Back on overnights

I found out Sunday morning, after driving in to work, that I wasn’t supposed to be there. I asked why and was told I was covering a vacation on overnights starting Monday night. That was news to me. I hung around long enough to talk with a senior manager and confirmed what I’d been told. He said they’d called me, but there were no messages on my phone, at least not then. After I got home the voicemail icon lit up and sure enough, there it was. It was time stamped from Saturday afternoon so I know they weren’t just screwing with me.

I have to work Monday night through Thursday night, I get Friday off, then I go back to days on Saturday since we have inventory on Wednesday. Yes, it sucks, no, it isn’t fair, but the last time I covered an overnight vacation they had to change my days off and there was all kinds of frakking drama about it that somehow ended up being my fault, so unless they tell me they’ve changed my schedule I’m not asking about it, I don’t need the grief and if they feel like crap for making me do it good for them.

I’m going to try to stay up all night and sleep all day tomorrow so I’m ready for the shift, but I don’t know if I’m going to make it since I’m already feeling drowsy and it’s only 2300.