It’s 6 AM here. I feel like taking a shower. It would probably make me feel more awake. But the problem is that I don’t want to be awake. I want to be asleep.

I’ve been up since 1:30 AM. The plan is to keep studying for a few more hours and then go to sleep. I am bummed that I don’t get to wake up today and turn my clocks back one hour (Daylight Savings Time is today).

I need to be at the hospital by 5:30 PM today. As luck would have it, I’m scheduled for two days of “night float” just days before my shelf exam. So today and tomorrow I will be arriving at the hospital by 5:30 PM and staying until 7 AM.

No beds. No naps. Just hanging out on the Labor and Delivery unit in case something goes down.

I’ll be silently hoping for “quiet” nights. Because the nurses will pounce if I say something like “quiet” on the unit. It’s supposedly bad luck.