And the voice said...

And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom
of night shall stay these couriers from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds. --Laurie Anderson, O Superman (for Massenet)

A second snowstorm has hit NYC this winter, first Hercules then Janus. Both times a state of emergency was declared, and work hours restrictions were suspended. This however had no effect on us, as everyone made it to work and home and back again without issue. I was on night float during Hercules, and worked 14-15 hours a night, and that was for 6 nights a week, so I can't imagine how working longer hours would have felt. Good thing night float only lasted 2 weeks, otherwise it would be easy to enter burnout territory. 

Night float

Night shift starts at 5pm and finishes after morning sign out. Sign out starts at 7am and the longest it went on for was til 8:10am, though usually we'd get through it by 7:30. Either way, it makes for a very long night, and doing that Sun-Fri night makes for a very long week and very tired Bones. Coke, Pepsi, Emergen-C, junk food, and hospital food kept me going, and Seamless deliveries helped a lot too.