today I crashed out and lost most of the day

I had that earlier this week, too. Because... wait for it....:

The joys of working nights

Yep. Getting up just after 2am takes getting used to. I feel your pain 😂

And now that spring (and shortly after that summer) is coming its way, it will be even harder with the sun still being up high while we get to bed to get some sleep before work.

Try thinking of it as a "normal" day, just everything is shifted by 6 or 8 hours.