You know you work nights when.......

[HM2VikingRN]

The conversation with coworkers each night starts with "I got x amount of sleep today..."

[BeachPrincess]

You answer your home phone saying the name of the floor you work on.

[Cococure]

you drink red bull like it's water...

you get pi$$ed of at a 12pm dept. meeting...

when u miss all the hospitals "fun day" functions cuz it's just too early for you...

the apartment's handyman is afraid to knock on your door cuz you will take his head off at 1pm ....

your boyfriend invites friends over on a weekend and your peed off...

you look forward to rainy mornings and dread sunny days...

you can't keep track of what day it is....

you get honked at for falling asleep at the light...

you can't stay asleep on your days off (i really hate this one!!):angryfire

[SweetVen]

..... when u go straight to school for physiology class and thinks that my neurons are not transmitting info. to my brain:idea: .

also when you wake up when your phone rings thoughts that you have call light.:wakeneo:

[mrsituation]

As you leave the unit...the dayqueens are coming on, You say "Good night" as they say good morning

[dragonflyRN]

I HATE that. It is my good night....to hell with them. Not appropriate for me to say good morning when i come in.

[weesyanne]

You have to ask the clerk at WalMart or the grocery store what day of the week it is. They all look at you like you're on drugs or something.

Also, you get strange looks from the UPS man when he delivers your package to you in the middle of the day and you have on P.J.'s.

[sheddybeme]

When you can eat fried chicken and potato salad at 8 am, and eggs and bacon at 5 pm.

[merimo]

When you have to work days for awhile and you snarl at the night shift when you come in, because they get to go home and you have to stay!

When you have to explain why you are so tired at work at 10am, cause you can't get to sleep at night.

At least working nights I usually got 4 to 6 hours sleep... now I maybe get 2! Boy, am I hopeing to get back to nights soon!!!!!

[working4aBSN]

You know you're a night-shifter if:

You've developed superhuman-like night vision that allows you to navigate a dark pt's room and check his IV in pitch darkness

Your weekly shopping spree takes place at WalMart at 3am. Yet there are still people shopping there with their small kids. ????!!

You pray there's enough gas in your tank to get you home, so you don't have to stop for any reason.

You've ever cleaned a toilet and your house from top to bottom at 4am because you couldn't sleep.

Took up coffee drinking even if you hate the taste just to stay alive.

That dark room thing is soooo true..I cannot tell you how many patients say "you can turn a light on if you need it" I just laugh because I have been on nights for about six years and can do just about anything in the dark. You get use to it over the years and if I do not have to turn on the lights believe me I do not...lol

[weezer123]

Years ago, I had the long hair, Cher look, worked nights and slept during the day or "tried " anyway, my doorbell was ringing like mad one day and I got up and swung the door open and yelled "What"... it was a lady from RedCross... needless to say she left after some mumble,,, as I went back to bed,,,, I stopped by the bathroom to pee,,, and gosh,,, I looked like a witch!!!! Long matted hair, scraggly old gown, and big dark circles of Mascara all around my eyes!!!!

[SFNurseC&S]

You wake up from a "coma like" sleep, its dark ourside and you can't figure out if its early am or late pm.

[veronica butterfly, ADN, RN]

"You don't think it is odd to drink beer at 730 in the morning to "wind down" after work and get ready to go to bed."

I love this!!!

When you realize on the way home from work that you're out of wine and curse the liquor stores for not being open at 0730!!