buttony muddle-headed...

I’ve had my bout of graveyard shift, let alone I was in my first and last trimester of pregnancy. I was a customer rep at an outsourcing company then.

The experience in the first tri was really not as horrible compared to the fourth one. During my first tri, there was this eagerness to learn and explore. I belonged to the 2nd batch of our account and it was a little straining in the sense that there were not enough precedents to look at and to look up to. It was challenging and not to toot my own horn, I love challenges. Between the first and last tri, I worked as a mentor. It was no problem pacing here and there, pointing this and that, as long as my shift was at daytime. Then in the last tri I had to go back to GY (as they fondly call it). There was no night I didn’t cry. I was feeling heavy and was making a great effort to smile all the way from 10pm to 7am. And I wasn’t getting enough sleep.

It’s not hard to consider that it'd be very difficult to get a good night’s sleep at daytime unless, you don't have a circadian clock. hihi. Even jet-lagged travelers could attest to this. Some would even succumb to prescription sleep aids just to get at least over 50% sleep.

But there's good news to all sleep-deprived workers and jet-lagged travelers. Here comes the melatonin supplement they can take 15-30 minutes before bedtime that can make them achieve 83% sleep efficiency (85%-95% is the ideal nighttime range). And take note, unlike sleeping pills the human body doesn’t build up a tolerance to melatonin. Taking 0.3-mg dose of the hormone works just a well as taking 5 mg.

Nope. Don’t call me doctor. But Do call your doctor regarding this.

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A friend asked me, “Have you reconciled…?”

I answered, “What for?”

If the foundation has long been shattered, there’s no point really. And if sincerity has not always been there, it’s never a necessity to look back. I learned my lesson well, earlier than others did and soon will.

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