My Work Schedule

 Admittedly, I have an awesome work schedule.  I am typically Monday to Friday, 8 to 4.  That only changes when someone has asked for time off and I am filling in.  I always fill in the weekday 2nd shift because my coworker hates it and doesn't want to do it.  I don't particularly like that shift either but I'll do it.  My coworker, after 23 years, has earned the privilege not to have to work it if she doesn't want to.  

The best thing about my schedule right now is that it gives me a chance to plan around it because it is so regular.  With school starting up, knowing that I'll get done at 4 and can come home and get started on homework is a good thing.  Not that I enjoy homework that much, but it's got to be done LOL  And I can plan my very limited social life around my work hours.  Hopefully that will expand some this coming year.  But if I ever want to grab dinner one night with a friend during the week, I have the schedule that allows that.

The only really bad thing about the schedule is not knowing what happened at work over the weekend until Monday morning.  Now, some people may say that is a blessing because you don't want to take your work home with you.  Well, let me tell you, when you work in senior living, the work comes home to you in one way or another.  We take our residents into our lives and that means taking them home with us...figuratively.  And there's always that fear when I come into work on a Monday morning and have to ask what happened over the weekend.  There's a chance that someone I really care about has gone into the hospital or has passed away.  It's a risk you take working in senior living.  And I always have a sense of relief when nothing happened while I was off work.  That gives me more time with the people I care about and that is one of the reasons I love my job.

So, today I will go into work after being off this weekend and see what happened while I was away the weekend.  Then I'll get off at 4 and come home and get the things done that I need to.  It's a good routine and I'm thankful for my job for giving that to me.  That is all.