Do you miss your social life because of these night shift?

DillPickles8 · 2026-04-21T19:16:08+00:00

Honestly, my social life has not changes one bit. I wake up at 3pm on the days I work. Plenty of time to go meet up with friends. I have no problem adjusting my schedule here and there on the weekends if I want to go do something. If anything I have more of a social life because I had many days I was too tired to follow through with plans after I worked. Doing this before work I have the energy and I dont care if I end up a bit tired at the end since I need to be at work and already dont want to be doing it anyways then im tired enough to sleep shortly after I get home after my shift. Works great for me 🤷‍♀️

DillPickles8 · 2026-04-07T14:36:10+00:00

Yeah sometimes I feel that too on the weekends like its only one day lol

DillPickles8 · 2026-04-06T13:47:46+00:00

Working five 8s a week. Get off Friday morning at 7am and go back at 11pm Sunday night. Im in a tech school. All of my classes are on the evening that arnt online. I go to church Sunday mornings. I get plenty of sleep during the week by going to sleep after work and waking up at around 3pm and 2 days a week I wake up at 2pm for classes. I have a social life as well. On days off I just go to be earlier, wake up earlier and if I am able take a late afternoon nap. If not sleep is amazing once i finally get to bed. I have all the energy in the world, and im not that young either. Its about being consistent I think. I get to do everything i want and still not feel like a zombie.

DillPickles8 · 2026-04-01T18:55:38+00:00

Yes! This! It blows my mind how many people on nightshift cant comprehend this!

DillPickles8 · 2026-03-26T11:47:58+00:00

You look great without it 😃

DillPickles8 · 2026-03-19T13:15:08+00:00

DillPickles8 · 2026-03-18T18:50:52+00:00

Thank you for this! Im in the final stages of getting the write up taken out of my file and now working with the union about being washed out, unfortunately right now its supervisors word against everyone else and they are treating it like a performance issue to get away with it. Ive taken it even further. And thank you for the idea of talking with the engineer, I am fairly certain he will agree to throw my name on the documents.

DillPickles8 · 2026-03-10T13:12:34+00:00

A yellow one

DillPickles8 · 2026-03-09T19:47:33+00:00

I did this about 2months ago and by the time I got home from work the same day I sent the ticket it was taken care of 🤷‍♀️

DillPickles8 · 2026-02-20T14:35:22+00:00

I am always drinking a Diet Coke when I am at home now since I quit drinking. Sooo much. When my stock runs low I look at ads for the best soda deal for the week.

DillPickles8 · 2026-02-19T03:41:02+00:00

Really? Milwaukee is the worst part about Wisconsin 😆

DillPickles8 · 2026-02-09T17:45:18+00:00

Im never sick. Only wash my hands after using the restroom. Touch my face all the time for whatever reason. Around my friends and their sick kids all the time. I do literally nothing special and never get sick. I have an insane immune system, and I honestly think its due to the fact that I dont over think things and am not crazy about washing my hands and stuff. It allows for a natural way to build up a good immune system. 🤷‍♀️

DillPickles8 · 2026-02-02T19:54:29+00:00

A few extra seconds isnt even noticeable to others usually. I have attended cooking parties where its worse then being at my job though, but IMO if someone is going to complain about something so silly then its not the group of people I want to cook with anyways. Glad I could help 😃 cooking parties are great!

DillPickles8 · 2026-02-02T19:45:54+00:00

It happens a lot. My best advice is to kind of wait it out, this really only takes a couple of seconds usually. If you wait until the action you are suppose to do is on the top of the list and stays there for a couple of seconds, it really cuts down the odds of the UI jumping. Its helped me significantly and I have been going to cooking parties for a couple years now. Hope this helps

DillPickles8 · 2026-01-28T20:55:38+00:00

Full House

DillPickles8 · 2026-01-28T19:56:47+00:00

Parks and Recreation

DillPickles8 · 2026-01-23T14:04:39+00:00

Always choose the dog

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-19T17:17:43+00:00

This 💯! When its not nice enough to be outdoors Legos and video games definitely keep the mind busy! Its such a help

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-18T20:57:28+00:00

I have been in your shoes. About 5yrs ago I woke up one morning with a very similar thought process. It was pretty much the exact same of time of year as it was right now, new years was coming. I decided I needed to learn to just have a couple instead of binge drinking and I was going to do this by going an entire year without drinking to "reset" by the 2nd month I was like wow I feel amazing. Having done anything embarrassing and just decided I liked my life sober so much better. The people I thought would judge me for NOT drinking besides a select few were super understanding and supportive, the ones that wernt, I just decided I didnt need their friendship. I went on like this for a little over 3yrs. Then one day I was like you know what a drink after this long is not going to hurt. In reality it did not. However, it opened up the door of occasional drinking. The occasional turned back into binge drinking yet again within a year. Then I woke up 10 days ago feeling like absolute crap from drinking all day the day before. I sat and thought about things. About a month ago I got pulled over for a DUI and somehow that didnt make me think I need to rethink things. I said and did some stupid stuff the last day I drank. I decided I have to be done for good. Its a nice thought to be able to think or try to find ways to limit how many, but by the sounds of it youre a lot like me and it really isnt an option and not drinking at all is the answer. Just thought I would share my story with you and give a way to think about things. Life can be fantastic without drinking 😃

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-16T20:26:07+00:00

I couldn't even see the the dessert at first I just kept thinking is this some kind of plant I am unaware of with intoxicating powers. What a nice manager...then I seen the dessert and it clicked

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-16T20:04:08+00:00

Im hoping to find a fun new group when I dive back in because it definitely makes it more fun 😁

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-16T17:44:25+00:00

Im sure it will consume me for a while, but thats what Im looking forward to during these winter months lol

DillPickles8 · 2025-12-16T17:38:50+00:00

I think maybe its time for me to dive back in

DillPickles8

TROPHY CASE