Signs that my night owl nature is getting out of control:
Going to bed at 1:30 a.m. feels early.
It's 10:30 p.m., and I'm tired enough to go to sleep, but I'll just read a few minutes of this book. Three hours later...
From the Eastern time zone, I often find myself at night thinking, "Oh, dang it. I wanted to call my parents today, but now it's too late." They live in the Mountain Standard Time zone.
Ditto with a friend who lives in LA.
UPS man knocks on the door at noon, and I'm still in my PJs.
I'm reluctant to schedule anything in the morning because when I do, it doesn't make any difference in when I go to bed.
If Linus is telling me that it's time to go to bed, then I know I have a problem.
Did I mention that I teach seminary at 6 a.m. every morning? Yes, I know. I have a problem.
One of my favorite parts about Christmas vacation was that I got to go to bed before midnight almost every night. And I got to sleep uninterrupted.
Is there a rehab center that people with my problem can go to? Or maybe a support group? Or something really exciting that will keep me from going back to bed after seminary? Why stay awake during the day if the sun's not out anyway?
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Perhaps we can have a support group, because I, too have a problem. Especially the getting out of bed part. It really isn't working too well, especially with classes to go to.
I'll lend you Elisheva. All the fibers of MY being want to just keep sleeping until spring arrives - or nine am. But Elisheva just knows she went to bed at 7:30, and she's been asleep for 11-12 hours and has to wake up NOW!
So sometimes when I want to stay up late and do whatever it is I do late (usually read) I remember that tomorrow morning I'll be up and stay up regardless of the amount of sleep I got. It helps...most of the time. Unless it's a really good book.
If there's a decent book involved, I am not to be held responsible for when head and pillow finally meet. No matter how old or tired I get, this one truth remains.
--Sula
I programmed the thermostat to turn down at midnight and back up at about 7:30. This is suppose to inspire us to go to bed and get up. It's working in terms of going to bed. Even if I'm reading a book, it gets cold enough that I want my arms and hand inside the covers. Unfortunately, it's not working as well as I had hoped in the mornings because we keep it low enough that you don't get hot enough still in bed to want to be out.
I want to join that rehab center/support group. I think I need it, too. How comforting to know that someone else is appalled to look up at the clock and see that it's already tomorrow and you have five hours to prepare AND refresh yourself. "Hello. My name is Equinox and I have a . . . zzzzzzzzzz."
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