on staying up late

i have been doing an awful lot more not sleeping than i ever did before college. of course, i knew this was to be expected but i didn't really know how it would hit me. and hit me it did. sometimes it was a love tap. other times it was a flat out punch in the face.

my normal weeknight bedtime is around 12:30. this comes partially from bad time management, but it's also partially not my fault. my suite has 4 girls. all of whom prefer to shower at night. so unless it's my turn to go first, i can expect a 20-45 minute wait for the shower. that pushes my bedtime back significantly. also, floor hours (the curfew to be in another dorm) end at midnight on weeknights. our friends we hang out with on a regular basis live in the other building, so often we're over there right up til curfew. so on a bad night it can be as late as 1 am.

this weekend was a unique situation because i did not sleep at all on friday night. this was not by choice and i was not pulling an all-nighter (geez it's only the 5th week of school!). one of my roommates was in the ER for stomach pain, so we stayed with her all night. and all morning. 12 hours total. and they didn't even fix what was wrong. so my sleep schedule was completely reversed because i went home and slept from 10:30 am to 5 pm. so of course then we were up til midnight again. but then i slept til 11:30. so my sleep schedule has been a little wonky lately.

my roommates and i have made a pact to be back in our room by 11:30 at the latest so that at least most of us can shower and be in bed before midnight. i'm sure our friends in the other building will appreciate this pushed up schedule as well. they need the sleep just as much as we do.

of course, i cope with my strange sleep schedule with copious amounts of caffeine at various times of day. normally in the morning though. it's tough to make it through 8 am chemistry without a little help... yesterday i had a starbucks doubleshot (the kind in the can) and a starbucks mocha frappe when we went to target. and this was all after 2 pm. so i was pretty energetic today...