So yesterday I got to experience life on “normal people time” since my shift started at such an early time for me (8:30AM as opposed to the regular 2:30 PM), and while I really struggled to get through the first hours of the morning I was feeling much better later in the afternoon around 1PMish when I was on break. So I messaged Tyrell and, since our work schedules meshed for once (his regular shifts are 6AM to 2PM as opposed to my 2:30PM to 10PM) we arranged a spontaneous date!
He picked me up at four when I was done. The plan was originally to go mini golfing at the course in my mall, but there was a Father’s Day mini golf tournament and the place was more packed than I have EVER seen it so we changed our minds last minute and went to Ruckers instead. For those not familiar, Ruckers is like a cross between carnival games and an arcade. I hadn’t been to Ruckers since I was maybe 10 or 11? We used to have one in my old city but it shut done. Saskatoon, where I live now, has two!
It was very fun; we played a whole bunch of games but the highlight for me was the Wheel of Fortune game. I love Wheel of Fortune, and apparently I’m pretty good at it too. Tyrell kept joking that working around all the elderly people in my mall has “aged me” and that before I know it I’ll be taking up knitting or bird watching. I also have a major thing for Rubber Ducks, and they had a crane machine game there with different rubber ducks as prizes, so I won myself a “Rock ’N Roll” rubber duck who is now sitting on my window sill!
And then, up next was Glow Bowling; something else that I haven’t done in AGES. I can’t even remember the last time I went bowling – but I think it had to have been after starting highschool and before graduating? We played two rounds: I won the first by about 60 points, and then I threw the second game and let him win (by about 20 points). But shhh, don’t tell him I deliberately lost. It’ll be our secret, right Steepster? It’s funny because I thought he would crush me because I’m terrible at bowling/haven’t been in ages – but apparently he’s worse than I am.
It was a VERY fun date and I loved the spontaneity of it. Of course I got home and just totally crashed and shut down because fuck getting up that early in the morning. I stretched out on my couch and before I knew it I was out like a rock, so no tea logging yesterday…
And now, tomorrow, I have another weird shift! We’re getting the store floors waxed so I get to hang out at night with the group they’re bring in to do it (something about a security risk and needing someone to babysit the store) so my shift tomorrow is 4:30PM to 1AM – but I’m totally on board with that. I’m ABSOLUTELY a night person so this shift really caters to my preferred schedule anyway. And I get to sleep in tomorrow!
I laugh though because Tyrell is on such a different schedule than I am. Like tonight, he went to bed at 9:30PM and I wasn’t even off work yet at that point…
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I enjoyed this post. Just as a frame of reference… I get in to work each day around 4.15 am. (I know, right?) I Finish when the job is done but usually it requires 10 hrs so I get home around 3 pm. Every day. I have the luxury of making my own hours but I keep these because I love getting out early, especially in the summer.
I enjoyed this post. Just as a frame of reference… I get in to work each day around 4.15 am. (I know, right?) I Finish when the job is done but usually it requires 10 hrs so I get home around 3 pm. Every day. I have the luxury of making my own hours but I keep these because I love getting out early, especially in the summer.