On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:34:21 -0400, Margaret Suran >
wrote:

>> Note the "on call." Michael's alertness in the middle of the night
>> isn't due to hunger, but necessity.

>I should have expressed myself more clearly. The getting up part I can
>understand, the eating part, I cannot.
>
>I used to be up with my kids at night when they were little, sometimes
>because they felt ill, sometimes because they wanted their mother. It
>would never have occurred to me to eat or offer food at these times.

OTOH, this is part of the "joy" of shift work. 10+ years that I was
working nights, I carried a full bag lunch...and "lunchtime" (provided
there were no calls) is around 3 a.m. or so. Then again, breakfast
time was dinner, and if all was well, I was in bed sleeping during
lunch, and would get up and have either leftovers of the family's
dinner, or make breakfast.

On my off time (and now that I work days), I don't generally get up
and eat during the night either.

Bob