So, here's my deal lately.
So, I'm sorry if I haven't been around much lately folks.
I'm still working the kinks out of doing this whole 40 hours a week worth of nights thing. And I keep agreeing to do events on the weekends, so I usually only wind up with one day, or a half day, off at any given time. As the winter settles in I should, in theory, be more available. For one thing, I'm still around from 5pm-10:30pm or so, before work. And I did set it up so that I get friday and saturday off.
However, since my jaw has been aching pretty much constantly, and I can actually feel my mouth muscles starting to get stronger, I'm gonna guess I'm under some stress. My dentist assures me that I should clench my jaw less.
For example, this weekend's perdicament.
1. Thursday night shift from 2300-0700.
2. Friday morning "doing a favor" shift at 0900 at the WRHA, winds up going until 1200
3. Cover friday guy's shift 1530-0330
4. Uproar festival at MTS Center on saturday 1415 start, expected to arrive half an hour early, and figure out my own stupid parking.
5. Sunday-thursday, back to 2300-0700
Explaination:
1. This is my normal "friday" end of the week.
2. Some dude is getting a disciplinary meeting from the WRHA office near my house. They figure he's got the potential to be a pain in the ass about it, and flip out, so they ask us to send a guy. I get that one.
So, I'm supposed to arrive at 0900, I get there early like a good boy. Turns out the meeting isn't even until 1030, so thats waste of my time 1. Then it turns out the guy has decided to call in sick to his own disciplinary meeting. That takes brass ones when you work for the Health Authority. They decide that I should wait around, because they told him to bring his doctor's note in, at no specific time. The dude did finally show, and I have to say, unless someone tossed him some sort of weapon, I don't think he'd be a match for most of the ladies in that office, let alone me opperating on nothing but caffeine fumes and some orange juice. Then they decide I should sit around for another hour and a half "just in case". The best part is, they'll likely have to reschedule, and I'll have to do it all again.
3. So, part way through the week, my regular friday guy finally admits that the site supervisor stole him, to station him at, of all places, Tom's hotel. So, I'm a bit pissed that I got no warning, and that I had to find out as late as I did. So, I call around, and all the people who keep telling me I should give them hours either won't answer their phones, or are busy. And the best excuse, when I ask Parm, my reliable guy who does weekdays, he can't do it either, because he's covering a shift at.... Tom's hotel, because my friday guy didn't want to work it. So, now I'm stuck out here, on no sleep getting really grouchy.
4. I really should just let my weekend be off time for once, but I can't help but say yes to things I think sound fun, especially when they ask so far in advance. I just had no idea i'd have to start so damn early.
5. Just my normal week. Oh well, at least the pay check for this bit should be pretty sweet.
On the plus side. I bought myself a new toy. A 2,000,000 candlepower handheld spotlight. The best way to explain it is that if i'm not careful, sometimes I accidentally wake up the geese a mile away from my site.
I have befriended a stray-ish cat that seems to live around the floodway. She follows me around while I do my rounds some of the time. Its pretty funny.
I'm still working the kinks out of doing this whole 40 hours a week worth of nights thing. And I keep agreeing to do events on the weekends, so I usually only wind up with one day, or a half day, off at any given time. As the winter settles in I should, in theory, be more available. For one thing, I'm still around from 5pm-10:30pm or so, before work. And I did set it up so that I get friday and saturday off.
However, since my jaw has been aching pretty much constantly, and I can actually feel my mouth muscles starting to get stronger, I'm gonna guess I'm under some stress. My dentist assures me that I should clench my jaw less.
For example, this weekend's perdicament.
1. Thursday night shift from 2300-0700.
2. Friday morning "doing a favor" shift at 0900 at the WRHA, winds up going until 1200
3. Cover friday guy's shift 1530-0330
4. Uproar festival at MTS Center on saturday 1415 start, expected to arrive half an hour early, and figure out my own stupid parking.
5. Sunday-thursday, back to 2300-0700
Explaination:
1. This is my normal "friday" end of the week.
2. Some dude is getting a disciplinary meeting from the WRHA office near my house. They figure he's got the potential to be a pain in the ass about it, and flip out, so they ask us to send a guy. I get that one.
So, I'm supposed to arrive at 0900, I get there early like a good boy. Turns out the meeting isn't even until 1030, so thats waste of my time 1. Then it turns out the guy has decided to call in sick to his own disciplinary meeting. That takes brass ones when you work for the Health Authority. They decide that I should wait around, because they told him to bring his doctor's note in, at no specific time. The dude did finally show, and I have to say, unless someone tossed him some sort of weapon, I don't think he'd be a match for most of the ladies in that office, let alone me opperating on nothing but caffeine fumes and some orange juice. Then they decide I should sit around for another hour and a half "just in case". The best part is, they'll likely have to reschedule, and I'll have to do it all again.
3. So, part way through the week, my regular friday guy finally admits that the site supervisor stole him, to station him at, of all places, Tom's hotel. So, I'm a bit pissed that I got no warning, and that I had to find out as late as I did. So, I call around, and all the people who keep telling me I should give them hours either won't answer their phones, or are busy. And the best excuse, when I ask Parm, my reliable guy who does weekdays, he can't do it either, because he's covering a shift at.... Tom's hotel, because my friday guy didn't want to work it. So, now I'm stuck out here, on no sleep getting really grouchy.
4. I really should just let my weekend be off time for once, but I can't help but say yes to things I think sound fun, especially when they ask so far in advance. I just had no idea i'd have to start so damn early.
5. Just my normal week. Oh well, at least the pay check for this bit should be pretty sweet.
On the plus side. I bought myself a new toy. A 2,000,000 candlepower handheld spotlight. The best way to explain it is that if i'm not careful, sometimes I accidentally wake up the geese a mile away from my site.
I have befriended a stray-ish cat that seems to live around the floodway. She follows me around while I do my rounds some of the time. Its pretty funny.