So... At my work site, my supervisor could put me on overnights (10p-6a/11p-7a) at the truck gate, or on second shift (3p-11p) at one of the two employee gates...

Pro for Employee gate shift: I get to potentially have sleep-snuggles with Fiancé.
Con for Employee gate shift: Standing for hours on end; physical agony.

Pro for Truck gate shift: Work I'm good at; time with my supervisor (who is AWESOME); active

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So... the day after I posted my last blog, at the end of my shift and the beginning of Boss-MomCord's, we randomly had Fits (a potential trainee) show up! And yesterday, Ali arrived for training too!!!

Praise to the Higher Powers That Be!!!

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Well... the 13th of November came and went with little fanfare... I no longer work at the steel mill, and now I'm doing odd shifts at UPS shipping facilities or at another site while doing Anti-Piracy work in theaters for advance screenings of movies...

This has resulted in me seeing several movies... Obviously I can't say much, but here's what I can say:
*Passengers - An okay movie
*Sing - Cute and funny. Would recommend.

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So why, you might be asking yourself right now, is Witchy already ranting about work? She's not scheduled to work until 10pm tonight (Wednesday), right?

Well, dear reader, you would be correct. I was not scheduled to start until 10pm...

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So...
Today...
Today has not been kind...

Today, I was awake at 3pm... and yes... I had to be up at 3pm, which is highly unfortunate, given what I had to be up for.

Boss-MomCord is a benevolent dictator in general... but due to Newbie doing a cock-up with his availability, she was unable to give me both Monday and Thursday off this week...

"Why is having Monday and Thursday off so important, Witchy?" you may be asking right now... And, my dear readers, I shall tell you...

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I was gonna try to keep this clean, but since I can make no promises of the sort, please be advised that there's significant obscenity when I'm describing how many ways I got the shaft and how much of an absolute prick this coworker is... The best I can do is put it under a cut...

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Good news -- DoucheRocket of a coworker is finally booted from the steel mill!

Bad news -- This means that we're all going crazy trying to cover the shifts and make it so I can still go to EMR training.

Good news -- Fiancé had a phone interview that went REALLY well.

Bad news -- His prospective schedule is gonna mean that on Monday mornings, I'm gonna have to blast home as soon as possible so that he can get to work.

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Has it been 7 weeks already?

Feels like forever, or maybe only a week or two... not sure... But in any case...
Hubby's doing much better now. He's gotten so I don't have to do everything for him, and he's even walking!!! (Though usually he needs at least a cane or a walker for support.)

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So... Ali ditzed, didn't look at the schedule, and missed her Friday morning shift, forcing MomCord to cover it... Fffuuuuuuuuu--
And then she had her car towed so she wasn't able to work her Saturday morning shift either, making Snowfire cover it... Fffuuuuuuuuu--
And she couldn't get her car out yesterday, so Snowfire couldn't just do a shift-trade with Ali so she'd have a day off and not go into overtime... Fffuuuuuuuuu--

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So it's been over three months. Let's see if I can briefly recap this...

Good Things:

• Hubby's no longer in Physical Therapy and he's walking without even a cane for assistance!
• I still have a job.
• Hubby has a better job, still within his company, that pays him more, and also gives us days off together.
• We have a second car! We've named her Hotaru and she's amazing. It's been loads of interesting to learn how to drive a manual transmission.

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So... My week's not been pleasant and it's only getting longer... Last Saturday (the 19th) I came home from work and took my usual post-work nap (It's my Friday and I can do what I want!)... Only when I woke up, I was feeling miserable. Sniffles, Sneezing... Just Yuck...

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