slr2moons | Burnin' the midnight oil

I've always been a night owl. When I was in school and then had a regular job, I was forced to keep normal hours. But I loved my alone time at night, when I could stay up unil 2 AM on the weekends or when I didn't have work early the next day. Fabulous. And now that I make my own work schedule, no one cares when I work or sleep as long as I meet my deadlines and maintain my standards. I can really enjoy the night.

Ever since I returned from my trip, I've been slowly reverting back to my normal schedule. Meaning these days I wake up around 12:30 in the afternoon, and go to sleep around 5:30 in the morning. I've been fighting this reversion, forcing myself to wake up at 11, going to bed at 4 and staring at the ceiling for an hour. But days like today make me ask myself why I'm trying to avoid my vampiric-hours self.

Today, I didn't wake up, wasn't really 100% alert let's-burn-through-some-pages-ohhh yeah! until about 8 PM. If I adjust for a normal person's hours and had woken up at 6 AM, that would mean I wasn't 100% alert until 1PM. Which translates well to how I once dragged myself through mornings during my school, college, and working days. I didn't feel alert until after lunch.

Why am I trying to force myself to not completely flip? Thanks to the joys of electricity, lighting is not a problem. I exercise in my early afternoon (evening for normal people) in the sunlight almost every day for some vitamin D. The only time my flipped hours are a pain are when I have to run errands, particularly to places that close early, like the bank and the post office. I see my IRL friends so rarely these days that I don't mind meeting them on 4 or 5 hours of sleep once a month. Especially if I can convince them to drive.

I should just flip already. Go to sleep when I'm tired no matter what the time is. :P For some reason I'm happy and productive at night. I need to accept it.

Embrace the night!