GraveYard Shift BS

back on the grind

 

Checking in with a serious question that I know only night shifters can answer.

What do you eat when you get home?

I usually head for bed within 60 minutes of getting home. Most times I'm not hungry before I head to bed. Unfortunately I usually wake up within 2 hours extremely hungry. Thus I'm ashamed that I just eat to fill my stomach. I can be soup, sandwich, chips, crackers, but never fruit. For some reason the sugar in the fruit will keep me awake.

Now I go back to bed with a full stomach and no way to burn off those calories.

Tell me your secrets.

As usual, thanks in advance.

Kirk

 

I usually go to breakfast with my co-workers. At home I will have cereal or left overs. I get home around 4 am so I try not to wake up everyone. I hate going straight to bed cause I loose my " Me " time. I try to sleep until it is time to go to work.

 

I often go into the garage and work on projects. I have a detached garage , but still try to be quiet. I am currently sorting Mardi Gras Beads and building two air cooled VW engines ,for the Shriners.

 

Usually (95%) go straight to bed, and have no problems with hunger, but I've always been good with fasting. I also take a multi vitamin in the morning. Wife keeps the bedroom like a refrigerator, I find the warm spot she left me and hibernate

 

I do pretty much similar. Only difference is my side of the bed better be cool (by the time I get home).

 

Guess I'm the opposite of everyone. I get off work at 7am and stay up till about 3pm. Get a good 6.5 hrs of sleep and up at 9:30pm.

 

lamo

 

im working 12/13s. not much room for anything but sleeping/showering/eating before having to leave for work, but i like to sleep. ha

 

8 days and 1-1/2 hours to go

 

in the similar boat 8/12's

 

hoping this is the last of it, although the overtime has been a nice bonus

 

I agree . We are in a turn around till Feb 1st. Then start up . Then vacation ! It's Mardi Gras Time !

The last time we done a turnaround last year, our union went out on strike...... Thank God we don't have to sweat that for another 3 years....

 

Whats a turn around?

 

We perform repairs, updates , improvements to our refinery. We produce 1/3 of our nations gasoline supply.

 

We call that a shutdown in my line of work

 

We call them shutdowns too....

 

We used to call them shut downs, but now I work at a hospital, and they don't. 24/7