Ahhhh, I am breathing a sigh of relief and am a bit overwhelmed with joy as my final nightshift draws to a close. To make this joy even more complete, I am on vacation next week, so I will be off for 9 days! It has been an interesting year, to say the least, working a rotating shift. I have learned much, experienced much, and overall decided that shift work is entirely unnatural and I prefer not to partake of it. The bitter counterpart to that sweet is that shift work brings with it a cameraderie of sorts that is not found in the dayshift world. We deal with issues and problems with very few people on site during night and weekend shifts, so we really have to work as a team. The other aspect of shift work to be missed is the off time. Although I have worked a lot of overtime this year, I have had 3 separate stretches with two weeks off, which is unprecedented in my 5 previous years here.
I may have some more thoughts later, but right now I am headed to give turnover to the dayshift foremen and wish them well for the next few weeks.
I will try to remember the photo of the week later on today. And before I forget, GEAUX TIGERS!!!! I am going to the Peach Bowl tonight and hope to see the LSU Tigers take the Miami Hurricanes by storm.
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