Day shift?! What's up with that?!

Really!!

Getting up at 0500 before the sun is even thinking about coming out, and I'm having to get my butt up and ready for work. I am *so* not used to being up that early! I usually work just evening shifts (3-11), so getting up at the butt-crack-o-dawn is not my style.

Anyhow, I sucked it up, and moved my booty on in to the shower. Yeah, ok, stomach did a revolt ("you're up this early?? Waaaaa???" -- it said to me when I tried to feed it part of a bagel.) Ok, skip the rest of breakfast, head on in to L&D.

A nice brisk walk from the parking lot (several blocks away), and the sun still isn't even showing it's face. First stop: caffeine, and lots of it! Luckily, we have a coffee bar that is open at the crack of dawn in the hospital, so I picked up a big old cup of Joe.

Ahhhhh! Now that is more like it!

Change into scrubs, get shift report. I'm getting a c-section. Very nice - fantastic couple ::smiles:: I like being able to do everything from start to finish. Everything: admission, consents, IV start, patient teaching, prep for the OR, baby care in the OR, and PACU care of mom and babe. Everything went off fantastic and without a glitch. We even got to the OR a little early. Isn't that amazing? Something happening in a hospital a little ahead of schedule! I'm used to doing preps for c-sections in a more urgent situation (evening shift doesn't have schedule c-sections), so it was rather laid back for me to do one from start to finish.

Easy peasy.

Got lunch. (!! YEAH !!)

Came back, worked in triage for a bit for lunch relief for another nurse. I like triage some days. A nice variety of patients, symptoms, problems.

Go back for another scheduled c-section. Recover that mom.

Head home.

Repeat tomorrow. (Minus the c-sections. Could I have a vaginal birth please?)