Insomnia Attack

Although I know that I need sleep as I have two graveyard clinicals this weekend, I sit here at almost 2 am unable to sleep. Perhaps it is because my body is on this time clock now and my Circadian Rhythms are not what others might say is normal. Or maybe it is just the fact that my mind is racing a million miles a minute and I can't seem to quell the storm that rages there.

This is not out of the ordinary of course. For the past two years now I have worked and gone to night school. I have, essentially, become a Vampire! I live at night and rue the daytime. Work has become just a past-time now as I look forward to class. Yes, it does hit me where the pocketbook sits, but I cannot help it. I love learning.

44 days from now I will be done with school, at least for now. I will have completed my nursing degree and will start to study for the NCLEX exam. The state requires that all nursing graduates take this licensure exam in order to work as an RN. I can't wait until it is over. Then all I need to worry about is where I want to work.

During the past few months I have had a few job offers and some of them are very enticing. The shortage of nurses drives recruiters to find as many as possible. The world will be my oyster. But I am leaning toward home health or even mental health. There are several programs that deal with troubled youth and they take these teens into the wilderness for weeks at a time. I think I would enjoy that, however, I would miss my kids.

Ah well... there is an example of my mind ranting. I have typed in a few minutes what my mind went through in mere seconds. If only we could perform so well. Not without sleep that is for sure!

OK... I'm off to try again.