Working Overnights

So I volunteered to work an overnight shift last Sunday to cover for someone. I ended up working 4 12 hour night shifts this week and 3 next. The night shift is an interesting animal here at GSI. It can go from boring to extremely busy to boring again in about 5 mins. I also don't seem to mind it as much as I thought I was going to. (Not that I want to work steady nights.) I've been getting enough rest and haven't been too tired during my shift. I make sure to get up and take a walk every so often and do things to keep my brain active.

One real benefit to working nights, especially 12 hour nights is that you have lots of time off during the week. This means I can run errands and go to the driving/shooting range and not be bothered by the weekend crowds that make me want to kill everybody who gets in my way. Instead I can head out at 10 AM with a list of things to do and be back by 1 PM w/o feeling like I have rushed to get things done. No traffic = Al not wanting to kill someone.

Anyway, I work tonight (Friday) and tomorrow night (Saturday) and I'm off until next Friday (5/6). Not too shabby. I feel like I have to post this next line incase my boss comes across my blog someday. DAVE, THIS DOES NOT MEAN I WANT TO WORK STEADY NIGHTS!!! But I definitely don't mind doing a couple weeks of them every now and then.