My eyes...they sting!

I am cursed...yes, I said cursed.

A PLAGUE UPON BOTH YOUR EYELIDS!

Every night, I manage to get this big boost of energy, propelling me from 7:00 until well after midnight. My mind always whispers to me "gosh, you should really probably go to bed", but some little energy monster within me screams with wild abandon "it's party time!" So, I end up going to bed at a completely unreasonable time, (typically between 12:30 and 1:30). I can hear my mother gasping from 12 miles away!

Fast forward (which is really what it feels like, because it doesn't seem like I slept at all) four or five and a half hours, when the alarm on my cell phone (because it's 2008 and alarm clocks are so pre-2000) goes off with a somewhat gentle tune (I say "somewhat" simply because NO alarm is gentle if it wakes Sleeping Beauty!). With my absolute best effort, I will roll out of bed at 6:06. Most days, however, I end up "snoozing" until 6:16 or 6:26 if I'm REALLY dragging.

This morning was a 6:26 morning. I scrambled to the shower, trying desperately to think of any possible excuse that would justify calling into work...or at least delaying my arrival by two hours. By the time I get out of the shower, I always think, "I'm already wet, I might as well finish off the process and go to work".

So now, I'm here. I feel like my eyelids weigh about twelve tons. My brain is seriously on power save. Once I'm finished typing out this blog entry, I plan to sit quietly at my desk, hands on the keyboard, eyes wide shut! Some may say that it's sleeping. I call it resting my eyes.

It's ergonomics!

As always, I plan to go to bed early tonight. Chances of that actually happening...