The Sleepy Phenomena

You wake up and it is still dark.  You stumble to the bathroom, catching your toe on the damn doorstop- again.  (Why don't you just move it?)  When you come back towards the bed, you debate glancing at the clock, well those of you who can actually SEE the clock might do that, or picking up your phone.  Part of you is afraid that it will be closer to your alarm time than you think, and part of you hopes that it is only a little after 2 a.m. 

Before you know it, the alarm sounds and you are hitting snooze.  Even if you know the absolute latest time you can get up, you will still set your alarm in 10-15 minute increments before that, JUST so you can go back to sleep.  You shower in the dark, brush your teeth with your eyes closed, and struggle to get dressed as though your limbs are made of lead.  You're sleepy.

You yawn while you make/buy/grab your coffee/Mt. Dew/Gin & Tonic.  You feel the scratchy eyes and sluggishness during your phone calls and emails.  You perk up briefly when you know lunch is coming, and afterwards, you start moving in slow motion.  You're sleepy. 

Work is over!  Hooray!  You might have an hour or two of energy.  You may even make dinner, call your Mom, or assemble some impulse purchase from IKEA.  You will watch your favorite shows, and maybe even make it through the first 5 minutes of the news, just to find out what is in your morning coffee that *may* kill you.  But then, it happens...you get sleepy.

You clean up the kitchen, pay that bill you forgot about, find that Snuggie you need for tomorrow's event, and you head to the bedroom.  You take off your socks, stretch your legs, try to figure out why the dog/cat/boa constrictor doesn't realize it's bed time and instead insists on barking/rustling/constricting.  You go into the bathroom and wash, brush, and stare at that tired person in the mirror.  You're sleepy.

You turn on the fan.  You turn off the light. You get into bed.  You pull up the sheet, close your eyes and settle in.  You think calm, serene thoughts.  You think to yourself, I'm in bed on time!  I will sleep for 8 hours!  I will wake up refreshed and renewed!

2 hours later you have sent 5 texts, checked Facebook, read 2 chapters, written your grocery list, hung some art, dusted your furniture, and delinted the couch.  And then you wrote a blog post.

You wake up and it is still dark..