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My one surviving brain cell is on crutches

newdrake308
newdrake308
Yesterday at 6:30 a.m. I was just coming home from working a 12 hour nightshift. Today at 4:00 a.m. I was up and going back to work on day shift because they wanted me to go to Tampa and get re-certified as a Visual Emissions test person. I'm too exhausted to explain what that is right now. But I did get re-certified on the first round of testing. Which considering my being exhausted, I'll accept as a major accomplishment. Anyway upon returning to the power plant I begged off for the rest of the day. It only cost me 5 hours of vacation time. So now on here I'm just too tired to read all the posts. Please consider this my blanket set of (((((( Hugggsss )))))) and we'll wishes for everyone. Now I'm going back to nappy time land and resting my one surviving brain cell. Lol
mellowamethyst
mellowamethyst
Goodness, what a busy, busy day you've had! I hope you're able to catch up on some much needed rest. Sleep easy and congrats on the re-certification.
mollgirl
mollgirl
Good for you Drake. Hugs and love and sweet sleep.
LuvMyTitans
LuvMyTitans
I happen to know what a Visual Emmissions Test is.. cause I'm so smart. ( it has nothing to do with you telling me ). I know you're worn out and after your lunch with nasty collard greens, you are ready for a nice long nap. Nite nite to your brain cell.. lol


((((((((((((( NAPTIME HUGS AND LOVE ))))))))))))))

me.
newdrake308
newdrake308
Dang!!!! Guess I am too tired to sleep. Been this way before. Still got my nights and days all mixed up. On the happy front I don't return to work till next Thursday the 19th. Yayyyyy !!!!
koolman
koolman
I worked security day and night shift and know about that out-of-whack mental state. Working day and night will make you sick. These companies are assholes. Kindly tell them you need to sleep.
newdrake308
newdrake308
Koolman I've been doing this almost twenty three years now. It does mess with me but I'm well compensated for doing it. Besides our only other option is rotating through three different eight hour day, evening and midnight shifts. It sucke. We felt like we lived our whole lives at work doing that. That schedule had very little time off built in and required one run of seven straight days and evenings to make it work. With the twelve hour rotations we get up to seven straight days off at the end of a five week rotation. Yeah it's confusing but it works. The short turn around and some lost sleep are the price we pay for those days off.
serenityspeaks
serenityspeaks
Oh that schedule would kill me. I can't really do night but to swap back and fourth no way. Get some rest.
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