Just Simply Holly

Please don’t get me wrong, I’m totally not complaining! But all these days in a row of 3:00 AM wakeups, followed by 8+ hour shifts are really starting to catch up with me. Last night I called it a night right around 9:00 PM. Normally it takes me a little while to fall asleep and when I am sleeping I wake up at the slightest noise or sound. Last night was a completely different story. I was honestly out cold the second my head hit the pillow. And I was out so cold that I never even heard or felt my hubby and two dogs come to bed…LOL!

What that kind of sleep is a good thing, being in that deep of a sleep when the alarm goes off at 3:00 AM, it scares the heck out of you! Normally, waking up isn’t that difficult of a thing for me, but this morning, even after being awake for 7 hours, when I went on my break at 10:00, I almost dozed off sitting in the van!

I’m sitting here now waiting for my husband to come back from picking the kids up from a get together with their friends and as soon as he gets home, I’m calling it a night! I’m just plain exhuasted! I can barely keep my eyes open and on top of that I have a sore and scratchy throat. It’s a sure sign of a cold for me, and I’m hoping with a good nights sleep tonight I can head it off at the path before it really kicks in!

Tomorrow isn’t a 3:00 AM wakeup, which is OK, because I really need those few extra hours of sleep. But the “bad” thing about it is rather than working til 2, I’m working until 4, so most of my day will be over by the time I get home from work. But that’s OK, no matter what shift I work, I’m still VERY thankful that I have this job!