Mr Mascellani's Musings

The Ramblings Of A Shift Worker

I am shift worker. I work 2 12 hour day shifts, followed by two 12 hour night shifts, followed by four days off.

I have been doing this for almost four years now. As a consequence, I no longer think in nine to five, monday
to friday, weekend terms.

And so every now again I have to ask

" What day is it?"
'It's the ninth of November'
'No, not the date, the DAY'

You should see some of the looks I get.

Another consequence Is that I don't have a regular sleeping pattern. And I love sleeping. But nowadays
I have to consider it as a hobby, a past-time. Something that I do in my spare-time.

Ahhh, spare-time, I have a dark distant memory of what that is.

(Yeah, yeah, I know,I know, How can I complain about not having sparetime when I have time to write
this blog? Give me some f*cking poetic licence, please. I mean, after all I AM a sensitive artiste after all.)

Shiftwork And Sleep.

Garden Update

My Herbs are doing fine. The plants in my vegetable garden seem to have stopped growing

Gardening Australia
Growing Vegetables at Better Homes and Gardens Australia
The Vegetable Patch

Are You A Fast Or Slow Eater?

I am a fast eater.

I don't feel as though I am a fast eater when I eat- i.e., I don't feel as though I am gulping down my food.
No. I feel as if I am eating at a nice,normal,relaxed rate.

But obviously I'm not. Except in the rarest of cases, I would have finished my plate of food before the
other people I am with have eaten one-eighth of theirs (if that).

I mentioned this to a guy I know, and he said that he was the same-that he thought he was a normal
eater until he compared himself with others.

"Dave, I went to my girlfriend's place for dinner. There was her,her parents, and her brothers. I knew that if
I ate my normal rate, I'd be finishing my second dessert, while they were still eating the first bite of steak.
So I forced myself to eat at their rate. It was Hell."

What about you are you a fast or slow eater?