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Well, this is the third week of midnight shift for me. Weekends have been the hard part. Stay on the nightowl schedule, or sleep nights?

I didn’t have much going on this past weekend, so I tried sleeping at night. I figured I’d just stay up a bit and go to bed about 1-2 am – just like a normal person on the weekend.

It worked okay. I felt like sleeping. But after an hour or two, I was awake and no chance of sleeping. Was I really getting used to the schedule so fast?
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Well, other than not knowing when to sleep and when not to, I’d be doing all right if it weren’t for the cold I have.

I got wrapped up in something on the computer last night and sat here working. I didn’t notice the time until 7:00 AM. I caught a quick hour rest until I had to get up and shower. I had to go out at 10:00 AM to Home Depot where we had a demo scheduled with the robotics team. Continue Reading…

I read in the paper where Delphi wants GM to give them $6 billion to keep them from going into bankruptcy. The average guy might think that sounds like a hand-out or even extortion. Delphi has been losing money (or so they say) and GM needs them to keep making cars and trucks. Especially profitable trucks (SUVs)

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Midnight shift is going fine. Somehow it is easier to stay up all night than to get up at some ungodly hour in the morning. Continue Reading…