I actually managed to get myself out of bed at a reasonable time this morning. Reasonable in the sense of it gave me enough time to have a shower and get ready I mean. In the sociable hour of the morning time sense it was not a reasonable time.
It’s not that I’m not a morning person. Actually I quite like mornings. But 6:30am isn’t morning. Any time that begins with a 6 is still the middle of the night. Yes, I am aware that there are people who get up even earlier than that and do so every single morning without complaint. Much respect to them. I couldn’t do it. On the few occasions that I’ve had to get up at rediculous hours of the morning to catch flights and stuff I have managed it. It wasn’t nice though. For me the day doesn’t start til at least 7:00, preferably 7:30. Before that it isn’t morning yet. And it this time of year it’s particularly bad. At 6:30am it’s still dark. And darkness means night-time, right?
So yeah, I’m still tired. Probably doesn’t help that I couldn’t sleep for ages last night. I tossed, I turned, I counted sheep. Nothing helped. Do you realise if I wanted to get 8 hours sleep, the amount that we supposedly need, I would have to fall asleep at 10:30pm every night. And that’s just the time I would need to be asleep. Obviously I’d have to be in bed before that to give me time to fall asleep. I don’t even get home from work til around 6pm, and that’s on the days where I don’t have to go food shopping on the way home. If I tried to get the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night I would get even less done than I do now! Stupid scientists, don’t bother to think about the fact that people actually have lives and responsibilities. Who out there actually has 8 spare hours in their lives that they could use for sleep.
So another blog about sleep, or rather the lack of it.
I’m starting to feel like a stuck record…
Confuzzledom 
I know what you mean. Sometimes I feel like I could sleep the entire weekend away if I didn’t have a dog to feed. :p
I’m always tired when I wake up, no matter how many hours of sleep I get. So I figure if 8 hours doesn’t work I might as well only do 6. *sigh* I agree, dark=nighttime.
I can’t go to sleep until at least 1 in the morning. I know the whole shipping forecast roll off by heart. Going to bed any earlier than 11.30 feels very odd, however tired I am. It feels like such a waste of time to be in bed when I could be exhausted downstairs watching rubbish on telly or reading a book, or just faffing about. I say work for yourself and then you can get up later in the morning. That’s my cunning plan anyway…..
searching for Sophia – I could totally sleep the whole weekend away! But I try not to cos it’s the only free time I get…
sleepyjane – hehe, looks like we’re on the same wavelength.
Welsh Girl – give me a couple of years and I might just do that…