night owl.

it's my turn... every intern does at least one month of nights, and this month is mine. it's not so bad really. there are 6 residents on, and we have a great group. i truly enjoy the company of my fellow owls. (that's what we are really called, by the way).

what i don't enjoy is this weird transition... going from days (like normal people) to nights (like... owls...) is hard... i did ok yesterday, mostly because they sent me home early for sounding like i was going to die. i slept for almost 10 hrs. but today. today not so much. i slept from about 9am to about 12:30... and i've just been laying in bed since. WISHING myself to sleep. without luck. it's going to be a rough night.

so my current schedule is sunday-thursday nights from 6:30 pm to about 8 am. it is admittedly a lot of hours. but do you see the weekly break in there? the break that some might refer to as a *weekend*??? this is the only month (with the exception of our one month that is "call free") where we have a weekly *weekend*... i'm more than a little excited about that! a LOT more than a little excited actually. :-)