Success!

Today marks the completion of my first week of 6 AM shifts. Next week they will have me start at 6:30 so I might minimize my lunch break and only take 15 minutes; anyway I can maximize my pay. This week I took the full 30 minute lunch break each day and ended up with a bit over 38 hours. We are providing coffee service for the neighboring theater while they host the American Institute of Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) and by we, I mean one person brews several batches of coffee between 5 and 6 and then I take the coffee over along with cups, lids, cream, sugar, stirrers etc by 7 AM. Then around 11, I tear it all down and restock for the next morning just before I go on break.

There are 3 more weeks of this then 2 weeks off followed by 2 more weeks. I've been falling asleep before 9 PM most nights since my alarm is set for 4:40. For the first three days, I made my breakfast (croque-monsieur) the night before and stuck it in the fridge so I could be out the door by 5. However for today and Thursday, I left at 4:50 so I could stop at the McDonald's across the street from the bus stop I go to. It takes me a good twenty minutes of walking to reach my ideal bus stop so I picked up a breakfast sandwich around 5:10. Over the weekend, I've got my alarm set for 6 AM so that I won't ruin my ability to fall asleep around 8:30 by Sunday night.

I'm a bit surprised I survived the week so well because, perhaps due to my apprehension of taking on this job, I caught yet another cold. Luckily for me it has been isolated to my throat and affects my voice but not my breathing so much. Every so often a deep breath causes a slight itching discomfort that precipitates a few coughs but I feel grateful that I can, for the most part, still breathe through my nose.

Sorry for the unnecessary details but I'm not filtering out my thoughts today. I've reached the point of not caring one reaches when they're at the end of their rope and their adrenaline has run dry. I'm done for the weekend and I've not a care in the world right now. Well, I guess just enough to add an apology as I have done... Anyway, til next time!