I'm Not THAT Much of a Night Owl!

It's well known among my friends that I am very much a "night-time" kind of person. I enjoy going to sleep well after 2AM. However, over the past couple of weeks I haven't been able to go to sleep before 4AM every day (night?). Once I stayed up past 6:30AM... not by choice and not willingly. As I write this entry, it's after 5:30AM.

I do believe that it is important to get one's sleeping schedule in order. And yes, I do get freaked out by the idea that people who sleep during the day more than they sleep at night are at a higher risk for cancer. Yeah... definitely DON'T want.

Anyways, I figured that right now would be as good of a time to tell you that it is important to get a good night's sleep before any major test. Train yourself to go to sleep early and wake up on time (on the first sound of the alarm clock, too... no snooze button!).

The brain needs sleep. Human beings spend a lot of time sleeping, and that is for good reason! Sleeptime is when everything that the brain has experienced during the day settles in... information that you have learned during your waking time marinates in your brain when you sleep. Heck, I would think that babies sleep so much because they are learning everything the first time. Sleep is when everything can sort of sink in.

Sleep is also the time when the body heals itself the most. A lot of energy during sleep is utilized to do bodily repairs. Just because you aren't conscious doesn't mean that nothing happens!

Finally, not getting enough sleep can put a lot of stress on you, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Trust me: no one wants to be around you when you are moody and cranky and feel like crap and want to voice that to everyone around you.

I'm debating right now on whether I should attempt to go to sleep again, or if I should continue to look up cures for insomnia. Funny, actually: I went to Google.com and typed in the words "cures for" and the first thing that popped up in the dropbox, out of everything that there could possibly be a cure for, "cures for insomnia."

Well, my friend, if you are indeed reading this at a time when your eyes should be closed and little z's should be partying with numbered sheep in and around your head, I bid you good night and good luck.