Nightshifters Unite!

Your mom was probably right. I didn't find out I had bp until I was in the Coast Guard. Now they're trying to kick me out....Go figure :-/

But a boring job is right. I'm pretty much a CG dispatcher. Someone calls mayday, I answer and send a boat or helo.

If someone yells up from the mine for a part, I call and get one here ASAP

Read your schedule Manic......have no idea how you can do 2 12 hr shifts on only 1.5 hrs sleep. I have to admit....I end up going a few days without sleep & only dozing at the computer, but I am NOT WORKING & when my body crashes, I can just lay down on my bed & sleep for 24 hours (& I'm NOT BP).....just hate the nightmares that hit at times & think I avoid sleep when that happens. But I couldn't drive that long without sleep without crashing off the road.

When I was in college, I worked the 12 hour night shift at a computer company doing data entry.......then I became a computer design engineer & worked many 70 hour weeks & longer hours than just those 12 hour night shifts. Would drive the hour drive home after work & the Ca Highway Patrol would constantly pull me over for weaving.....at least those little red lights usually woke me up for the rest of the drive home.

I worked 77 hours in 4 days last week. a 16,20,20,21 i use insomnia/mania to my advantage. gotta love those $1000/week paychecks

Nightshifter reporting for... who knows.

Wish i got paid hourly! Whether I put in 10 hours or 100 hours a week, I get the same pay

Most of the time we got paid for all those hours if the military was willing to add the extra time into the contract.....but being a "salaried professional" sometimes didn't have it's perks. The extra time pay was only at normal time rate.....but it was nice when it was there

Yea it is nice. and since i'm still a temp i have no hour restrictions so I could work 24/7 if i really wanted to

Hope you are okay. I'm around if you need to chat.

It's a very very quite night around here tonight. I got no depression cheeses left and Im not depresssed. I got hallooween everywhere. I am hopped up on coffee. And to jittery to jive.

I wish I had some coffee! I'm hurting for some wake-up juice tonight! LOL

Aww I wish I could just easily share mine

me too!! 4 more hours until the shift is over. Then get up and do it all again tomorrow.....err...tonight rather.

Aint it messed up. Dont know if your comin or goin half the time. Just got woke up from a good nap and now I feel like complete ****. (I'm allowed to sleep at work, as long as I can wake up to the phone or doorbell.)

no diggity doubt all this work has got me right side round!! No I do feel for both of you!

Just realized I am not actually a night shifter, case I am not really on a night shift. I am so s---L-------o----------w sometimes.

Nah No need to work a night shift, its just that you're on here late at night. Which u are. Anyone is welcome on the crazy train. We'll be runnin off the rails all night long and you are more than welcome to join in the fun

I don't mind feeling manic, it's pretty welcome at the moment, but OMG the pressure/need to talk talk talk is ridiculous, and there is no one at my house to talk to , talk to the tv? the decorations? I just dunno, I am gonna go wacky here , I guess I could talk to the tv, i didn't try..

Plus I wasn't thinking and I took my night meds twice, opps I think it's ok tho

Anyone talk to their tv, how was this for you? seriously

I feel you on the need to talk! People get really annoyed with me about me having to talk, but they just dont understand. I like to talk to people and convey my feelings

ya-no talking to tv lame, maybe you have to have the right show on.

I dont even have a TV in the room I'm in. Just a bunch of phones and radios and a computer. i'm alone in the world haha

Alone in the room haha

So how are you feelin?

I feel like I'm in prison! I even have to ask to go to the bathroom. haha

Oh god that's not good. Yikes!!!

eh, I'm used to it. Two more years and I can go back to civilian life

Or sooner if they decide to kick me out because of my bp.