Glad that week's over...

WHOOF that was a longass week for the Day Job. Three midshifts followed by two morning opens, and each day had its planned day go awry for the most annoying of reasons. Some days it was front end people getting pulled to do other work. Other days it was someone from a different department coming in late so the person who was supposed to open with me had to take their place, leaving me solo for the first hour. And of course midshifts mean dealing with not one but TWO busy waves (lunchtime with the high school teens and dinner time with the people stopping on the way home from work). Most all of these reasons meant me doing not just my job but someone else's on top of that, so at the end of each day I was exhausted. I can handle the occasional derailment of plans, but not when it's every single flipping day!! Yeesh.

And on top of all that, even though I get to wake up at 6am instead of earlier, it only allows me maybe three hours or so to squeeze in things I'd like to do like blogging, writing sessions and so on. By the time I get home at 8pm on those midshifts, I'm too tired to do anything except jump into bed and read until I eventually fall asleep.

The plus side is that next week is all opening shifts -- which are my favorites and ones that don't entail multiple busy waves or Drop Everything And Do This Instead moments. Tuesday's shift is kinda-sorta a midshift at 10-6.30, but it means I'll still be home for dinner and time to chill before heading to bed. I can handle waking up stupid early because I get out at 2pm al the other days, and have the entire rest of the day for myself, including a midafternoon chill-out. I'm always saying that I prefer these and eventually I'd like to talk to the boss about making that a bit more permanent, but we shall see.