No matter how often I have tried to get some sleep yesterday and today, I haven’t been able to get more than a few hours each time. It is now 5am and I am up again. Was also up at 1am and 3:30 am and didn’t get a nap yesterday as I had planned.
The dogs want a walk but it is 30 degrees outside so I’m not going out. I let them out for a few minutes and just having the door open that long has made the apartment cool when I did have it perfect. My goodness I have such a headache and my chest hurts. Yes, I’ve been taking my medicine – I think it is the cold air.
Being up at this time has me wondering if this is something I want to do two days out of the week. The answer right now is ABSOLUTELY NOT! Being up right now stinks – I don’t like it at all. I am so dreading next week when I will have to be up this early Monday-Friday to go to training to be a trainer. So dreading it but I have to get over that because it won’t be that – a couple of my cohorts going along feel the same way, I’m sure. One works nights like me, and one works at 11am five days a week. I think only the last one actually will be use to this shift – he will have to drive to Molene each morning and maybe the other guy will drive home. Man I hope the classes get out before 5pm each day.
I will, probably, get some overtime for this class but not much. I honestly don’t care. Going to the class gives me this Sunday and next Saturday off – my first weekend days off in over a year other than a sick leave day somewhere mixed in there. I look forward to that though I have no plans for either day.
Another big thing is going to be parking. I will have to pay for it each day – probably about $8 a day which stinks but I do not want to park it at a meter so I will park it in the garage. It is not a reimbursable item but again, it is my choice so I can’t really complain.
But I can, once again, mention that I can’t see myself switching to days should the shift become available if it means getting up like this. My sister is right – I wouldn’t go to bed until 1 am and then have to be up at 5:30 to get to work by 7am. I can’t see myself doing that but will have a better idea about it at the end of this week.
