The official nightshift thread....

Can I just express how excited I am that it's my weekend off and I'm not working any OT??

I'm already getting asked to pick up shifts on my new job. I think it's a good sign that they're already thinking of me for extra hours, but they didn't get annoyed when I told them it conflicted with my school schedule. I told them I'd be glad to pick up extra hours over the summer, but I probably wouldn't be able to do much until the end of the semester. They told me that there would almost certainly be extra hours/ shifts to be had, and they seemed quite happy that I volunteered that.

I am gassy and bloated and I've missed my step goal 2 days in a row after having hit 12k steps EVERY DAY since Christmas.

I am very tired because just two days off in a row, while on nights, is just not enough to hang out with friends and do all of the weekly errands that need done. I did not get adequate sleep.

Thankfully, I work Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and then my vacation starts. I have a job interview on my Birthday(Feb. 9th) with Amazon. My GPS says it takes 1 hour and 7 minutes to get to the location, but one of my friends said he did it in 45 minutes from a similar location to my house, so we'll see.

If they give me an offer that I like, and the drive is okay, I think it might be a good fit. Just to have a job where I feel like I'm actually DOING something instead of sitting in a chair/walking around and doing nothing.

We aren't even required to call in our area checks on the radio anymore because it is now considered "Useless Radio Traffic" by the Risk Management Team.

Ultimately, if Amazon gives me a good offer, I will take it because it is Four 10 hour days or Three 12 hour days with one day of mandatory overtime based on the needs of the warehouse.

If they DON'T give me a good enough offer, I will stay here, pay off my car, pay off my credit card, and then hit school up pretty hard to be able to feel like I'm doing something.

But I am still looking because they are talking about possibly doing a second round of lay offs in May.

I think I may have to take a dog to surgery. We're taking X-Rays every hour to see if I can turn the intestines medically. If not, I'm going to have to do it surgically.

jennifer_417 wrote: »

I have been doing AWFUL in my eating lately. Trying to adjust to a new schedule's got me like...ugh! I'm tired, and it's harder to control my eating...so much for wondering why losing weight on night shift is hard...

@BodyByBex -what are you going to do on your vacay, other than catch up on sleep?

@sufferlandrian -how's the pup doing now?

Well I have a job interview on my birthday(the 9th) and I will hopefully help my mother finish painting the kitchen and I have my pre-op appointment on the 15th and the surgery on the 17th.

My mother has mentioned something about spending the 10th-12th in Corpus Christi, so I may be actually going somewhere but I'm not sure.

I'll have a lot of time on my hands so I'll probably cook, clean, and workout a lot. I have finally(hopefully) decided on a degree plan. I cannot believe it took me so long to figure it out and yet I totally can. I know 50 year olds who have no idea what they want to do with their life.

Anyway, I'm going to be scoping out the local community college to see what my options are for credit transfers from my other colleges and what will/wont work schedule wise for my education. I definitely have school on the brain though as I get ready to turn 28.

[/quote] Nice! Hope you have a chance to relax. Hope they don't call you and surprise you with OT because, "Hey Bethanie, (insert name here) couldn't make it in today. Can you fill in?" [/quote]

So this just about happened lol. I lucked out though and ended up needing the weekend off bc I'm fighting off cooties now. I'm glad most of the doggies are doing well

@BodyByBex I still don't know what I want to be and I'm quickly headed for 33 lol. You're way ahead of me however, you have a plan of action. I hope you're vacation is relaxing and surgery goes well *hugs*

I spent my weekend off trying to stay awake and get housework done, and eating like crap. It's all about balance. Please don't google and make Mamaw Emily's Strawberry Cake. It's effing amazing!! And totally bad for you.

jennifer_417 wrote: »

I got accepted into the grad school program that I applied to!

Yeah!!! Way to go!

jennifer_417 wrote: »

I got accepted into the grad school program that I applied to!

So effing excited for you!!!!

I'm doing homework and trying to stay awake. How is everyone's night going?

One patient all night. Got an hour and a half in exercising but now I'm done. You can only ride a stationary bike for so long.