Courtney Ah Loy

On Duty

5:15 am; As if slowly emerging out of deep water I begin to hear the repetitive dinging of my alarm gradually getting louder with each ding. I roll over to silence it for 10 more minutes of rest only for it to go off again in what seamed like second later. Reluctantly I roll from the soft warm covers reminding myself it was my last shift for 3 days. But still, my fourth 12 hours shift in a row.