Just not a late night kind of gal
October 15th, 2008Normally, one has to do a fair amount of hard partying to wake up the next morning feeling like a semi truck ran over you, backed up, ran over you again and then body slammed you against a concrete wall just for good measure. In my case, all it takes is working until 1 am two nights in a row.
Welcome to my life. My mother worked night shifts when I was a baby, and now I am incapable of staying up late without severe repercussions the next morning. Forget whatever society has told you to infer from the following phrase; this is The Morning After from hell.
You might be thinking, 1 am? But that’s just when I start to get active! And yeah, it isn’t even close to the latest I’ve ever stayed up either—but there is a phenomenally huge difference between staying up until 1 am and working until 1 am. Staying up until 1 am doesn’t involve coherent thought processes and proper spelling. Working until 1am does. (Or at least I hope it did.)
Since it was partially my dear mother’s fault, she has suggested some rather good remedies to dull the effects of being molested by a semi truck:
- Homemade soup
- Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting
- Bubble bath with Epsom salts (waiting until before bed for this one)
- Dancing With the Stars: The Result Show taped from last night
- Four more hours of the same work I’ve been doing until 1 am for the last two nights
With exception to the last, they’ve all been pretty delicious suggestions, although not much of a help to my current condition. In fact, there is only one thing that will help my pounding head and achy body, and I have to wait until the sun goes down for that. Early sleep, here I come!
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted my bed more.
I get into late night writing jags that wreck me the next day, too. Thing is, I watch the clock tick well past midnight, and I logically know I should shut everything down and tuck in. But I don’t, arrogantly figuring that THIS time it’ll be different.
I really need to change my attitude. Either that or learn to get by without sleep!
October 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pmI hate staying up late too. I believe in going to bed early and waking up early xP
October 16th, 2008 at 6:06 pmBoo.
Staying up late stinks.
I still have to do it cause i own a business and i just never have that much free time for myself.
October 18th, 2008 at 7:04 am