Good morning, everyone!

Figured I'd start a nice little happy thread about people and what they like to do, or stuff they wish they were doing.

My other half has been working like crazy for the past little while. Normally he does shift work. 2 weeks of 10hr nights, and 1 week of 10hr days. Well, I'm a little bit frustrated with the other Foreman. He keeps asking my other half to trade him his night shifts for my boyfriend's day shifts. It's really irking me, but that's beside the point. Long story short, my other half is always wanting to help out the company and has been working nights now for almost 2 months straight, and now he just agreed to do another 1 month of solid nights. I understand why he does it. He makes almost $4 more an hour when he's on night shifts. And he gets the overtime priority for taking on the shifts, so sometimes he'll do 4-5 hours of overtime in a single night. I get it, and I'm so very proud of him for climbing the corporate ladder and making himself established in the company. It's what he's always wanted.

But, that leaves me by myself more often than not nowadays. Last week he worked 6 days, 12 hour shifts. The one day he had off, obviously he slept for most of it. Which is good for him, so I don't mind.

I've reached that point, however, where I'm trying to find things to keep me busy during these busy times when he's gone and I only see him as I'm leaving for work, and he's coming home to go to bed. It's getting rough, I won't lie. But I'm happy to support him.

I have some hobbies, but I'm struggling with getting back into them. So I'm trying to find some new things that I might be able to add to my routine. Most nights after work I have 3-4 hours by myself, so I definitely have flexibility of my schedule.

What is it you guys do to keep yourselves busy, moving and mentally occupied? I do find myself getting a bit lonely lately, so I want to focus on something positive, rather than stay at home missing him. I've thought about a part-time job, but his rare days off are random and I wouldn't be able to schedule around them.

I read, but I can only do that for so many hours in a week before I need a change.

I've thought about persuing photography a little bit more, but not sure where to start with that.

A dance class, maybe? But I'm 25, and I have no idea what kind of classes would be good for someone my age.

What is it you guys do to keep things fresh and interesting? What kind of hobbies or interests can you suggest for me to look into? I'm always up for trying something new. Heck, I even thought about rock climbing classes! Haha. So I really am up for any suggestions.