Tactics for Early Shift..

[PazzaAE86]

Ok, i start work at 6am this week so i get up at 5am, and Sunday night is always the worst of the lot, cus im not tired at all today, having got up at like 2pm..

So, do i a) attempt to get as much sleep as possible, which would be tops of 3-4 hours cus it takes me ages to get to sleep...

Or do i b) Dont bother going to sleep and stay up posting rubbish on the SXOC (as usual :D ) and go to work, sans sleep? Would this kill me?

Its now 12:20... Should i see if i can stay up? My record is 4:30am before i finally flaked out for 30 mins and then went to work :D Ive just got Mech Assault for my Xbox, maybe i could nail that all night?!

haha..

Paz

[kerfumph]

about 2.30 was about right for me. try whiskey it helps.

[PazzaAE86]

I dont drink! :( hehe..

Paz

[kerfumph]

Seriously i just changed jobs becouse of shifts, they F*** you up. Go to bed now and you'll be looking at the clock every 30 mins till about 4. Take the plunge an have a beer or two:D

[kerfumph]

but as I'm not due to get get up till 8.00 I'm of to bed to dream of big dirty women. ta rar!

[Midgers]

I'm in the same situation Pazza. I usually have 4-6 hours sleep a night tho anyway, but staying up all night does bugger you up quite a bit. especially if you get an hour for lunch, all you want to do by then is sleep. Mech assault is quite good upto a point but i'm stuch on this level where there's about 5 big F off mechs all shotting the crap out of me :rolleyes:

[RichardB]

Go down Tesco and but their drink called "Kick" its like red bull but cheap. 1 litre bottle is 99p compared to £2 something for a 250ml can of red bull. Drink the lot and stay up all night :D

Cheers,

Richard

[PazzaAE86]

Hmm.. I just got out of the Bath.. Vrrmmmmm.. Im so awake right now :D

Earlies suck.

Im wondering about Energy Style drinks, ive tried em in the past with mixed results.. But i think a litre of the stuff would really sort me out! I might go an try some "Rocket Fuel Coffee with Guarana" or somthing, what a friend gave to me. Ive just gotta decide to either hit the sack now, and run the risk of watching the clock till 4am as Graham said or just stay up and hit the caffine/energy drinks..

Only just started Mech Assault.. Had 2 player survivals mostly, and i think it would be really good online! If only my LAN Card hadnt died. Must get a new one and try to ruin my PC again...

Thanks

Paz

[Supraman1]

I used to work godawful mixed shifts, earlies one night and lates the next, twelve hour shifts at weekends. A few times I did the "No sleep until morning" thing, it's not recommended. You feel godawful after four hours of sleep, but you feel ten times worse after having none!

Driving down the A1 at 4.30am on a sunday to get into work was fun though :) Expecially when running a bit late :)

"Oh dear, the speedo appears to have run out of numbers . . . "

[andyf]

Pazza, get sleep over get no sleep.

[Chimp]

I do alternating shifts too. Earlies suck in the winter, but are pretty good in the summer cos its light at 5am, then nice and warm at 2. Im on lates this week though, so i get to watch kilroy and trisha and all the other brain drain stuff on tv before i go in :D

Im always the same on a sunday before an early start, best to try and geta bit of kip though, or else your brain is battered by wednesday :)