There is a reason they tell you to put the oxygen on yourself first!

I am in the process of changing jobs, so basically I am working two full time positions till my 2 weeks is up at the first job and then I drop to PRN status (this means you have to be "available" 3 shifts a month, not that you actually work them (think creative scheduling here, i.e. you see one night is way over staffed but but yourself down as "available" anyway knowing that you will be the first one cancelled or put on call and you get what I mean) but that you sign up for them. So I am super sleep deprived (I am training at the new job from 11pm-7am after watching Lilith till 5:30-6pm when husband gets home from work. This means if I am lucky, I get 4-5 hours of sleep. Then I am still working 7pm-7am 3 nights a week at my old job(luckily 2 of those are Saturday and Sunday so husband is home during the day and I get to sleep a little). I feel like I am running on empty. Financially, it is VERY lucrative,(I can't be bought but it appears that I can be rented) but it has been very hard on Lilith and husband. Poor Lilith doesn't see me at all on the weekends it seems as I am sleeping for most of the day and gone all night. Now during the week I am tired, cranky, and running for the bed the minute I hear husbands key in the lock. But God help me, I am a greedy girl and Christmas is right around the corner. This is one of the problems of working in health care when you have "workaholic" tendencies. Hospitals never close, they almost ALWAYS need someone to work extra, and they will pay you WELL to do it too. You can get hourly bonuses, girt cards, movie tickets, meal cards,etc. (I once got a tee shirt and a coffee mug for working extra..too bad I don't drink coffee) I got a bump up in pay for going PRN at the old job (15% of my base pay) so it really is tempting to keep this hectic schedule going but I am trying to tune out the cash register sound that I keep hearing (ka-ching!) and stop adding up just how much I could make before Christmas if I continue to work 6 days a week till then (I told you I was greedy) and think of my family. Although I would love to buy Lilith... see that is how it starts.