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Oct. 11th, 2022 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckScott had fun at UCon. He says he probably won't get a room next year, though. It's only a half hour drive, and our bed is more comfortable (and less expensive). Also, the food at the convention wasn't great this year, so he ended up leaving the building more often than he'd planned. We'll what he thinks closer to next UCon.
He has left for his first day on 2nd shift. He'll be doing supervisory work on top of the usual machine operator stuff. It shifts him from hourly to salaried and will mean more frequent weekend work. We're not sure how much more. There are two supervisors per shift, and one of them has to be there when people are working. We're not sure how many weekends this will affect.
We're also looking at how this affects our grocery shopping and such. Some weeks, Scott's been picking up pre-orders at a Meijer on his way home from work. That store carries things that aren't available in the Kroger where he normally shops. An after-work pick up won't work now (before work would only work for a few items), and the nearest iteration of that chain is half an hour away. I don't think he'll want to trek out there on his days off. Maybe we can make it work once a month or every other month. Most of what they have that Kroger doesn't is frozen or shelf stable at room temperature. We'd have to store things in the basement, though.
I'll also have to figure out, in advance, when I need prescriptions picked up or other things that require a brief shopping trip. As in, the half and half has gone off or I forgot something critical on that week's grocery list and can't wait until next time. If I could walk better, I could take the bus for some of those things, but that's about a 3 hour trip, including time waiting for buses, so I strongly prefer not to do it trivially. When I do, it's likely to be the only thing I do that day.
Scott can, in theory, run errands before work, but it will require getting up earlier and getting out the door promptly. I think it will be feasible. We just haven't done this part of 2nd shift before. The last time Scott was on 2nd shift, we were on heavy lockdown and just doing without in order to avoid unnecessary trips into stores.
He has left for his first day on 2nd shift. He'll be doing supervisory work on top of the usual machine operator stuff. It shifts him from hourly to salaried and will mean more frequent weekend work. We're not sure how much more. There are two supervisors per shift, and one of them has to be there when people are working. We're not sure how many weekends this will affect.
We're also looking at how this affects our grocery shopping and such. Some weeks, Scott's been picking up pre-orders at a Meijer on his way home from work. That store carries things that aren't available in the Kroger where he normally shops. An after-work pick up won't work now (before work would only work for a few items), and the nearest iteration of that chain is half an hour away. I don't think he'll want to trek out there on his days off. Maybe we can make it work once a month or every other month. Most of what they have that Kroger doesn't is frozen or shelf stable at room temperature. We'd have to store things in the basement, though.
I'll also have to figure out, in advance, when I need prescriptions picked up or other things that require a brief shopping trip. As in, the half and half has gone off or I forgot something critical on that week's grocery list and can't wait until next time. If I could walk better, I could take the bus for some of those things, but that's about a 3 hour trip, including time waiting for buses, so I strongly prefer not to do it trivially. When I do, it's likely to be the only thing I do that day.
Scott can, in theory, run errands before work, but it will require getting up earlier and getting out the door promptly. I think it will be feasible. We just haven't done this part of 2nd shift before. The last time Scott was on 2nd shift, we were on heavy lockdown and just doing without in order to avoid unnecessary trips into stores.
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Date: 2022-10-11 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-12 03:50 pm (UTC)Anyway, as PrincessOfGeeks said: Good luck!