Hi, its me, Nikki

Hi, It's just me, Nikki
I wanted to start thing thing up, since I have been searching endlessly to find something to keep my family up to date on what is going on in my life, since we never have the time we want to get together bc of my nightshift schedule.
But,
That is all about to change...
I am starting a new chapter in my life on September 15. I am ending my suffering on nightshift duty in the PICU.
I will be joining the dayshift on my same rotation. I feel bittersweet about this. I am going to miss my buddies that I have worked with for 3 years sinceI started in the PICU. One thing that makes it a little easier, is that April, our Unit Secretary, is also leaving. She is going to a dayshift position at a totally other hospital. So, she won't be there to leave. Anna, my other buddy, left a couple months ago to go to Atlanta at Egleston, and is loving it. Paula, she left to go to a dayshift position and is no longer in patient care. So that leaves Angie, my rock, that I have been with since I started, my "mom" of sorts, and confidant, that taught me everything. I worry about everyone helping her out when I am gone. Jessie, who came right after me, is going to be just fine. She is picking up the charge nurse position, and she floats around to each rotation, and fits right in. Mary, who is still sort of new, I also worry about, only because she worries. She is going to be just fine, too, though. Alicia, our RT, I don't know what I am going to do without her. Whenever my voice reaches a certain octive, it means, "COME NOW I NEED YOU, SOMETHING IS WRONG!", and she knows, and she is right there.
I had to make a tough choice, though. I had to choose to get my normalcy back, and be on a normal day time schedule where there is sunshine and stuff! I also will be on the same shift as my husband. We will actually work the same hours on the same days, and get to sleep at night together like normal husband and wife. That is definately a plus.I miss him, and I am tired crying when he goes to work on Friday morning, bc I know I won't see him until Monday morning.