After 3 a.m...

I have recently become Spanish. By that I mean, that I've been eating dinner after 9 pm and I sort of have a lisp.

The eating after 9 thing is alright, I guess. I mean, I don't eat tapas or anything like that. I usually whip together some eggs, or a sandwich, or a salad...or I pick something up on my way home...


But as a result of my new lifestyle I've been noticing something: I can't F-ing sleep!

I thought it might be the heat at first, when I tossed and turned a few weeks ago. Then I thought it might be caffeine. Then I thought that I had established a later sleep pattern and needed to try to go to bed earlier to establish a more manageable routine for myself.

For a minute I thought I had turned into an owl, bat or some other nocturnal animal. But I don't have sonar capabilities, I don't fly and I'm still a human. SHUCKS!

Except none of those things have really worked. I sleep OK...but not as well as I previously have. I'm tossing and turning, I'm hot, I'm having weird dreams...I wake up in the middle of the night and crave chocolate (anyone else?).

Well last night, this pattern displayed itself once more. I was in bed, lights off by 11...and at 3 am, after SOMEONE texted me (please, please...don't text me after 12 on a weeknight, and don't call me before 10 on a weekend, ok?!)...I woke up. I was awake in bed, tired but unable to fall back asleep. THAT SUCKS, doesn't it? Well, if you recall...I wake up at 7 normally...meaning since I couldn't fall back asleep I had four extra hours at my finger tips. So what did I do with all this extra time? After 3 a.m. what did I do until 7?

1) I laid in bed. I tried to breathe in and out and clear my mind...and relax myself enough to fall asleep (now I wasn't stressed and I was relaxed already...but I thought if I could just breathe enough I would lose consciousness and drift into sleep. That didn't work so then I

2) Read some of 'The Book Thief'. Yeah...I gave up on reading 'Infinite Jest'. I read to page 250 and gave it a noble effort but I just couldn't get into it. 'The Book Thief' on the other hand, is just my speed. I read that for about half an hour and then

3) I laid in bed. I contemplated some song lyrics, and what to wear the next day to work, and what position might be more comfortable to sleep in (that's what SHE said yo yo yo yo!)

4) I went on facebook. For some reason, 4:30 seems like a good time to change some quotes on your facebook profile as well as your profile picture. UMMM...

To be fair, this was the quote I added:

"Um, thank you. I'm not much for public speaking. Or much for speaking. Or, come to think of it, much for the public. And I'm not very good at lying. So let me just say that, in my experience, high school sucks. If I had to do it all over again, I'd have started advanced placement classes in preschool so I could go from eighth grade straight to college. However, given the unalterable fact that high school sucks, I'd like to add that if you're lucky enough to have a good friend and a family that cares it doesn't have to suck quite as much. Otherwise my advice is; Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless experience proves you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor IS naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza. Thank you "
-Daria

How great is that?

5) I went on ebay to look for oh you know, a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

6) I read a little more of 'The Book Thief'. If anyone wants to borrow it when I'm done...holla at ya girl!

7) I painted my nails...with four coats. UM, that seems like a lot doesn't it? In the end it looked OK, but I decided I wasn't ready for painted nails so I took it off.


8) I downloaded some music. Anyone remember/know the band Down to Earth Approach? Sk8 got me into them sophomore year, and it's been a while since I listened to them. I can't find the CD I had their songs on, and my ipod currently boasts just one track so I thought I would remedy that at...I don't know...6-ish?

And finally, if you can even imagine me saying this...7 rolled around and I hopped into the shower.

I AM SO TIRED. Someone please carry me home...someone? anyone?