There is an awful lot of glare on an iPad screen under fluorescent lighting.
I've applied for a job with a different hospital and health service. The hours are longer, but the conditions are better - I get consecutive nights off. I really, really, really, want this job, so I'm waiting with bated breath. Not baited breath. That's only good if you're Baldrick and want to catch a mouse.
I may have a life again. What a wonderful thought.
My plans, aside from basking in the glow of being awake, include writing in all of that free time. Going out to dinner with friends (hell, going out to lunch with friends, I'm not picky). Spending time plotting and planning the new kitchen and bathroom. Spending time with the boys. That sort of thing.
At the moment, while specimens happily sit on my instruments, I sit with my feet up typing in here. That sounds very relaxed, doesn't it? It's really because my feet hurt nearly all of the time, and sitting with my feet up helps.
It's a marvellous thought that this time next year I could be sitting in some other lab in the middle of the night, feet up (probably, night shift involves a lot of walking, so little doubt my feet will still hurt), much less woolly in the head, less deranged and able to plan life weeks in advance.
Onward, although I am having the nagging doubts about whether it will be better, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't, etc., etc. I keep reminding myself this is not about a job I'm getting, but rather the job I want to have. I'm not leaving the job I have because of all of its issues (of which there are legion); I'm going because I have other things I want to do.
Is it better to leave because things are awful and running away is the only option, or to leave because an opportunity exists? I'm going with the second one. If the first one also applies, so much the better.
Tomorrow is the end of my run of five midnights in a row; I have a whole one night off before I do another three. I would like to do some useful things tomorrow instead of just sleeping, but I think sleeping is probably the best option. I'll surface occasionally for the mum-ly things.
Or something..
