I'm Seeing Triple

Man, am I tired. I'm not talking the usual, stayed up too late watching some Lifetime movie where a housewife/secretary/saucy cocktail waitress is being abused/stalked/ left for dead in the middle of the desert kind of tired either. I'm talking about the kind of tired that comes when your biological clock is turned all topsy turvy.

I'm filling in for the great Steve and Johnnie all week on WGN. I always have a ball, but the hours leave a little to be desired. I'm pumping myself full of coffee and energy drinks all night to deliver the kind of irreverent, entertaining and highly professional shows people have come to expect from me, but then I get home and instead of going to bed, I have appointments, and other things that keep me awake and delirious for hours. Today for instance. I am trying to stay upright so I can make a doctor's appointment. I could have rescheduled, but then I wouldn't be seeing the doctor for another month and a half and in my current state that didn't seem wise.


I have a new respect for people who work third shift. The world is out of whack. These creatures of the night work when others sleep and sleep when others are going about their business. I'm sure I would adjust to the schedule if I did it on a permanent basis, but as it is, I'm feeling the effects. I'm seeing Heffalumps and Woozels like Winnie the Pooh at this point.

Listen, I'm not complaining. The buzz is much cheaper and more legal than most, and I have an excuse to sleep while "Wife" is at work. There is the added bonus of driving on nearly empty roads too. Not too many yahoos are tooling around at 5 am. So what if I doze off....................................................................................................................................................................................... oh sorry, in the middle of things?

I'll try to check in later in the week after I've slept so I can pass along more coherent thoughts. For the time being, you can picture me in my footy pajamas and nightcap with cartoon ZZZ'z circling my head. Later...Brian