Sleepy

I'm tired. I am in my second week of working f/t nights. Never in my life have I ever had difficulty sleeping during the day. James and Liam are quiet at home. He even put up a shade to make my room dark. I am averaging 4-5 hours a day of interrupted sleep. I have some tea and herbs that I am going to try after tonight's shift. A coworker suggeted benadryl but that destroys me and I feel hungover. I am better off with Palinka or Sangria. I am saving that as a last resort.

I am keeping in mind that it takes a month for the body to adjust to shift work. I am also trying to realize that each day I sleep in longer stretches. The day after my last night last week I had a solid 5 hour stretch and felt like a million bucks. today I slept for the whole 5 hours but woke every hour looking at the clock. I did fall right back alseep though. Initially I could not fall back asleep so it's progress.

I am going to sleep for about three hours tonight before I go in. If I succeed I will have officialy collected 8 hours.

The job itself it fabulous. I love the people, the hospital and absolutely love being a nurse. I have no trouble once I am at work though I am not as friendly as I am in the day. I am a bit slow on the uptake and have no sense of humor. Jokes fly way past me at 4 am.

I'm feeling tired. let's see if I can grab a few hours here...