One Year.

One year ago yesterday I started working overnights.

I cannot believe how fast the year went.

I have worked 26 of the past 52 weeks.

Last night was a slow night. I had lots of busy work to make the night go by fast but I spent a lot of it thinking about the past year. How much life has changed.

Now…

instead of getting yelled at for someone being on hold too long…..people thank me for being there to answer their questions at 3am.

instead of being too busy to even think of going to the bathroom….I actually go.

instead of knowing Lovenox dosages off the top of my head….I can now know how many bottles of alprazolam can effectively fit in the Parata cell.

instead of having the Medicaid formulary memorized…I now have memorized how many desiccant packs are in every stock bottle that gets loaded in the Parata.

instead of talking to patients…..I talk to myself (sometimes).

instead of making schedules in my free time….I spend time with my family.

instead of staying late every night….I go home on time.

instead of seeing my children 2 evenings a week….I see them every night.

It is definitely a different life working nights, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything right now. I love the consistency of my schedule, the availability it gives me, and the sanity it provides.

I don’t know if I would love the job as much if I hadn’t managed Medical for so long. It is my daily goal to make everyone’s lives easier during the day. Since I know what its like during the day at a crazy busy store, and because I’m a type A-perfectioinist-control freak- I love doing everything possible for them!

Anything that allows me to use different color highlighters and post-its makes me happy.

Any new improvement I can make towards my nightly efficiency thrills me. (I’ve changed the way I “fill the queue” about 20 times in the past year and I must say that I have pretty much mastered maximum efficiency as of right now).

And while every week has not been a bundle of joy, overall it has been an awesome experience.

I am so thankful.

1. Not true! You never go home on time. You’re always waiting on what’s-her-face and her daily drama! GEEEEZ!

   Comment by wordy — February 1, 2010 @ 6:19 pm

   
   

2. Queue is an awesome Scrabble word

   Comment by Kara — February 1, 2010 @ 8:54 pm