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Shift Change
Jan. 11th, 2008 09:24 amI enjoy staying up late. I'd read in bed until (gasp!) 8:30 or 9 as a little kid, with nothing more than a red night light (one reason I think my night vision got pretty good, and why I have to wear sunglasses a lot during the days). As a teenager and young adult, my preferred sleep schedule was 2am - 10am, with the occasional 4am - noon if I got into something really worthy of my tunnel-focused attention.
These days, though, I'm up between 5:45 and 6 every morning, and just being able to drive to work without major injury means I'd better be in bed by 11. 10 would be better; 9:30's been known to happen. It made this year's New Year's Eve a little duller than I'd planned, let me tell you.
Well, my quasi-conscious train of thought upon leaving REM sleep this morning went as follows:
Voice 1: Dude, why on earth did we put the clock where we can't easily see it without moving? It's gotta be about 5:40, the alarm's gonna hit any minute.
Voice 2: No, no, this is our semi-regular 3:30 Brief Moment of Pseudo-Lucidity. Just roll over and go back to sleep.
Voice 1: Yeah, you're probably right. But let's wiggle over and get Line-of-Sight on the clock just to be sure.
Voice 2: Uh-oh. 6:30? We didn't set the alarm, did we?
Voice 1: Dude, and you were the one who wanted to go back to sleep.
Funny thing is, since I awoke naturally, I felt much better this morning. And I still managed to get to work on time.
These days, though, I'm up between 5:45 and 6 every morning, and just being able to drive to work without major injury means I'd better be in bed by 11. 10 would be better; 9:30's been known to happen. It made this year's New Year's Eve a little duller than I'd planned, let me tell you.
Well, my quasi-conscious train of thought upon leaving REM sleep this morning went as follows:
Voice 1: Dude, why on earth did we put the clock where we can't easily see it without moving? It's gotta be about 5:40, the alarm's gonna hit any minute.
Voice 2: No, no, this is our semi-regular 3:30 Brief Moment of Pseudo-Lucidity. Just roll over and go back to sleep.
Voice 1: Yeah, you're probably right. But let's wiggle over and get Line-of-Sight on the clock just to be sure.
Voice 2: Uh-oh. 6:30? We didn't set the alarm, did we?
Voice 1: Dude, and you were the one who wanted to go back to sleep.
Funny thing is, since I awoke naturally, I felt much better this morning. And I still managed to get to work on time.
