Coffee Past 7p

Some people are night owls while others are early birds. What do you call a person who is neither? What kind of bird just likes to sleep? Well, whatever it is, when I am in summer mode that is the kind of bird I become, even though I try to force myself to wake up early.

My freshman year of college I tried to become a night owl. I would stay up to anywhere from 12a to 3a before going to sleep, and I would wake up at 7a. All without drinking coffee. I was pretty smug about it. But, it did not take long to figure out that 4 hours of sleep for me was simply not enough. Long story short, I decided to self-enforce a bedtime.

The summer before my sophomore year, I began drinking coffee because I would go to work at 6a. During the school year I would go to bed at a reasonable 11p. I didn't need to drink coffee, but it tasted good, and it was nice having a little bit of help waking up in the morning. A few times however, I decided that it would be a great idea to get a coffee at 7p. Thinking it would help me with my homework. Besides, caffeine doesn't affect me that much. (Denial).

I did this last night again:

"It's 3a. I'm wide awake. And I want to sleep. I love sleep. It's a hobby. I want sleep. I tried to sleep. I was yawning. That means I'm tired, right? Why is my mind racing a million miles a second, and my eyes wide open? My eyes hurt, but they won't close.

I know better than having coffee past 7p. I should have known better, I have to wake up at 6a tomorrow today. I won't be happy."

The solution? -- More Coffee.

And I thought I wasn't going to give in and drink coffee when I got to college.