Now it's time for everyone to go to sleep."
Except me, apparently.
So, here's what just happened. Right after dinner, as I am escorting some residents back to their rooms, I overheard the lead care manager saying that one of the people who works the overnight shift (one of two, maybe three, I forget which), can't come to work tonight. I, being the versatile person, took the initiative to offer my services overnight.
Now, today was my FIRST day all by my self, and as far as everyone was telling me, I was doing ok. Nothing had caught on fire, which I guess is good thing. Anyway, since I had planned on staying the night at my apartment tonight, which is literally a block away from my work, and since I had to return to work at 5am, I thought, "I might as well see if I can pull a 24 hour shift, I mean, it's not illegal to do something like that, right?" Well, it kinda is. So, they told me that I couldn't work all the way from 2pm this afternoon to 1pm tomorrow afternoon, so, I said "ok."
I still offered my service if they needed anything, and I guess I got what I asked for.
Around 8:45, while I was helping someone prepare himself for bed, I got a call from the LCM (lead care manager) asking me if I wanted to leave as soon as I was finished with my task, and return after midnight. I mean, who needs sleep anyway, right? So I said yes, I'll do it!
And here we are. I'm here at my sister's place (since I don't have time to dig through all the boxes and find my Internet modem), waiting to walk back up the road and get back to work. They're letting me have at least 3 hours to rest or re-energize myself, which is good, since I probably won't get home until after lunch tomorrow. I don't know how I am going to keep myself awake. This is going to be a rough night, especially since I am already feeling sleepy.
Maybe if I have some free time, I'll bring my homework, or maybe write another post. Depending on how much I need to do. . .
Well, wish me luck again. . . It is going to be a long, long night.
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