Emergency Coverage

Being dead to the world early this morning I was totally oblivious to the fact that I'd been paged (three times).
The person scheduled to work the day shift today was not going to be in and someone was needed to cover the desk. I was selected.
Unfortunately, I didn't actually find that out until after I'd been awoken by a phone call from my mother, talked to my mother, ended the call, and noticed that I had some text messages.
So I called in, found that no one else had been found to fill the slot, which is hardly surprising considering how short-staffed we are, and so I quickly got ready and drove in to fill-in until the afternoon shift arrives.
As it's Sunday, not much happened in the time between the overnight shift leaving and me arriving.
Not sure what's going to happen tomorrow - the person who works the shift is out for a death in the family, for which I extend my condolences - but I'm suspecting that my long weekend is gong to be short or even non-existent.