Mornings...I rise but I refuse to shine!

Work awaits me in the morning…I love work…I despise my alarm. I am not a morning person; I perk up in the evenings ready to take on the day…one problem, by then it is damn near over! I am certain that I am genetically wired differently; my internal clock was switched at birth. I have received all sorts of advice…”go for a long walk in the morning to help you wake up” OR “go to bed earlier” OR “make sure you turn all the lights on first thing in the morning to help you wake up”…The problem lies in throwing the covers back, sitting up, and putting 2 feet on the floor. Lack of sleep is not the issue here, as a matter of fact, I can work a night shift, come home, go to bed, sleep 4-5 hours and bounce up ready to kick butt, take names and do it all over again. On the other hand, I can sleep 10 hours, wake up at 4am just to hit the snooze until 5am and then convince myself that I have-have-have to get up…ugghhhh! I don’t see my “owl” personality as a problem for now. But I know with certainty that there are not going to be any positions available for a night shift women’s health nurse practitioner; who would want a pap smear at midnight? For now I guess that I will rock on through the nights; working, studying, writing, sewing (to name a few) while others are sleeping. And then deal with the occasional morning (as in tomorrow) when I am forced to wrestle with a screaming alarm; psyche myself out of the bed, fumble to find my scrubs and drink a liter of coffee before I greet my first patient.
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