2 situation I've described,having trouble making sentence

I have 2 questions;

Here is the situation,

When you turn the faucet on weak (the water trickles and isn't consistent, when it hits the base of the sink it splatters, splashes everywhere. (how do you say the bold?)

Can you say:

Don't turn the faucet on (too) weak as the water will splatter/splash everywhere.

and the second situation:

Lets say you work a night shift and your wife day shifts. When you get, you stay awake until 11 am. She goes to work at 10 am. You stay on the phone with your wife the first hour of her shift everyday. When she gets home she goes to sleep at 11 pm. You got to work at 10 pm and you guys are on the phone the first hour of your shift until she goes to bed at 11 pm.

How would you express this please?

1 I'm awake and on the phone with you the first hour of your shift from 10 am to 11 am just like you're on the phone with me the first hour of mine from 10 pm to 11 pm. We sleep through all but one hour (the first hour) of each others shifts.

2 We are awake for the first hour of each others shifts and sleep for the rest of the duration of one another's shifts.

Thank you