tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post2547709209803099929..comments2023-10-29T05:40:21.408-06:00Comments on zimmerhouse: I so hate the night shift!tzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586960868908412491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-73482042130622531522011-06-24T05:59:09.446-06:002011-06-24T05:59:09.446-06:00I used to work at a jazz club as a waitress. Our s...I used to work at a jazz club as a waitress. Our shifts were 4 pm to 4 a.m. Talk about a mindfuck. You started belong to an entirely differently world -- the world of night people. This was in NYC. It was crazy. An entirely different subculture exists for people who never see the sun. A lot of it is pretty unhealthy, i do have to say. But it was also when I did my best writing. There is some weird creative energy at night. I guess all those cliches about writers staying up until all hours in their tiny apartments really are based in truth.<br /><br />As for your mom-in-law -- what a great story. It really hits home for me because since I've moved back east (ha ha! after living "out west" so funny!) I've gotten to reconnect with our family after living nearly two decades across the country and far away from anyone biologically related to me. <br /><br />It has been amazing. Not always "happy," but it really makes you feel that belonging thing in a huge way. The first time we got our kids around their cousins, it was magical. It was like they just... knew. You could see the difference in the ways the kids behaved with their cousins -- whom they'd just met and barely had even heard about -- versus how they behaved with people our family was close to, really good friends, but they weren't "family." The kids instinctively just understood and felt it. <br /><br />The first time that happened, we were still living in L.A. and were visiting "back east." And I took one look at the kids with their cousins and other relative and said to my husband -- that's it; we have to move back. look what the kids are missing out on.<br /><br />And he couldn't dispute it.<br /><br />Glad your night shift is at an end. It's surreal, and people weren't really made to live that way. Though I have to say... sometimes I miss living in that world. I was young and it was strangely cool and dreamlike.Minkahttp://www.righteousventing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-41554101942400484052011-06-20T08:15:23.460-06:002011-06-20T08:15:23.460-06:00I did several years of night shifts - great money ...I did several years of night shifts - great money but I hated it and was miserable as hell. After that we decided that happiness came first.<br /><br />Glad the reunion went well! These things can be a real minefield.Rock Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259561583833857901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-51672994451565737642011-06-19T10:17:06.202-06:002011-06-19T10:17:06.202-06:00That is still the best story I have heard in forev...That is still the best story I have heard in forever....but I am still most touched by the letter of introduction you wrote. From the heart.<br /><br />Yeah, just say no to that crazy night stuff....whenever possible. However, it does show you are a team player and it should score you some bonus points with management for a week or so. <br />Grad school? Thanks, but I'll pass.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-23662669399664573652011-06-18T23:49:18.468-06:002011-06-18T23:49:18.468-06:00Oh, I'm glad the meeting went well. That is H...Oh, I'm glad the meeting went well. That is HUGE!<br /><br />I hear you about the night shift, last time we had a restructure and had to bid on our jobs my daughter then 10 started crying and said "You're not going to have to work that shift where I never see you again, are you?!?" :)<br /><br />Good on ya for the masters program what a lot of work.pysanki.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983697204378310519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32614013.post-44258385179288725202011-06-17T11:24:50.187-06:002011-06-17T11:24:50.187-06:00Congrats on being off the night shift! Isn't ...Congrats on being off the night shift! Isn't it weird when our little boys start wearing all that perfumey stuff? Cute little children, still looking like babies, really, only reeking like grown men.<br /><br />My eight-year-old is into it now too, following in the footsteps of his elder brother. Urrrgh!!!<br /><br />Yeah, family is something else. Thank goodness for it, even when it increases the number greys on our heads :)Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775794907218052899noreply@blogger.com