The opposite of the dawn patrol: waking up arbitrarily in the middle of the night. This sometimes happens to me after about 4.5 or 5 hours of sleep. I’m rested enough but it’s not a full eight.
The world is not exactly full of optimism and joy in times like this. Every thought that pops up is negative. That’s how the night shift differs from the dawn patrol: running before dawn is a time of hope, happiness. I know from experience that the night shift thoughts are just noise. Nothing ever comes of the fear and frustration that the noise creates. But still . . . .
Ah, well. It’s going to be dawn in a few hours anyway.
A spoonful of peanut butter and a drink of water. Let’s see if that helps me go back to sleep until it’s time for dawn patrol.