Daytime Delights

I find it hard to believe we're a month into the new year already, but my watch reads 1/31, and my phone is in agreement, so I suppose it can't be argued with.

Much has changed in one month in my little life, though many things remain the same.

The biggest change is that I am now on DAYSHIFT. That's right world, I am living in you again! I have hung up my Buffy the Vampire Slayer suit and am now content being School Girl Buffy. (Listen... just go with it, I wanted to bring up Buffy. and Vampires.)

I have enjoyed days a lot so far; first, let's talk about my off days. I used to work three 12-hour shifts in a row, and then sleep only 4.5 hours afterwards to have a semi day on my first day off; Now that I don't HAVE to do that, I am realizing how truly miserable it was. First of all, three days in a row when the days are as long as they are and as waring as they are is just exhausting, so to not feel like I have to do that every week to maintain some sort of real life outside of work is very liberating, and makes me feel much better outside of work and at work. My off days are no longer spent constantly fighting a sort of jetlag, but are instead spent wondering what in the world normal people actually DO at 8 in the morning if they don't have work. And at work, I feel less exhausted and therefore more engaged. Plus, I actually get to talk to the doctors, see people consult, see the patient's work with PT/OT/Speech/etc, and it all feels more exciting and more... productive. I feel like my actions can play a much bigger role in the speed of their recovery. If I'm a lazy nurse, my patient is a lazy patient, and doesn't get up and moving faster, which means they are sicker longer. (well, in some cases at least).

All that long paragraph to say- I am very glad I finally made the change to dayshift and I have no regrets. Not even the 5am wake up call can get me down on this change! (at least not yet)

That's the biggest change in my life; there are perhaps more changes developing, but they are changes that I am still trying to perceive; Now that I have a bit more waking time, I'm trying to figure out what to actually do with that time: some things already on the list include finally joining a gym again, actually getting back to some dance classes, and purchasing and (hopefully) learning to play the ukelele. Things I'm still pondering include ways to volunteer more. Not quite sure what that might entail right now, but I'm excited to find out. I definitely need a bit more to fill my days. (hey, maybe i'll finally actually start hanging out with other people! of course, i go straight from "everyone's sleeping!" to "everyone's at work" so it seems like there is no perfect solution to the complexities of maintaining relationships in this "adult" world)

Other updates? Well, after finishing Doctor Who, I have decided that basically the BBC is all things superior, and have therefore been investing a lot of time (and money) into their programming. I have finished Seasons (oh wait, they call them series) 1 of Sherlock and Downton Abbey, and I have the second series of both coming in the mail to me as I type this. I'm also planning on checking out the newest Much Ado About Nothing, because I need a little more David Tennant and Catherine Tate in my life. Especially together.

I've finished a highly anticipated book of mine, John Green's The Fault In Our Stars, and it was exactly what I hoped it would be, and it made me sob for so many reasons, and made me feel a lot of things I need to feel every now and then. And I highly recommend it to everyone. And now I need to figure out what's next on my reading list; I know there are things, I just don't have anything at the forefront of my mind to start with.

Well, I think I've rambled enough, and I really should be heading to bed (the early bed times are still hard to get used to, and I've been slacking on them the past week, which is going to catch up with me eventually- but even that, I've found, is much easier to do- it's much easier to get by on less sleep when the general sleeping/waking pattern isn't drastically changed every week)

Hope to maybe hear updates from more of you soon!