Apparently it's against the rules to sleep on 3rd shift

Hmmm...I'm not even sure where I should start.
I'll start off by telling you where I work and what I do.
I work in a Nursing Home/Assisted Living Facility on 3rd shift as a Nurse Aide. I work in the Assisted Living part. Now working 3rd shift wouldn't be that bad if we actually had something to do. This is how a normal night goes at work:

11:00pm - Arrive to work and get any new information from 2nd shift.
11:05pm - Walk the halls to make sure everyone is ok and in bed...usually everything is fine.
11:20pm - Make sure towels are in the dryer and later when dry fold them and put them on the towel cart.
11:22pm - Fill out paper work for each resident on my assigned hall...basically I'm writing down what I'll be helping them with in the morning.
11:50pm - Sit down in comfortable, reclining chairs, watch tv and Tye knots in trash bags so they will fit trash cans better. (this is a complete waste of time b/c there is nothing better to do) I'll do this until I get sick of it which is usually after an hour.
12:50am - watch tv, read something or now that i'm back in school, do homework.
5:00am-7:00am - start getting people up. This includes helping them with their meds, making their beds, putting clean towels in the bathrooms, collecting their trash, and sometimes helping them get dressed or helping them take a shower. It all depends on how much help the person needs. Some don't need any help at all and others we have to do pretty much everything, and that is ok.
**in between 1 and 5am we will walk the halls every couple hours or so. plus we might have a couple calls but nothing too time consuming usually...most people just want pain pills and that doesn't take long.

Ok now you know how my nights at work go...not too exciting. Well, usually around 3:30-4:00 I'm getting to a point where I just can't keep my eyes open. I mean I can only sit for so long before falling asleep, whether it be watching tv, reading or doing homework. I would love to do something but there is nothing to do! One more thing before I tell you about my phone call today. Each employee is supposed to get a 30min. lunch break and 2 15min breaks per shift. Most people use these to eat or smoke or what not. Now that we know that...

This morning I got a phone call from my boss lady, who is also a fellow classmate. She is calling to ask me if I've been sleeping at work...i simply told her the truth. "Yea, sometimes I dose off for 10-15 min." Boss lady: "Ok well someone has said that you've been sleeping, talking on the phone, and not getting everything done in the morning" Whoa, Whoa, Whoa!!! I admit that I dose off every once in awhile, but I don't talk on the phone, and as far as i knew I was getting everything done that I was supposed to. Anyways, my boss lady is really nice and she was just giving me a call to simply tell me that there had been a complaint. Now, I knew exactly who complained about me sleeping too. This girl must think she is the perfect employee b/c she complains and talks crap about everybody. So when i got off the phone today I was a little upset, b/c seriously what is the difference of me taking a 15 min nap compared to someone else taking a 15 min. smoke break. (which never last just 15min. by the way) Yeah I just don't understand it.

So I've come to the conclusion that when I work with this person next, I'm going to clock out for my 30 min. lunch break and go out to my car and sleep. And then when i feel myself dosing off while reclined in one of those comfortable chairs i'm gonna tell her that i'm gonna take a 15min. "smoke" break, even though i don't smoke. B/c seriously I have a pretty heavy load to deal with b/t work and school and sometimes I only get 4 hours of sleep and that's usually right after work, so when i go back to work the next night i'm really tired.

This is all rather annoying to me. No one else has a problem with sleeping on third shift but this girl...and I know that she struggles to stay awake sometimes too so she can just shut her big yapper. Sorry, I guess I'm just a little bit bitter towards her. I'm trying not to be, but she's making me look bad and I really don't think that I'm doing anything wrong! I don't think i've ever heard her say anything nice about anyone. Which leads me to believe that she not a very nice person.

I'm sure I've left some out but I'm done for now b/c this is just getting me all fired up again.

If Christ is THE WAY, why waste time traveling SOME OTHER WAY?

Lately, I've been thinking alot about the changes I've went through in the last couple years. This is probably due to my upcoming baptism. Anyways, it's amazing how much time I've wasted trying to "travel some other way." Why is it that we think we know what's best for us, when really we have no clue? Only God knows the way for our lives. He knows exactly what we need and when we need it. So why do we resist His way? I'm mainly speaking about myself. When I first starting repenting there were a lot of things I wanted and there were a lot of things that I wasn't willing to let go of. And I fought to hang on as long as I could, which was really dumb because it only made the road all the rougher. Finally, I realized that I couldn't have it all and I needed to make a choice. Was is going to be my way, which would've been the wrong way or was is going to be God's way, which is always the right way? Obviously I chose the right way...God is driving and I'm riding shotgun. HA! and it's a good thing b/c we all know that when I'm in the driver's seat, things can get a little out of control and damage will be done :) Sad, but true.

So let's let God lead the way, let him be the shepherd and we the flock. Let's not waste our time traveling down paths that won't lead us to Heaven. And another thing I've learned is that it is beneficial to stay close to the flock and not to stray to far. The flock is a support system and when we stray from it we become an easy target for the devil.

Anyways I hope everyone has a stupendous day!