I'd say try to get 2 days off in a row each week. That way, you'll have plenty of time to catch up on more personal life issues, and be able to spend more time around those you care about.

Just my 2 cents.

The thing is I only work four days a week. I say I only have one day off due to the hours. Like for instance I'm "off" Sunday but I work Saturday and Monday so I have to stay on my work sleep schedule (bed between 4 and 6pm). It is the same deal with Thursday. So as of now the only day I can do anything is Wednesday. Who has a Wednesday off?

I used to have the mid week "weekend" shift too. Alan, its tough and un-enviable to be stuck in that for all those exact reasons. For at least a temporary fix see if you can fish around with your co-workers to be agreeable to once every other orevery third month switch up so you can get a proper 'weekend' for a change of pace. It's a small patch but its better than the usual grind you're going through and may be just enough to put at least a glimmer of spark back into social life for yourself and among friends.. which presumably includes us weird furry types.

I think fur meets are going to be the hardest thing for me to get to and the thing I will miss the most. The only way I could go to a meet now is if it falls on a Wednsday or Sunday morning. As for asking somebody to switch sadly almost everybody I work with has a family and wouldn't be willing to switch things up.