It is done. I have officially, according to my body, moved over to the dark side. Nearly seven months of working midwatches 1800 – 0600 have taken the toll. I now officially sleep during the day, even on my days off, and have to wear suntan lotion when I go out into the light so I don’t waste away like an errant Dracudude.
Ironically, today my promotion takes affect. The position is a day job M-F if you ignore the on call duty required occasionally. Sadly, I am still on the schedule for midwatches until we get some new bodies trained to flesh out the watch schedule. If all goes well, I will be off the watch and into my new position just in time to have to retrain my body to get used to working days instead of nights.