I have to get around to sorting out my random sleep patterns. I had intended to load more stuff on eBay tonight but conked out before I could get it done. Bah. I’ll put most of it on as seven-day auctions on Sunday.
I’m branching out a little. I have several wooden model boat kits here, some started, a few untouched. I really haven’t the time to dedicate to such detailed models now (by ‘detailed’ I mean they achieve realistic planking effects on the hull by giving you a box of planks and little nails). The scale is big enough, sure, but I have accumulated so many that I’d need to win the lottery to have enough spare time to finish them all. So, there’ll be a Billing boat going up. I notice they’ve been selling.
I also have some radio-controlled Daleks. My house has more Daleks, skulls and dismembered body parts (all plastic, honest) than you’d expect to see if Clive Barker was the next Dr. Who. Really, they just gather dust here. One day I want to build myself a full scale Dalek, possibly using a mobility scooter as a base, and with a real disintegrator gun. That last part is the sticking point, really. I don’t seem to be able to find one, not even on eBay.
Anyway, I must try to bring my body clock roughly into line with the people around me. It won’t make any difference to my sociability, I still won’t talk to many of them, but at least the post office and bank will actually be open while I’m awake.
I was once told by a “firms” psychologist,* that I must get into a regular, “normal sleep pattern”. (Which, as my job involves mostly “OFFICIALY” 12 hour shifts, which only too often can develop into 36 or 48, or anything in between,) I thought was a bit of a bloody cheek.
Any way, I was sent for a second assesment because after the bit where she said “Normal” means staying awake all day, and sleeping at night”, I answered “But the, how am I to feed the bats?”
Apparantly that was NOT the sort of response she was looking for.
* (WHY they think regular evaluations of staff are needed beats me. But apparantly you need the assesment to keep your firearms permission)
I have never seen a psychologist. I don’t even trust GPs.
If a psychologist ever gets hold of me, I’ll be typing form a padded keyboard…
Part of the job conditions. Doesn’t really work, because we all know when “they” are coming, and spend days in the canteen inventing “stupid” answers to their stupid questions and tests.
I have to say, in this respect, your blog here is….inspirational.
