Erin - to answer your question, my DP's shift start varies. It's complicated - one week he does a morning shift so, for example, today he started at 6am and was home at 3.30pm. Then the next week he will be doing afternoons but it won't be at the same time every day. So he might start at midday, he might start as late as 4pm. But before I'm ready for dinner. That's OK, I just need to work around it. I was starving at 10.30am this morning (I'd been up since 5.30) so thought "bugger it, I'm having spaghetti bolognese for breakfast." But if I've been out and about and want dinner at a normal time, that's when it gets tricky being on my own sometimes.

Sorry to hijack Bridee!