The official nightshift thread....

I hate when it warms up and rains on top of cold ground. Now I've got ice on the roads to deal with. Hopefully it will be melted when I come back in tonight.

Hi, y'all! I'm back! Working like a maniac though.... Loss prevention - straight days this month after the trip (except for one 12 hr overnighter on a construction site.) It's because I'm so good with people . I can charm them into dumping out their shopping bags, lol, and digging out receipts.
Snowed/sleeted/rained like the devil the past couple days... most of the highways intermittently closed and one of the bosses stuck down at the Coast (Vancouver area), truck rollovers we need to be onsite for and shorthanded.
Temp sux here too. Staying just at or above freezing overnights and warming from that during the day. Local ski area got 70 cm of pow yesterday, though... hoping I can fit some skiing in next month. Waving at you buds, and the newbies.

Good time to visit with friends, Jenn. Holiday expectations are a PITA. I do get tired of all the dramah this time of year from everyone out there. We don't celebrate so it's just tiresome, and I'm always glad when everyone gets back to normal, come Jan 5th or so.

We celebrated Christmas Saturday due to stepson's visitation schedule. I work tonight and tomorrow night. Wednesday, the hubs and I are going to drive to the Outer Banks and just drive Hwy 12.

Merry Christmas guys!!

Work, work, work for both of us. 12 hour shift 8-8 last night. Finally 4 days off. Whew!
One of my fave China trip shots - Great Wall of course, Juyongguan section. 110 stories climbed and descended equivalent over an afternoon. No cable cars here.

I feel like I popped a cartilage in my ribs but I can’t think of what I did. I haven’t crashed my bike in months and I haven’t been to work in almost a week.

Coughing is what I thought of too, sufferlandrian.
Bethanie, Outer Banks looks lovely... one of my SIL & BIL live in Stafford VA. They used to live in Prince Frederick, MD. They keep their sailboat in a marina and head off to Mexico & Caribbean just after hurricane season to help with all the rebuilds. We've only been on the Chesapeake with them, no big trips down the inland waterway, etc.

Temp at the Wall that day wasn't all that cold, just super gusty windy at moments. About -2 or -3C. Actually we were dressed a bit too warm for climbing around. My sheepskin hat and my gloves were tucked in the mini backpack all day.

It's been in the 60s and 70s here lol. Does not feel like winter at all. I'm stuck with a nasty chest cold so steroids for me and my agitated asthma

I've been sick since last night, my sweet bf came over and cleaned my kitchen and made me chicken noodle soup. Guys, I think he's a keeper.

He totally sounds like a keeper lol

@sufferlandrian between the steroids and sudafed, I know exactly what she means. I worked Sunday night, went home and to bed; woke up 2.5 hours later, wired. It's an awful feeling but I'm thru day 3 and have two more days to go. I'm def feeling and sounding better.

How was everyone's New Years?

I used to live in a place where the power was frequently out for a week at a time when the winter storms rolled through. We kept water, firewood and fuel for the camp stove stockpiled. 😉

No I'm not going to suture up your dogs six inch laceration while you hold it down. Yes, sedation to repair a laceration is common.

I've got a dog in tonight that has been through the ringer. He was blocked and couldn't urinate so the regular vet did a PU surgery where they open the urethra higher up and that allows him to urinate. The problem is now he is leaking urine under the skin. It's making him sick and I'm trying to fix him but the surgery site is a mess.

Ever do something so dumb that you wonder how you made it this far alive? I just checked online to find out when my module class meets this semester, thinking it meets later in the semester. Yeah, I checked about 30 mins after the class was scheduled to end. I am so frustrated with myself right now.