Our Good Question segment has been off for a bit — management has been busy shuffling around schedules because people are off…and sometimes that means we have to set aside a lighter segment like this, so we can cover the day’s news. Hopefully, I’ll be back this Tuesday with a Good Question for you!
This week, the reason why there’s no Good Question is because I’m filling in on our morning show. I love the morning show — the crew is great, I love working with Charlotte and Rob, and it’s just a nice change of pace. But what I don’t like…is the schedule. I don’t know how the regular crew does this. One of our producers, Stacey, comes in at 11pm and works overnights…our anchors are usually in by 3am or so…and our segment producer, Leah, comes in at 3:30am — along with the rest of the “behind the scenes” crew. Leah also produces the noon newscast.
I’ve been rolling in right around 3:30am. It’s rough. I set my alarm for 2:15…hit snooze about three times…and eventually drag myself out of bed. If I’m filling in for multiple days, I usually hit a “wall” on day three. That’s today — and the wall was huge this morning! But I eventually crawled out of bed and made it in…so we could be on the air at 5am. Managers here are awesome…because they usually let me just go home after the 8:55 Early Show cut-in is done. So it’s a shorter day for me…which is nice…but then I head right home to sleep.
I give mad-props to our awesome morning show crew for doing this every — like I said before, I don’t know how they do it!!
Anyone out there have a crazy work schedule like that? If so, what do you do when it comes to sleep? Do you nap…do you sleep in the morning/afternoon….do you sleep in the evening? I like to take advantage of the day, if I’m not too tired…so I try to take two four-hour naps. Sometimes it’s just not possible…but I try.
Looking forward to hearing your responses.
Good night…and see you next week Tuesday for the return of GOOD QUESTION!
