http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=259 Edwin Leap/physician-writer discusses medicine, family, and culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:17:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-48145 Mike Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:42:06 +0000 http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=259#comment-48145 There is nothing better than being totally exhausted at the end of a day and crawling into bed. Whether that bed time is in the morning or the night, being able to sleep is great. It is just when you have to get up and perform when your body is fatigued and fighting your motions to get going that is not nice. The joys of working day, evening and overnight in health care or any other twenty-four hour a day job takes a toll on the soul and the body sometimes. I work second shift. Morning comes early and I am up late winding down from work. My routine is more or less established but when it becomes interrupted, it is like I am dragging and anchor. The haze and fog in my head seems immune to the caffeine I pour into me and I spend the next however many hours trying to stay lucid. In the end the body always wins. The ultimate is when I climb in, pull up the covers, roll on my side and let my head become enveloped by the pillow. Before I know it I’m out. That is nirvana. There is nothing better than being totally exhausted at the end of a day and crawling into bed. Whether that bed time is in the morning or the night, being able to sleep is great. It is just when you have to get up and perform when your body is fatigued and fighting your motions to get going that is not nice. The joys of working day, evening and overnight in health care or any other twenty-four hour a day job takes a toll on the soul and the body sometimes. I work second shift. Morning comes early and I am up late winding down from work. My routine is more or less established but when it becomes interrupted, it is like I am dragging and anchor. The haze and fog in my head seems immune to the caffeine I pour into me and I spend the next however many hours trying to stay lucid. In the end the body always wins. The ultimate is when I climb in, pull up the covers, roll on my side and let my head become enveloped by the pillow. Before I know it I’m out. That is nirvana.

]]> http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=259&cpage=1#comment-47977 dragonfly Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:17:20 +0000 http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=259#comment-47977 And hooray for a well earned nights sleep. And hooray for a well earned nights sleep.

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