Pogo on a Trampoline

I Have A New Job (Tales from the CCU)

Well, I applied for a new position within CCU and got it. At first glance, it sounded awesome, but there are a couple of reservations that I have. The absolute most bestest part is that it's 11am-7pm. This is an awesome shift; it's earlier than 3pm (but not too early) and I'll be home by 7:30-8:00 every night. It'll be really nice being home in the evenings; there are plenty of days every week that I don't see Dave all day. The sorta icky part is that it's full time, Monday-Friday. No weekends. I don't really mind working weekends, but it will be nice to plan things without having to worry about if I'm working or not.

I'm sure a lot of you are thinking, "Well, I work full time M-F! Nothin' wrong with that!" But I'm also sure a lot of you don't really deal with illness, family dynamics, death, tragedy, or doctors full-time, now do you? :-) I had been hoping for 11a-7p 4 days a week, every other weekend... like I have now with 3-11. But that is not to be, at least not for now. So I'll enjoy my evenings and weekends off. It's definitely worth it... 9pm-11:30pm is usually the worst time for me at work. I just want to get out of there soooo bad. The lights are down and things are usually calm (usually) and it gets boring.

So as far as the calendar is concerned, I did January, but won't fill out the rest of it. Things will be quite predictable from here on out for awhile. I hope I like it.

Comments

Posted by Donna on December 31, 2003 10:48 AM

sigh! I'll miss you on the last half of our shift. I always enjoy seeing you, and benefiting from your vast knowledge, and impish grin! and now---I won't even see you on "our" weekends?!? I think I better look for another job---the joy is gone!

Posted by aj on January 5, 2004 12:34 PM

Congratulations on the new job! Having weekends off will be great.

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