Out of the dark?

Feeling like ass again, I am beginning to think it is the night shift catching up with me, it seems to be the start of each week where I feel like crap, and as the week goes on I feel better.  Usually for the first couple days of the week I am depressed because of lack of sleep and readjusting to the night shift.

I have been offered to join another account here at Millennium care.  It will be a 9:30am – 6pm shift.  I requested to get off the night shift, I can’t take it anymore it is conflicting with my social life (or lack of it now).  I have lived in the dark for almost a year and a half now. I think I have had enough.  The shift I have been offered is on a busy account where all they take is phone calls, where the account I am on now is about 70% email to 30% phone.  So one draw back would be being on the phone all day, but it will be a 8 hour shift instead of a 9 hour which I am working now.  I would also get to sleep at night again.  I honestly fantasize about sleeping at night sometimes, my body physically hurts sometimes due to the lack of sleep, even a solid 8 hours sleep during the day isn’t like a solid 5 hours at night.  I seem to only really sleep well on Saturday night.  ONCE A WEEK, that’s not enough.  Another draw back of going back to days would be the commute, and dealing with rush hour traffic.  Now I don’t have to deal with traffic at all… but I guess sine I will be working a shift that is 30 minutes shorter, it will practically be the same amount of time away from home.

I like this new account because it is a more technical account which means it will challenge me.  The account I am on now doesn’t challenge me in the slightest.  I can do it in my sleep, which I have done on a number of nights when I HAVE TO sleep, and wake up whenever I recieve an email or phone call.

I asked my boss if I could keep the 15% premium that I get when on the night shift when/if I switch to days.  He said I don’t see why would couldn’t, but I will have to bring it up with upper management.  He said I am a hard worker and deserver a little something extra.  So we will see… because that will be the deciding factor most likely.  I don’t think I can afford to live where I do now if that 15% is cut, it would make everything too tight financially wise for my liking.

Music of the Moment:  Rise Aganist
Today I Feel: TIRED! 🙁