Oct. 23 - You know what's good about working the midnight shift? Not a damned thing. Well, the steady paycheck is a good thing, but trying to figure out what day it is and attempting to be, you know, sharp and focused are frustrating especially when I'm trying to write insightfull stuff.

I've determined that the source of my problem is that I stopped taking my multi-vitamin pills. I remembered reading that the red dye on the shell could cause insomnia, and I realized that my problems with getting sleep were probably due to that factor (I dismissed the foolish notion that the coffee I imbibe during the night might be contributing to the problem.)

Anyway, what is evening to you is morning to me, but at least we both know it's finally Saturday. (That last sentence is not intended for any Australian readers, who know that it's morning but also believe it's Sunday. Oh well, at least we can all agree on something.)

Another cause for lamentation is that I finally had to wear woolly gloves this morning. That acceptance of the approach of winter preceeds the next one, which will be to wear a neckscarf and then, alas, the winter boots that will replace my dearly beloved and incredibly comfortable running shoes. The tocque will be my final concession, and I won't wear one unless it's 20 below with 80 kph winds.

Posted by: Debbye at 07:44 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Not the woolly gloves!

Posted by: Flea at October 23, 2004 09:27 PM (SAwQd)

2 Yes, alas. The woolly gloves. Sheesh, it's only October!

Posted by: Debbye at October 23, 2004 09:54 PM (j3B5T)

3 There's one thing worse than working 12 midnight to 8 a.m., and that's 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Talk about not knowing what day it is! And the worst part of that shift in a hospital ER was trying to do the charges on a patient who came in on one side of midnight and was released on the other. What a headache!

Posted by: Timbre at October 23, 2004 11:57 PM (uuKy2)

4 Hi Timbre - We seem to be almost on the same miserable schedule. I work from 10-6. I call it midnights because I shudder to call it by the more generic "graveyard shift." But I'd imagine the work life in an ER is much more hectic than mine!

Posted by: Debbye at October 25, 2004 12:35 AM (X2KiA)

5 No, Debbye, you have the difficult schedule. I was speaking of my hospital work in years gone by: 1979-1990. Presently I work 4 ten-hour days, rotating between 6 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Posted by: Timbre at October 25, 2004 10:46 PM (nt6ZO)

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