Bored!

Bored. That’s one of the key words I would use to describe how I feel on this night shift schedule. It is unbelievable how quickly you can tire of watching tv and scrolling social media. I absolutely love reading and have actually issued myself a pretty huge reading challenge for 2019 but even that doesn’t keep me from being bored. Normally with my daylight schedule, I have 2 days off together. I will get up that first morning, spend about an hour relaxing with my coffee and catching up on social media. Then I get moving, get the laundry going and clean house. I take pride in getting that done early and usually by lunch I’m done with my chores, I get a shower and then almost always make a library run. Once back home I have the whole afternoon to enjoy reading. Then you probably figured this out, day two I have nothing to do! That’s how I like it though. I do some reading, watch some tv, usually some food prep and I usually take a nice nap. My 2 days off are relaxing and rejuvenating just as they are meant to be. Now of course if it’s my 3 day weekend off, meaning my husband will be home for 2 of those days, then obviously my schedule is a little different.

Now back to my whole point. Night shift. Ugh! I don’t know why but it is SO different! Again, 2 days off. First day off well I sleep most of the day. When I wake I spend less time maybe about 30 minutes drinking my coffee and waking up. Then I’m up to get the laundry and house cleaning done. By the time that’s done it’s time to start dinner before my hubby comes home. We spend time after dinner watching tv then it’s off to bed. Of course I’m never tired but I like to try to sleep beside my husband for a few hours. Usually by 1am I’m awake and in the living room. Because of this day 2 is a repeat of the same with me sleeping during the day then being awake all night.

I get no reading done because I try to save that for the long nights at work. Keeping myself engaged in a good book is one of the few things that helps keep me awake. I also don’t watch any of my tv shows that I regularly follow because I also save those for those long nights at work. So all of my time is spent sitting on the sofa scrolling on my phone and binge watching “In the Heat of the Night” from the beginning, I know ironic right?!

So bored…that’s what I seem to be most of the time. I’m not really sure how people survive working this shift for years. Maybe I’m just not cut out for it, I don’t know. What I do know is that it’s exhausting, changes the whole dynamic of your life, and I am BORED!!