Frazzled

Day three on the new job, and what a horrible job it is.

 I'm working on a passenger ferry that is travelling from Dover in the UK to Dunkerque in France continually. I leave for work at 08/45 and board the ferry for 09/30 then cross to France and back twice in 12 hours, this means I usually return to my hotel at around ten in the evening. Because of the start time I miss breakfast as the staff have closed down the galley by the time we arrive, Lunch is at 12/45 which I usually eat as I'm starving and then dinner is at 18/45 after a heavy lunch I'm not ready for it so I usually just pass. For the last three days I've eaten one meal a day and a pot noodle at eleven pm...it's a weight loss plan made in heaven, not at all good for fighting a cold though!

 I've worked on ships for years and do not suffer from sea sickness. However the effect of sailing for two hours with a stop of an hour in between each crossing to allow cars, buses and trucks to embark and disembark is causing me discomfort. I'm not sure if the fact I'm suffering from a bad cough, runny nose, sore throat, a sore ear and even more bizarrely a sore eye is adding to my plight!  I'm frazzled, I don't feel 100% and I'm getting a little precious with the people around me, I'm not usually a moaning Minnie but folks, if you can, just allow me to be for a bit...It's been a busy year so far and I've had a grand total of two days off since the third of January, the rest 12 hour days non stop, I'm burning out quickly and I'm aware of the fact, I'll do nothing about it mind, but I do like a whinge now and again..It's cathartic x