I haven't been sleeping lately. On purpose. I start the night shift this week and I've been given a few days to get my body to adjust. After doing some 
research, I learned it's best to make the change gradually, and I've been doing that as best as I can. I went to bed at 6:30am yesterday morning, and 
today it will be 7:30 am, and tomorrow 8:30am. When I start my first night shift on Wednesday it will be 9:30am. I bought a cheap mattress pad and cut it 
up to match my windows. This will provide noise insulation and help to black out the windows. I also have a fan and a white noise machine running when I 
sleep to drown out typical city noise. So far so good. In a way, I'm reprogramming my body to make it do something it doesn't usually do. 

I've been a night owl since I was a child, and I'm convinced my most productive time is after 10pm/22:00. But this quick change has got me feeling 
depressed. My sleep yesterday was in and out, and when I woke up I had the sudden urge to cry. I didn't cry, though. Instead, I made coffee and proceeded 
to vacuum the entire apartment. Then I did dishes and other things that needed to get done. I've found that when I feel this way I need to accomplish 
something and then I feel better somehow. I'll get through this. I have to keep telling myself it's only three months.

Lately I've been learning more about Windows system internals for work. Yes, I love Linux, but the enterprise standard for users is Windows. I'm 
interested in learning this to improve my forensics skills. Eventually I hope to learn more about *nix forensics as well. To pass the time I've been 
reading up on many different processes and services (daemons) and how they interact with the operating system. Let's just say it's a mountain of 
information, and applying this knowledge to malware tactics, techniques, and procedures has been interesting. 

That's what it's all about for me. Moving forward, dealing with the hard times, and getting better every day. It's going to be a pretty sober 3 months for 
me as my schedule is not really conducive to my enjoyment of alcohol. It's probably for the best. I'm smart enough to stay away from any mood altering 
substances (outside of coffee and tea) when I'm in a mood like this. On the bright side, now that it's getting hotter outside I'll be able to run early in 
the morning when it's cool.