i know...i know....
i signed up to do a job that involves 24/7 working.
i work shifts. i work long long hours. and i worked very very very hard to get this job.
but i have never had to work xmas before, my kids (although older, DS will be 20 and DD 14) are dreading it. i am dreading it already.... DH is trying his best to make me feel better....i am on a night shift on xmas day, and working until 3am on xmas morning (from xmas eve - im working a sort of half night shift - and ive no doubt it will be horrifically busy).....means i wont get much time with the family on xmas day, wont really be able to eat a xmas dinner (or wont feel like going to work) and there is absolutely no way i can get it off. i am working the same night shift on boxing day.
i am feeling quite fed up about it. its like xmas this year is written off for me. and next year im working it aswell, (though next year is a day shift so not quite so crap....
im also working new years.
how can i feel better about it? i cant get it off so i just have to make the most of it, but really work is the very last place i want to be - i love xmas. i love being with my family and im feeling sad about it already.
how do you get over working over what in my head should be family time?
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i am dreading working xmas....getting anxious about it already
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ThatVikRinA22 · 21/08/2011 22:24
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