jon_chaisson | Six of one...

So last week I did five days in a row of opens -- three shifts starting at 6am followed by two 5:30s (I open the store as bookkeeper those two days). As much as I love doing the morning shifts, which like in my Yankee Candle days allowed me a full afternoon AND evening to do whatever I want, I was often exhausted from waking up around 4:30am each day. The only other downside to the opens is that I'm often the only person up front until around 11ish, so five of those hours are usually completely solo until I call for help.

This coming week, I have three midshifts. Now those are definitely exhausting, physically and mentally. Working 11:30 to 8pm means I have to squish all my writing into the pre-shift morning hours and also deal with the lunch and dinner waves. I'm doing three of these in a row this week while the front end manager goes on vacation. Thankfully I have Thursday off to chill and recharge. The plus side is that I get to sleep until 6am, which always helps.

So yeah, six of one...