Again with the alarm clock! I'm just not getting to sleep early enough.
Another so-so night... no excitement, other than me running around and telling people that I'm going to CT. Pretty steady flow of patients, though, but I only did five CTs.
One more night. I'm not really sure if I'll be off seven or not, though... I might work a coupla days, like Thursday and Friday... I like that OT just fine.
And I just realized that I'm gonna have to buy some clothes... I need a coupla new lab jackets and some slacks to work in. Jeez, I haven't bought any slacks for at least ten years.
And a new pair of boots. I haven't worn anything but tennis shoes on a regular basis for years, either. Since I'm not gonna be on my feet all that much, I can do boots... they're really my preferred footwear. The last pair that I wore out (four sole jobs before they gave up the ghost) cost me about $150... I haven't even priced and in the last ten years.
My enthusiasm for going to days is growing, although I will miss the night people a lot. I will, however, be on call a lot, so I'll get to work with them occasionally. And being on call has never bothered me a bit... you only get called for exciting stuff, generally. Of course, until they get somebody on nights trained to do CT, it'll be quite a load.
One of my loyal readers ;-) has asked me to expand on my thoughts about depression and complacency and laziness... so, just off of the top of my head...
People who work nights are much more likely to be clinically depressed than those who don't. The deprivation of light (seasonal affective disorder) and sleep and the social isolation will sap the will to change and improve. This is indeed pretty much the definition of clinical depression.
I think that people who are depressed are much more likely to be complacent... they don't want to change, they don't see how they can change, they see no need to change. They think that they're just as happy as they can be, no matter how miserable they are.
Laziness is a whole different thing, I think. And I have to admit to being lazy, to a certain extent myself, as well as being able to detect that fault in others...
Lazy people want to improve... but they want to do it with no effort on their part. They want stuff given to them. But they're not complacent, not at all. They're no satisfied with they way things are, they want someone else to change things. They just want the benefits of the changes.
Kinda like, I want my wife to win the lottery. I don't want to spend my money buying worthless tickets, though.
Depressed people change when the depression is treated. Change a lot, from what I've seen and experienced. Life is more vivid, so they want more of it. Stuff is fun that was boring, people are fun to be around instead of an unwanted distraction. It's suddenly nice to get up to a new day.
O'well. I was thinking about tying religion in with depression, and there are a number of you who can see where I would go with this, but I'm gonna let it set for a coupla days.
One more twelve-hour night. I'll be glad to be done with them, that I will, me.
And when I get to sleep in the daytime, I'll call it a nap instead of a night.
Goodnight.