Anyone who reads this probably knows I’m a morning news anchor. As a morning news anchor the question I get more than any other is “what time do you get up?” The answer: 2:45 a.m. Early call, true, but not too different than my neighbor who works first shift at Jeep.
I have many positive things to say about shift work especially when it comes to family life. When I started in news I worked night-side. That’s from 2:30 p.m. until after the 11 o’clock news. My kids were little then and it was great to be home until two in the afternoon. I only needed 4 hours of babysitting since the hubby worked a regular daytime schedule and got home in the evening. Essentially we both had full time jobs and only had to pay half time of childcare. Later I worked the weekend shift. That gave me two week days off. Again, it was nice because my husband was home the weekends so my kids had 4 days straight of at least one parent home.
This morning shift came at the right time in my life as my kids afterschool actitivies keep us going each afternoon and I’m available to do whatever they need from homework help (except math) to cheering in the stands. I get just under 5 hours of sleep a night but no worries, I catch up on Friday nights. Except…
Before I continue I will tell you that I enjoy flipping through decorating magazines. Not that my house is decorated in any sort of style at all but I like looking at the home decor magazines. So when I have a few minutes to wait, say in the parking lot as the kids are finishing up whatever they’re doing or on a Saturday night after go-go-going all day, I enjoy looking at the magazines.
I am talking about shift work and home decor magazines because of this.
I’ve purchased this magazine twice. Same issue. Something looked vaguely familiar. Oh well, I thought no big deal, I’ll just recycle one. (That’s why you’re only seeing the one in the picture.)
Then I did this:
I’ve purchased this same magazine 3 TIMES. (I threw one out because I scared myself when I discovered I’d bought it repeatedly.) Either I love Renovation Style Magazine so much that I can’t wait for the next issue or maybe I just love this fireplace mantel. But the more likely scenario is my short term memory is Swiss Cheesy. Big holes in it.
So shift work appears to be good for my family life but it appears it be REALLY good for these two magazine publishers. What was I saying again? I forget.
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Hopefully you got to sleep in this morning, although we missed you. I don’t think it’s shift work, I think it’s the age we’re all hitting (or for me, hit years ago). I have multiple copies of Nora Roberts books (the re-issue them and the story doesn’t sound familiar, until you get to page 60). That means we can get away with being “eccentric” rather than forgetful.
I got up with the kids today so it was very nice thank you!
I suppose early onset hardening of the arteries is a likely culprit, not sleep.
Great just like Grandma Befrazzeld I’m now dottering.
I had two copies of Jerry Lewis’ autobiography, there’s two copies of the “Morning Food” cookbook … but what really bugs me is when magazine publishers actually send me two copies of the same magazine to a slightly different name (Dave vs. David) at the same address. I mean hey, can’t they figure that out? And why is it when I have to add a 1 to a phone number or take a 1 away, the stoopid telephone system can’t figure that out on its own??
Sorry, got a little carried away there …
I can relate RR, only I do this with nail polishes. I think I own every shade of pink, red and coral that’s been on the shelf. Oh because each time I “look for a new color” I grab one and say “oooo I like this one” only to open my cabinet and discover I have 3 or 4 of the same. I don’t do it as regularly anymore because I have “Shawna”, see she does my nails and we are good to go for 2 1/2 3 weeks.
So you are not alone
I mess up the ‘1′ thing too LPC and Cheryl of course I have every “French Manicure” color that is on the market. I’m with you.
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