Weekend Warrior

This post has been several months coming, but now, it's FINALLY happening!

Starting next week, I will say goodbye to my morning show, and officially become the weekend show producer at my station. I am so excited, I love my new anchor and awesome staff. I've had a blast the weekends I've filled in.

That said, this was one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made, career-wise. I'm leaving behind a fun morning show and great anchors. I have made a bunch of friends on this show and it will be strange not seeing them everyday. This is the show I learned to really produce on. It's just too bad it was a MORNING show.

My body just never adjusted to this schedule. Going TO work at one in the morning has its challenges. I knew that going in. I feel like for nearly two years now, my life has revolved around how much sleep I can get. I'm always groggy, or in a state of perma-sleep. I hate that I'm like this during the few hours a day I spend with Judd, despite my best efforts to be more awake. I know this schedule also hasn't been kind to my health. I think it's a reason I've not been able to get pregnant (well, the PCOS isn't helping either, but that's another story).

So when the opportunity came up back in September to become the weekend producer at my station, I took it. It wasn't an easy decision to make, mainly because Judd and I won't have a day off together anymore. I'm still a little concerned about that, but this does at least mean the time we do have together will be more enjoyable.

I was supposed to start several months ago, but due to a tragedy at our station, combined with all the holidays, it got pushed back to January. This is my last weekend off. Starting next weekend, I'll go in at two p.m. and come home at 11. I'll also write for various shows during the week.

All in all, I'm excited! My new anchor and I have some good ideas to revamp the show, and make it more "Vegas". Everyone on the weekend team has been so supportive, I'm just glad they like me! I really didn't want to leave my station, it has been so good to me. I'm just happy they were willing to let me switch shows.

And now that I have two full days off (because of my sleeping schedule before it was more like 1 1/2), I can finally do some of the stuff I've been dying to do. I can organize my house, check out the Pilates studio across the street, volunteer at the bird sanctuary, get my dogs certified so we can visit hospitals, and so on.