Night Shift Chronicles: Hour 11

You know that feeling when you’re so tired you start doing weird things? Like trying to chart on your coffee cup instead of the computer?

Night Shift Chronicles: Hour 11

That’s where I am right now - hour 11 of a 12-hour shift that feels more like hour 847.

The coffee situation has reached critical levels. I’ve gone through three cups and I’m pretty sure this one has become a security blanket more than actual caffeine.

Essential survival gear

At this point it’s basically an IV drip of sanity.

Mile 847 of tonight’s marathon

Just one more hour. One more hour of checking on patients, documenting everything, and trying not to walk into walls. The hallways seem longer at night, like they’re stretching just to mess with us tired nurses.

Almost there. Almost home to my own bed instead of catching ten minutes in the break room chair. Marcus better not ask me to make breakfast tomorrow.