget all about me, lol
Don't worry... you guys will probably forget all about me, lol
BabyBlues
Trouble Just Finds Me!
Yup. It was a toss up between donkey nuggets or big, hairy, grass stained moose balls.
We could never forget about you. (well, I couldn't anyway)
Yup. It was a toss up between donkey nuggets or big, hairy, grass stained moose balls.
We could never forget about you. (well, I couldn't anyway)
Anything balls gets the win in my book
And don't you be blowing smoke up my.... well you know, lol
^lol
it wont be me is all i know! lol
it wont be me is all i know! lol
APDell
Well-Known Member
It was stay on 3rds with REALLY crappy days off (mon tues wed) or go to first shift with thur, fri off (eek, 5 day work week again
The jury is out, in the 17 years i have been working full time i have never been on first shift. Seeing family and such every day will be a big change for sure.....
Does not sound too bad. I miss getting off of work on Thursdays and having the rest of the night as well as the weekends. You'll love it!
Thread necromancer!
its nice... only 2 days a week off now but home everyday by 4?? Loving that!
DaSchmarotzer
Blame it on me
Okay, it's time.
A couple months ago, I wanted to skip a night to change my sleeping habits (getting up mid-afternoon, going to sleep way past midnight). It failed: I ended up sleeping for 18 hours straight the night after (it's actually on page 5 of this thread).
Months later, I decided to do the same thing. With the knowledge I acquired from my past failure, I think I'll be able to get through correctly this time. First of all, I'll be using an alarm clock. That's pretty much it: it should do the trick.
Well, this time it's even worse than before: I get to bed at 7AM for no reason other than not being really tired. I get up at 4PM. Yesterday I went to bed at 10:30AM and got up at 5PM. I wanted to skip the night but ended up going to bed anyway. I'll let you know how it goes and if I decide to bail once again.
PS: it's about 8:30AM right now. I'll try to get to bed to 7PM, 11 hours from now... not so bad.
EDIT: I went to bed at 6:30 PM and set an alarm at 9AM. Turns out I woke up at 2:30 AM, but slept on and off from there until 9AM, just before the alarm. I'll see how it goes from here, but it sure looks like a success.
A couple months ago, I wanted to skip a night to change my sleeping habits (getting up mid-afternoon, going to sleep way past midnight). It failed: I ended up sleeping for 18 hours straight the night after (it's actually on page 5 of this thread).
Months later, I decided to do the same thing. With the knowledge I acquired from my past failure, I think I'll be able to get through correctly this time. First of all, I'll be using an alarm clock. That's pretty much it: it should do the trick.
Well, this time it's even worse than before: I get to bed at 7AM for no reason other than not being really tired. I get up at 4PM. Yesterday I went to bed at 10:30AM and got up at 5PM. I wanted to skip the night but ended up going to bed anyway.
I'll let you know how it goes and if I decide to bail once again. PS: it's about 8:30AM right now. I'll try to get to bed to 7PM, 11 hours from now... not so bad.
EDIT: I went to bed at 6:30 PM and set an alarm at 9AM. Turns out I woke up at 2:30 AM, but slept on and off from there until 9AM, just before the alarm. I'll see how it goes from here, but it sure looks like a success.
Frisco
=Luceat Lux Vestra=
I know what you mean.. years ago I had no choice but to reverse my sleep/waking hours regimen because I'd taken on a great job on the "graveyard shift": 9pm to 6:30am.
I was literally working during my sleep hours for about the first entire work week of 6 days. Then I began to feel tired at the "right" time, and found myself acclimating to the new schedule: bedtime at about 9 or 10am, up at about 4 or 5pm, giving me several hours awake before heading off to work at night.
Of course, I was single then, so there was nobody else to impact schedule-wise.
I kinda miss the night life (not that I ever went out) but am still loving being home every day by 4pm. I can barely stay up till 11 most nights now though
Frisco
=Luceat Lux Vestra=
Different crowd, different culture of folks when on graveyard. I remember getting off some overtime mornings at around 10 or so and many of the crew heading off to a bar in town!
I'm sorry, but I don't care what my work hours are, I can't drink in the morning.