Lately I have been working 6:30 pm to 5 am. I actually enjoy working the night shift. I get a lot done working at my own pace. I come home and go right to bed. Zonked out by about 5:50 am. I am actually getting MORE SLEEP than on my previous weekend 6 am to 6:30 pm shift. I am just sleeping during day light hours so it's an adjustment not waking up until almost 1 pm.
Since early February I have scheduled at least one phone call meeting with a prospective couple every week except the week I went on spring vacation. Not scheduling anything next week because my department at work is under staffed, and the lady who does the majority of the work during the week on day shift is on vacation. She is a good worker, and I would say she handles 65% of the work load while the other 2 employees on that shift handle the rest (One of them is what I consider a pay check collector...only sits and does two job functions all day, and won't help with anything else).
So my manager asked me to come in and cover, and work over time. My schedule will be 12 Noon to 12 AM Monday through Thursday night. I should hit about 6 hours of OT for the week. I hate going into work at Noon. To me, Noon is the worst time to start a shift, but he needs the coverage. Can't eat lunch before work. Can't really do anything, and I'll be working all day long. Should rack up a good amount of OT pay for the week though. This will be the only time I agree to working OT between now and Mid November. Then should be back to working over night shift again the following week.
I have a 70th birthday party tomorrow which should be the easiest event I do this year. Venue is 1.2 miles from my house, and it's a basic set up. In May I have weddings every Saturday plus a couple of Sunday weddings. Going to be a busy ass month in May! There will be a couple weeks I don't even have a day off. Crossing my fingers I can get through it, or I may have to take PTO to take a day off if it gets to be too much.
May and October this year are super busy months. Every other month at the moment doesn't look like more than 3 events in each month. Still time for another wedding or two or 3 to come in for September and November I believe, but I think now through July is likely wrapped up. About 3 weeks left in booking season then I should be able to call it a wrap for 2024 outside of maybe an outlying late booking wedding, and the December holiday party events
Since early February I have scheduled at least one phone call meeting with a prospective couple every week except the week I went on spring vacation. Not scheduling anything next week because my department at work is under staffed, and the lady who does the majority of the work during the week on day shift is on vacation. She is a good worker, and I would say she handles 65% of the work load while the other 2 employees on that shift handle the rest (One of them is what I consider a pay check collector...only sits and does two job functions all day, and won't help with anything else).
So my manager asked me to come in and cover, and work over time. My schedule will be 12 Noon to 12 AM Monday through Thursday night. I should hit about 6 hours of OT for the week. I hate going into work at Noon. To me, Noon is the worst time to start a shift, but he needs the coverage. Can't eat lunch before work. Can't really do anything, and I'll be working all day long. Should rack up a good amount of OT pay for the week though. This will be the only time I agree to working OT between now and Mid November. Then should be back to working over night shift again the following week.
I have a 70th birthday party tomorrow which should be the easiest event I do this year. Venue is 1.2 miles from my house, and it's a basic set up. In May I have weddings every Saturday plus a couple of Sunday weddings. Going to be a busy ass month in May! There will be a couple weeks I don't even have a day off. Crossing my fingers I can get through it, or I may have to take PTO to take a day off if it gets to be too much.
May and October this year are super busy months. Every other month at the moment doesn't look like more than 3 events in each month. Still time for another wedding or two or 3 to come in for September and November I believe, but I think now through July is likely wrapped up. About 3 weeks left in booking season then I should be able to call it a wrap for 2024 outside of maybe an outlying late booking wedding, and the December holiday party events