On Nights

Well, I started night shift on Monday. This week is my "orientation" to nights, so I'm with another nurse full-time. Next week, I start by myself part-time! I'm very excited about the part-time and a little nervous about being by myself. Nights is...probably not for me. The work is SO much slower, and we spend a lot of time doing paperwork and checking things, and less time taking care of patients because the patients are sleeping. It's a lot easier, and I do get paid more with the shift differential, but I still want to switch to days as soon as there's a spot. They'll also have me doing some 3pm-11pm shifts, which I think will be much better. I'm just not a night person.

Yesterday, I had trouble sleeping during the day, but today went better. Bella was able to sleep all night and again during the day. She's so adaptable : ) After tonight and tomorrow night, I'm off until next Wednesday night - not counting a daytime class on Monday. I'm excited about that!

We had a fun weekend in Concord for Ansley's baptism and Uncle Dale's bachelor party! Erin also had fun playing with Grandma on Monday while I slept.

Working It

Well, we are still trying to get into the swing of working/daycare. It's been rough, but we are surviving. The 12-hour days are long for everyone, especially for Bob, who has to work a full day AND take care of Erin before and afterward. This week won't be so bad, as I only have 4 days of work instead of 5 like the past 2 weeks. It will be this way all through March, then hopefully I will be back to three 12-hour days like normal. Some days I think, "why are we bothering with this?", but other days I'm happy to be able to get out of the house. I also think that it will be good for Erin to be around other kids in the long run. I think the perfect situation would be for me to work part-time, either two 12's or three 8's - but I don't know when I will be allowed to do that. The job itself is going well - my preceptor (older nurse who is showing me the ropes) is very nice and I have learned so much in just 3 days on the unit.

So, we'll keep going and see how it goes.