Time for my triennual blog post....

[Wounded Bear]

My circadian rhythm is just about hashed

After a few months of fairly steady, if low-paying, work, I was laid off at the end of February, just a week before my scheduled eye surgery. Add in the two week recovery period from that, and it killed March, pretty much, as an “earning” month.

So the agency placed me at the beginning of April at another plant in Woodinville. It’s not too bad, the work’s not really physical or anything. But it is on night crew. After a couple of weeks, I kind of got used to it.

Then, the whammy. “Would you be okay with working weekends?” “Sure.” “How about 12 hour shifts?” “Uh……ok, I guess.”

So there you are. Thursday and Friday, I work normal 8 hour night crew shifts from 3:00-11:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday I work 7:00pm to 7:30 am. Saturdays and Mondays are zombie transition days, where the major focus is sleeping and eating.

It’s 40 hours, at least. But I feel like I'm trying to maintain three different diurnal schedules

http://sutz12.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-circadian-rhythm-is-just-about-hashed.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That has to be tough, my dear Wounded Bear...

Any way you can get that schedule changed? All days or all nights?

You have my sympathies!

[Wounded Bear]

4. Thanks, Peg! nt

[In_The_Wind]

2. I'm really sorry to hear that your work schedule is so_off from the norm.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Thanks, I_T_W!

[libodem]

3. That's got to be stressful on every part of you

I never felt quite normal when I did noc shift. I was really out of wack. I didn't realize it until I went back to days.

Hope it will get better soon.

[Wounded Bear]

5. It's been many years since I worked other than day shift....

This is like night crew on steroids.

[libodem]

7. I hardly ever got more than 4 hours sleep

Could never sleep the day before going back to work, after days off. I was chronically sleep deprived. I started feeling like a zombie. Best of luck to you. Thank god you do have a job and are capable of handling the load.

[Wounded Bear]

8. I'm only into my second week on this shift....

It is yet to be seen if I can "handle the load."

[libodem]

9. hoping for the best

For you. This has to suck!