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[bmccasland]

Make sure you get good sleep between shifts. If you get off at midnight, can you get home and to bed at a reasonable hour? At least get some sleep before your 7:00 am interview? Make sure you take a shower before you go - usually most folks look fresh after a shower no matter how tired they are, they just wilt later. Why not have a cup-of-jo enroute? And it is a hospital interview, so they should understand crazy shift work. Not quite like trying to get into something completely different, where getting off at midnight would strike them as odd.

[NbyNW]

I have a job interview with another hospital next Fri. Right after 3 double shifts in a row on t/w/th. Anyone have any thoughts on how to look bright and fresh at 7am, without caffeine, after working from 8-midnight for three days? I'll take all sane suggestions.

Do you have time to ride your bike before your interview, maybe even a light 20-minute ride? That would wake me up.

[lph]

Power nap, bike ride and cold shower. That would keep me awake and looking sane for a couple of hours at least.

[Xrayted]

thanks for the suggestions. I can't do caffeine very well, hence the "without caffeine" thing. It gives me heart palpitations. So,that leaves out most energy drinks. I did take Friday off from my regular job so at least I don't have to do a full shift on top of it. I think the interview alone will just shoot me the rest of the way by itself at that point. I would be useless to my team so I'd rather use some vacation time, get healthy and relax for the weekend. We are camping that weekend too so I'll need to be feeling decent.

I am an x-ray tech trying for an angiography job at another hospital. I don't have any direct experience in that modality so I need to make a good showing. Yes, they know what it's like to do double shifts. I really want to show them that I can handle it. The fact that they know I've volunteered to do them should help my chances too. I won't have doubles back to back like that working for them, but I think if I can walk in there fresh as a daisy (at least visually ) after 3 in a row at a very busy trauma center, I can make a big impact on them. I'm probably up against someone who has experience or already works at their hospital. I'm the underdog in this dog and pony show, that's for sure. I've applied 5 times for angio jobs in the past and 1 xray job. I think my persistence got their attention. Normally, someone without direct experience wouldn't even rate a call or an email.

More ideas are welcome. No caffeine though. Tell me your secrets of looking decent after an all night bender or overnight study session or whatever.

Thanks and I'll let you know how it went when I wake up from my nap later that day.

[crazycanuck]

X..if you need coffee for the hospital interview, at least you'd be in the right place if your heart went crazy... Ooops..did i let that thought out...
Good luck at the interview!

Ok, i'll take a deep breath and try to type properly........Guess what just arrived in Sydney & will be with me early in the week Weeeeeeeeeeeharrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooo.... Almost 4 months of waiting is at an end. Ahhhhhhhh...

[NbyNW]

Tell me your secrets of looking decent after an all night bender or overnight study session or whatever.

Oh, man. Since you've rephrased it THAT way ....

I just had a recollection of doing all-nighters in grad school and then having to present at 10 am the next morning. Basically running on adrenalin.

I would take a break around 8am, run home, shower, change into nice clothes, eat something. Then run back to school. I would keep light, healthy easy-to-digest snacks handy to get me through the morning. Yogurt, bananas, crackers. Pretzels & Nutella. Whatever gets you through. Then I would go home and crash.

It was not a healthy lifestyle, and I wouldn't recommend it for your interview. Except the part about keeping healthy snacks handy.

Good luck!

[NbyNW]

Doing my first ever metric century tomorrow. Followed by my second ever on Sunday. Hope I'm ready for this!

Oddly my primary worry is that DH doesn't run into any trouble that permanently turns him off from cycling...

[kelownagirl]

Hey how'd it go??? What was the occasion?

Doing my first ever metric century tomorrow. Followed by my second ever on Sunday. Hope I'm ready for this!

Oddly my primary worry is that DH doesn't run into any trouble that permanently turns him off from cycling...

[NbyNW]

Hey how'd it go??? What was the occasion?

We were on a team doing the Ride to Conquer Cancer out of Calgary. Just got home a little while ago. We are tired and sore, but we had a great time! The route was beautiful, event was well-organized, and good spirit all around.

We probably could have done more to prepare for this ride, but we managed anyway. It was a pretty good jump in mileage for both of us. My personal goal was not to walk any hills ... and I think DH just wanted to finish and not be totally miserable! I think we were successful

It was awesome to ride through the finish line with our team and to hear us announced and to be thanked for our fundraising efforts!

[lph]

I just won a limbo competition. Well, the "competition" was 30 semi-sozzled party-goers and it was 2 in the morning, but still

I had no idea I could limbo. It earned me lots of attention too, which I certainly didn't mind

Oh, and not to mention that I got a pair of pineapple glasses for my efforts.

[bmccasland]

Oh, and not to mention that I got a pair of pineapple glasses for my efforts.

Pictures, we need pictures!

[Zen]

my find of party

[lph]

Pictures, we need pictures!

Oh. But of course.

Unfortunately there are no pictures of the limbo dancing. (I hope )

[OakLeaf]

Those are fabulous.

[Zen]

Those are fabulous.

That's exactly what i was going to say! Party on!