I'm a big girl. I make my own decisions. So why can't I learn to say "No?" I agreed to work some daylight on our current schedule. Staffing is tight, and there are a lot of newer, less experienced people working 7a-7p. Our unit manager asked if I would work "some" daylight this schedule to cover the unit. I agreed to do it because she was really stuck, and she has been very good to me, so I wanted to do her a favor. I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON!!. I hate getting up at 5 AM, and I hate working daylight. I just finished three 12s in a row, and I am exhausted, not because the work is any easier on nights (it isn't), but because I have not been able to sleep. No matter what time I go to bed, it's at least midnight or 1 am before I fall asleep, and I have to get up by 5:30. I wake up and look at the clock several times through the night, I think because I am afraid I won't hear the alarm. I'm afraid to use any kind of sleeping pill, even OTC, because I've never used them before, and I don't know how I will react to them. I know that I probably won't get much sympathy from those people who hate nights, but you guys can still listen to me whine. I have three days off now, so I can get lots of rest, and go back for two more daylights before I can go back to my nights.