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Episode 24 - Awake at 3:30 am on a Saturday! · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. Good morning, everybody.
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  Speaker 1: It is just about 3.30 in the morning on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: And you're probably thinking to yourself, Mike, why in the
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  Speaker 1: hell are you awake at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday when
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  Speaker 1: you should be sleeping? You should still be in bed.
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  Speaker 1: You should be getting that beauty sleep. But nope, not me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm wide awake. Well, not really wide awake. I'm awake. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it should be illegal to work on the weekends.
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  Speaker 1: Monday through Friday, you expect it. You've got bills to pay.
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  Speaker 1: You've got responsibilities. Saturday and Sunday, that should be a
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  Speaker 1: sacred time. But, you gotta earn that money. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Saturday is supposed to mean sleeping in until 8, maybe 9,
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  Speaker 1: maybe 10, if your back allows it. Instead, my alarm
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  Speaker 1: goes off like somebody kicked down the bedroom door yelling,
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  Speaker 1: Get up! You're late! And I'm lying there thinking, why
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  Speaker 1: in the hell am I doing this to myself? You
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  Speaker 1: ever look at the clock and feel personally offended? 3.30 a.m.
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  Speaker 1: isn't even a real time. That's when the night shift
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  Speaker 1: people wonder why you're there. The coffee hasn't decided whether
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  Speaker 1: it's useful. And your dog looks at you like you
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  Speaker 1: fucking lost your mind. I'm getting dressed in the dark,
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  Speaker 1: brushing my teeth, looking in the mirror thinking, Mike, I
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  Speaker 1: could have made different choices in life. But then I
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  Speaker 1: remember why I'm doing this. A hospital isn't just another workplace.
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  Speaker 1: Someone is sick. Someone is scared. Someone needs help and
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  Speaker 1: a family is sitting in a waiting room hoping for
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  Speaker 1: good news. And while most of the world is asleep, Nurses, doctors, technicians, housekeeping, security,
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  Speaker 1: food service, maintenance, transport, and countless others are already there.
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  Speaker 1: Taking care of people and keeping everything moving. That's something
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  Speaker 1: I don't take lightly. Now don't get me wrong, I'm
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  Speaker 1: still tired as hell. I'm not thinking, good morning world,
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  Speaker 1: what an incredible opportunity to serve humanity. I'm thinking, where
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  Speaker 1: in the hell is my coffee? But once I'm moving
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  Speaker 1: and out on the road, there's something peaceful about that
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  Speaker 1: early hour. The streets are quiet, the roads are nearly empty,
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  Speaker 1: and the sun hasn't even started thinking about coming up.
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  Speaker 1: During the day, life is loud, phones ringing, traffic moving,
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  Speaker 1: everybody needing something. But at 3.30 in the morning, you
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  Speaker 1: get a little space to think. You think about your family,
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  Speaker 1: your struggles, your mistakes, your dreams, and where you're headed.
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  Speaker 1: And sometimes you realize you're still here, still moving, still
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  Speaker 1: showing up. And maybe that's what matters. You know, life
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  Speaker 1: doesn't always give us the schedule we want. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: work weekends, holidays, or early mornings when everyone else is
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  Speaker 1: off having fun. You don't always have to feel motivated
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  Speaker 1: to show up. Sometimes you show up anyway. So if
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  Speaker 1: you work weekends, early mornings, holidays, or while everybody else
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  Speaker 1: is enjoying themselves, I see you. And if you work
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  Speaker 1: in healthcare, thank you. Maybe people don't thank you enough,
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  Speaker 1: so let me say it. Thank you. What you do matters,
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  Speaker 1: even when nobody notices, even when you're exhausted, and even
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  Speaker 1: when you're wondering how you'll do it all again tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Then comes the best moment. The shift is over. You
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  Speaker 1: walk out of the hospital, see daylight and think, I survived.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you grab breakfast. Maybe you go home and take
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  Speaker 1: a nap. That turns into a three-hour coma. You wake
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  Speaker 1: up wondering, what freaking year is it? But there's something
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  Speaker 1: satisfying about knowing you got up, you did your job,
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  Speaker 1: and kept your word to yourself. So on this Saturday morning,
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  Speaker 1: while you all are sleeping, enjoying those few hours of peace,
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  Speaker 1: I know that Mike D is up, awake, and ready
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  Speaker 1: to go. I don't know about all that. I'm awake.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not ready to go. But anyhow, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: all Feel refreshed? I hope you all slept in longer
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  Speaker 1: than I did. And most of all, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: all have a wonderful Saturday. Well, that's going to do
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  Speaker 1: it for today. I hope you feel bad for me.
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  Speaker 1: And I hope you understand why I, Mike D., am
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  Speaker 1: awake at 3.30 in the morning on a Saturday night.
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  Speaker 1: Because I have responsibilities and work to do. But as always,
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate you listening. I appreciate you being here. And
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  Speaker 1: I'll see you all on the next one. Peace.