Tonight is my first night on Graveyard shift after almost a year of alternating between Mid-shift and Dawn shift. This is the shift avoided by most Call Center agents as it’s really different to be sleeping during the day compared to sleeping during the night. . Our bodies have been used to resting at night since the day we were born thus our body clock always have a hard time adjusting to any changes.
For now however, I welcome this change of shift with enthusiasm . It is because I got tired of waking up so early in the morning in order to catch the first trip in our place. Living in a remote area would really try your patience. You wake up early, there is no jeepney available, you wake up a little late, the first trip has gone out already. That has always been the scenario, thus one can’t help but feel stressed out even if the day has just started. I also cannot ask my siblings to bring me to work as price of gasoline today could also make your blood boil. I’d rather take the public ride than suffer their grumblings. That would surely add to the stress 
Aside from the above reason, I would also want to have a longer sleeping hours and only mid-shift and graveyard shift would afford me that luxury. You see, I sleep only after all my telenovelas are done in the evening so that only allows me 3 to 5 hours of sleep when I was still on my dawn-shift. Now that I am on graveyard shift, I can sleep the whole day, watch my telenovelas at night and work after that. That would make me sacrifice some of them though, but it’s okay, I have two nights off which falls on weekdays, so I can surely catch up with Claudine and Gabby J.
I am glad that upon arrival at the office, I didn’t see the irritating persona described in the previous post. Otherwise, it would surely augur bad days ahead. I am superstitious in a way. I believe that if you wake up at the right side of the bed, the rest of the day will be a good one. In the same manner that I should feel good during the first day of this new schedule in order for me to surpass the days ahead. Thank God, it seems that my wish is being granted. This is such a great respite from hearing the nagging voice and feeling the irritating presence.
Add to that, I don’t feel sleepy at all. Whew!! I hope the same will happen in the next 90 plus days . I would surely need the help of my ever loyal pillow and coffee mug just in case. COFFEE ANYONE?