Third shift struggle, car repair, new dog

my life is very exciting

Published on May 30, 2009 By Boudica In Just Hanging Out

For those who remember me a quick update. Working at my new job is getting much better. I have been there almost three months and I'm starting to feel like I halfway know what I'm doing. The third shift is horrible though. I really hate it. I will suck it up and deal with it for as long as I have to. Probably for about a year but I just feel bad all the time. I'm always tired. I don't eat right. If i eat at night while I'm working I get heartburn then can't sleep the next day. So I don't eat and then when I wake up I am starving and will eat anything that isn't moving. I drive home like a zombie at least one or two days a week. I have taken to 5 hour energies to stay awake at work and benadryl to sleep. It will probably be even more of a challenge now that my boys are out of school. Hopefully they will have enough respect to let me sleep but they just forget and get loud.

I am waiting on Air Check Texas to tell me if I qualify for assistance on my car repair. Cross your fingers for me. I need all the help I can get. I need a $1200 repair to pass inspection and shock of shocks - I don't have $1200. It's always something but hopefully I will get approved for the $600 in assistance then the $600 shouldn't be quite as difficult to come up with.

I have a new dog named Keiko. She wears me out. She is from the pound a Australian Cattle Dog/Border Collie mix. She has way too much energy. She can jump really high and uses this talent to try to get food from the table and off the island. Obedience training was $109 so I got a book at the library. So far I have succeeded in getting her to sit, sometimes to lay but never, ever to come when I call her. She just takes off. She is about a year old now. I think she was ten months when they got her. No I had nothing to do with the decision. I just came home and there she was. This was to help my boys not be afraid when they are home alone at night, because of my new schedule. Which is a good theory and when we get her trained will be much better. Now the issue I have to worry about is if I have to move finding a rental that will let me have a dog and not pay a huge extra pet deposit. I guess I'll deal with that when the time comes. I just miss good, laid back Bingo even more now.

Okay this has turned into a bitch and moan post which wasn't my intention but I'm going to post it anyway. I'm off to buy milk and head back home.

Comments

Tova7

on May 30, 2009

Good to see you Loca!

Hang in there, things will get better.

Texas Wahine

on May 31, 2009

What is your new job?

Are you at the same address?

Miss you!

Big Fat Daddy

on May 31, 2009

Triple wow!! THREE of my favorite babes all at the same time!

Miss all y'all.

The good news about the dog is that that mix usually creates very intelligent dogs. The energy level is a challenge but more good news there, they are usually not chewers. Shoes will be safe. Patience will pay off, in a few more months she will probably settle a little and pay more attention to ya.

Be careful using pills to regulate your sleep cycle. I hope you get used to it soon. My dad, The Chief, went to work on the 3-11 shift for the City of San Diego maintenance department after he retired from the Navy. It took about six months for him to quit bitchin about it and then about a year later a day position came open. He took it and three months or so later asked to go back on nights. Go figure. Maybe you'll get to liking it. I hope they are paying you enough to make it worth the inconvenience.

Anyhow, it is really great to see you back in print. Missed you. More soon?

Boudica

on Jun 01, 2009

Be careful using pills to regulate your sleep cycle. I hope you get used to it soon.

I know it probably isn't the best but I was only getting maybe three hours of sleep. I tend to crash out on my days off to make up for it.

She is a chewer but that's definately getting better as she is getting older. I need to spend some more time with her and wear her out a bit instead of the other way around.

What is your new job?

Are you at the same address?

Miss you!

I am working for the City, the police department. My actual job is taking non-emergency citizen reports over the phone. Because I am on third though we don't have as many calls so I have to enter accident reports, property lists, insurance letters etc. The calls are the best because they engage you and keep you awake. I am at the same address though I don't know for how long. I miss everyone at JU too. How are the kiddos?

Good to see you Loca!
Hang in there, things will get better.

Good to be back. I wish I had internet at home and eventually I will. It's harder to really participate when you have to use the library. I'm hanging in. Actually things are better and I need to remember that. I do have a better job making more money.

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