Overtired...

As you read this entry, I am just starting to recover from a pathetic cold which has well and truly bunged my head up for the last 72 hours.

It came on during Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday night it had got to the stage where it kept me awake all night. That's not too bad, you may think. Wrong. I was working last night and by this morning had not had any proper sleep for 48 hours. I was planning on getting a good 6 hours of ZZZZzzzzzs this morning/afternoon, before starting another night shift tonight.

My neighbours thought differently.

For the last three hours they have drilled/sanded/hammered the connecting wall between our properties incessantly. Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate that it's the weekend, a time when most people decide to do a bit of DIYing. It's just that by the time I finish my shift, tomorrow morning at 08.00hrs, I won't have had any proper sleep for 3 days.

If you dial 999 tonight and ask for an ambulance, please don't take it too personally if I come across as a bit niggly and overtired. I'll be feeling human again by Monday - just in time for the next run of night shifts starting on Tuesday.

Red Bull and Contac (non drowsy), here I come...