Worked a 14 hour shift yesterday.
4 hours of which was overtime.
Busy day, major fire of a junk yard that required a 5 km evacuation due to possible chemical hazards. A single engined Cessa went down in Lake Ontario (all souls on-board saved by my marine unit guys - you guys rock!) A pursuit, an assist PC, plus the ususal gun/knife/blunt weapons calls and assorted drunks, mentally ill persons and such that make up my life.
Got home just after 3am.
Cup of tea, email, wind down, in bed by 4:30am
Up again 2 hours later - whoops - shouldn't have had that cup of tea.
Up again an hour later to toss the cat out of the bedroom and shut the door - firmly.
Finally awake at 11am.
Feeling a tad zombie-ish.
Showered, tea drunk, email checked.
Time to pack a lunch and head back into work.
Hopefully I will be able to form full sentences by the time I get there.
Somewhere in a momentary lapse of judgement I have volunteered to do this all again.
Tonight.
Tomorrow night.
Sunday.
Monday.
Tuesday.
and Wednesday.
If I were you I'd check back here this time next week. I doubt there will be anything of substance or even remotely coherrant in the interim.
Apologies for any typos...but at the moment I really don't care.
Post Script 06/08/31: Phew! OK in the last week I worked an additional 45 hours in overtime on top of my regular shifts. So at time and a half...carry the one... (pulls socks off to count on toes)....(licks end of pencil)....that's another 67.5 hours of pay. Sweet! I have to be honest, I am knackered though. My hat's off to people who work 2 and 3 jobs regularly and have 80 plus hour weeks. I just don't know how you do it. I've got another 2 x 8-hour shifts this weekend, which will bring me to ...(wanders off counting on fingers).
August 25, 2006
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You poor dear..I am rooting for you to get through this week intact.....Hugs my friend.
Awww thank Monette. My mantra at the moment is "Oasis of Luxury...Oasis of Luxury" LOL
I keep getting strange looks from everyone as I chant it though.
OMG! I would just keel over about half way through all of that, if you can type at all I'll be impressed, let alone anything coherrent! :o)
You have my sympathy, Sue. Don't know how you do it. My daughter, a doctor did a 96 hour week last week.
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