I've already nodded off on the couch once tonight. Most normal people would take that as a sign to leave said couch and just go to bed. I, however, view this as a sign to fire up the laptop and look for some distraction on the internet. It is only 9:50 pm and that is just way too early for bed.
We were talking about bedtimes at work today and the two pharmacists with whom I share all of my days go to bed at 10:00, maybe 11:00 at the latest. Gasp! I am working with adults.
You see, I am not an actual adult. I look like one because I have children and wear sensible shoes, but I am really more of a college student. The concept that I might miss something exciting by going to bed at 10:00 is firmly rooted in my psyche. You just might have to walk around campus with a cute boy or get pizza with your sorority sisters or ride with somebody to Kinko's and talk in the rain all night long or start watching a movie you had seen a hundred times. Getting four or five hours of sleep was not only sufficient for the week, it was sustaining for the raucousness of the weekend.
That crazy schedule generally always worked to my benefit too. The ride to Kinko's and the all-night talk in the rain was thirteen years ago. Sometimes Mr. Lipstick and I still talk all night long, but thank goodness, now we have a roof over our heads.
Tonight JBB hunted for fossils again in the rock pile and Pretty Girl pranced around the yard chasing a Mickey Mouse ball. By the time they were bathed and fed and hugged and tucked into bed, I was a near zombie, but I just didn't want to surrender my day to sleep just yet. I may not be walking around campus anymore, but I was at least going to stop by Lipstick-land.
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I miss college so much too sometimes! For example this morning, when I realized my sisters (both still in college) have just finished their last finals...and oh that feeling! The feeling of relief, freedom, and knowing that you have nothing but fun ahead in the summer. I have work this summer. Boo.
This syncs with my bedtime MIss Lipstick, I'm much more of a "night person" than The Consort. 9:50 is just so early!
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Oh, my goodness, this is genetic too. You get all this from Daddy Lipstick. He still takes a nap sometimes at 10 PM so he can continue to read and watch that movie he has seen twenty times before. When will this college thing end?
Mommy Lipstick
I can't tell you enough how much this post is ME. I can't "give up the day" because deep in my psyche I think something great may still be out there waiting to happen to me! It's crazy. I'm a late night owl and hate to go to bed. However, I HATE getting out of bed the next morning. ;-)
I used to be the total night owl girl, go out at midnight, have breakfast at 2pm! But nowadays it's in bed by 9:30. I still have a terrible time getting up early, though!
Haha - The Hubs is always asking me why I don't go to bed earlier if I'm so tired and not getting enough sleep. I've never been able to verbalize why. Now I can just email this post!!! :) My perfect schedule would be getting up around 10 AM and staying up until 2ish. Funny, though, I always hated working nights - guess it all goes back to missing out on what's happening!
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