No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express...

I called my sister after about 7 years to wish her a happy birthday and as things go, the conversation boils down to niceties and idle chit chat:

Me: So how are things?
Her:Good, things are good.
Me: Your husband doing well, everything going good?
Her:Yeah, he's laying down he just got home from work.

(It's 11 am and I am thinking oh he must work 3rd shift
I haven't spoken with her in some time so I really know nothing
of her day to day.)

Me: Oh working the late shift huh?

Her: Yes, he has been going in at 2 am, it being the holidays and all.

Me: Wow 2 am thats rough...what does he do?

Her: He works for UPS loading the trucks?

Me: Ouch...but I suppose if you get used to it, it might not be so ba..

Her:Yeah, then when he gets home at 11 am he lays down until 2 and has to be back to work at 3pm.

Me: He goes BACK to UPS at 3pm to load more trucks?!?!

Her: Oh no...this is for his other job.

Me: His OTHER job?

oh..well people have second p/t jobs right..making ends meet...

Her: Ya, he works there until Midnight, and he gets home at 1 am

At this point I am in awe of what is being said not really believing

what is going on, I am thinking "wow things must really be rough".
And I start nervously/hysterically laughing... all the while looking for some
fault in her story, surely this can't be true.

Me: ARE YOU SERIOUS? HE GETS HOME AT 1 AM, THEN TURNS AROUND AND GOES TO LOAD TRUCKS FOR 8 HOURS ?!?!? A SECOND FULL TIME JOB

Her: Yeah.

ME: SERIOUSLY... So he works from 2 am until 10 am...comes home lays down from 11 am to 2 pm, then turns around and goes to a 2nd job from 3 pm until Midnight?!!?

Her: (Not even batting an eyelash) Yep.

Me: Really??!? This is because of the Holidays right? The fact that he is going in 2 am? Just to get some extra holiday cash?

Her: Yep, The UPS is extra busy with all the Christmas stuff going on... NORMALLY he goes to work at 3 Am.

ME: WHAT!?!? NORMALLY???

Her: Yeah.

I repeat what I had just transpired, just to mentally pinch myself.
And between nervous disbelieving laughter I keep repeating
"are you serious?"

Me: Holy shit...so he gets MAYBE...MAYBE..3 hours of sleep a "Day"? *whatever that would mean to someone pulling these kind of hours.

Her: Yeah.

Me: (in a last ditch effort to make any rational sense) Well this is just temporary right? After the holidays he'll go back to just regular hours, night shift or otherwise?

Her: Oh no, this is his regular day.

Me: How long has he needed to work the 2 jobs a few months now?

Her: 9 years.

Me: ( loosing my shit) 9 YEARS!!!!!
Are you fucking serious?? Come on, you're fucking kidding me 9 years? He's been working 2 full time jobs for 9 years?!?!? Surely after almost 10 years at UPS he could apply for a management position and lose the 2nd job?

Her: oh no, he doesn't want to do that.

Me: Why not?!?

Her: Because, he wants to start going to school.

I am now in total hysterics and only able to get
a single word out.

Me: When?