Working evening (3-11) shift - what do you do with your day?

One reason i love 3-11 is that i can do whole day's worth of home and family things before going to work. Up by 8, and between then and 2 pm departure time, i get lots done. Day shift....get nothing done once i get home....too tired.

I come home from work, read the mail, shower and right to bed. I initially had small children at home who got up early by 7a. As they got older I had to get them off to school so same routine. Now they are out of the house I still get up early. Work out at the gym around 8:30, then run errands, sometimes lunch with a friend, or chores. Then get ready and leave for work by 2:20. I love swing shift. I love the free morning time. I only worked part time so I was only away from the family 2 evenings a week. When my kids were school age I worked in their classrooms each week and got to chaperone field trips. I felt like I had the best of both worlds, a fulfilling career and nearly a stay at home mom.