Note to Self:
If you have a tough shift and your misery and weariness are compounded by a raging sinus headache, taking NyQuil might not actually be a great idea. There's a slight possibility that your body will react in strange ways to that particular drug, possibly made exponentially worse by the fact that you live on a ship that is constantly trying to rock you off your feet.
Just be forewarned, dear self, that if you take those little blue pills, you might not wake up until noon the next day. You most definitely won't be able to go to work, since the ability to formulate a coherent sentence is the very least of the requirements on the list for taking care of a ventilated ICU patient. While someone steps in to fill your woozy little shoes, you'll probably end up passing out again until your husband wakes you up for dinner.
In addition, the fact that you slept for seventeen of the last twenty-four hours really isn't going to make it easy to head back to bed when the sun goes down again. You might just end up curled up on your couch in the waning hours of the month, writing dire warnings to yourself on your blog.
(Hypothetically speaking, of course.)
Friday, July 31. 2009
hindsight is 20/20
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hahaha- so much for better living through chemicals, eh? You and me both! Thanks, by the way 
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Wenikio
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2009-08-01 05:25
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Nyquil is evil. I used to get sick all the time with sinus infections and it was the only thing that would help me sleep. Fast forward a few years and I get sick and need to sleep because we are getting up the next day at 3:00 a.m. for a flight to Europe. It worked opposite. I was so wide awake I couldn't believe it. I guess that is the end of "Baptist Booze" for me.
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Lori Schneider
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2009-08-03 05:42
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