Christian Women in Leadership

70 hours/week

I counted my hours working in 7 days--it is 70 between my two jobs. Tomorrow is the final of this 7o hours in a row (without a day off), unfortunately it is a 12 hour shift. In the Emergency Room. On a Monday.

This is not good. Already my arms are sore from working so much. Today I think I really hit the wall. I showed up for work--but I didn't want to work! I mean, I was there physically, but my heart was not in it. I was not into caring for sick people.

When I get really exhausted (or if I'm stressed) I start to twirl my hair with my fingers and I don't even notice that I'm doing it. Well, after about 5 of my 8 hour shift, I started to twirl my hair. One of the paramedic noticed this. He said, "You know what they say about women who twirl their hair like that?" Well, I didn't really want to know because I knew the type of person he was and I knew where the conversation was going. But he told one of the other techs and she told me, "He says that women who twirl their hair are deprived."

My first thought was, "I am deprived!" being a single Christian woman and all. My second though was, "I'm not -deprived, I'm sleep-deprived." A 70-hour week will do that to you.

posted by the princess @ 12/12/2004 09:47:00 PM