Crack of Dawn

The alarm clock went off at 4:30am, I hit snooze until 5:00am. Finally getting up I got ready and headed to work. It was eerie, I was the only one in the parking lot. Okay, maybe the others got dropped off. I walk in to an empty building. No one....I sign in to my computer at 6:00am sharply to start my shift. 6am until 10am....4 hours...I can do this. About 6:10am I see my team lead come in and she flips on lights, does whatever. Finally around 6:20am I popup from my cubicle like a praire dog and say "Hey" to her. She looks at me like I'm crazy. "Have you been here all night?" she asks me still looking at me oddly. "Nope, I got here at 6", I answer back. She shuffles a few papers and then goes to the computer. Typing she smiles and turns to me. 6 PM until 10 PM. That's right. I went to work 12 hours too early. I packed up my things and started to head out and my team lead stops me and says that she'll call the scheduler (heh..sounds like some mafia "fixer" guy) and I would just work today from 7am, when the center opens. Whew...that means I wouldn't have to go drive back to work later. It's nice that they have that much flexibility. The job is easy and the people there are willing to work with you for schedules...not a bad place to work. (Pay isn't great...but I'm not in it for the money)

I feel like a dope for not realizing my schedule said PM and not AM. I was used to working all mornings that I didn't even consider that they would schedule me for a night. The "Scheduler" had said later when he came in that I had put on my preference sheet that I could work nights. Needless to say I put in a new preference sheet. Not that I won't work nights...but I prefer mornings so I can be home with Jerry at night