drive

I have been at work the last couple of nights.  It has been over five years since I did proper nightshift.    It's funny the things you forget,    the early morning windy nausea,  eyes that feel red raw,  the slightly scary drive home and  the pleasure of trying to sleep in the daylight.   It actually hasn't been too bad,   I only need to do 3 ND a month.   The first night on is okay because you are rested before hand.   The second night is okay because you have slept and are halfway through.   The last night is okay because it is the last night.   Last night I had my break at 0330 and attempted to sleep  in a dark waiting room on the floor.   The sheet I had spread out to lie on did little to cushion the concrete floor.   At any other time you would not contemplate sleeping on a hard floor,   but having incurred a sleep debt,  I slept.    I was a bit stiff when I got up.
It is very easy to get obsessed with how many hours sleep you have had and how many interruptions to sleep have occurred.   I have actively decided to not obsess. 

Night shift has corresponded with the guys from Channel Earthmoving coming to do the drive way.  It has been nice to get up in the afternoon and go to the block and see what progress has been made.   Barry the operator is doing a great job interpreting my slightly vague instructions/suggestions about what I want done.  

It has been rolled and will be dressed with fines tomorrow.    It will be nice to be able to get my car up and down the drive without it behaving like a plough.



gaz