Sleeping habits

Sleeping with people is a skill, not a talent or an art.

I'm not referring to the sex act, sometimes referred to as "sleeping with." I'm referring to honest-to-god, body in REM, mind in dreamland sleeping. Over the last semester, I've had a very steady sleep schedule that's been awesome for my voice. It involves going to bed at 10:30pm and waking up at 6:30am. 8 hours of sleep per night is awesome on the body.

Then, a certain person happened to my life. Now it's MAYBE in bed by midnight, MAYBE asleep by 2, and when am I waking up? 7am. 8am. 9am. But never 8 full hours of sleep. Never enough to actually feel regenerated when I wake up.

I'm remembering what it's like now, being an undergraduate and not a real person. You wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose, a sense of drive brought on by the adrenaline coursing through your system because your body hasn't had enough sleep to wake up in a centered, calm place. It thinks if it calms down too much it will just go back to sleep. But would that be so bad, body? Would that be so unhappy? Why is it that when I wake up, it is impossible to roll over and go back to sleep? Why must I leave my warm comfortable bed with a person I like in it and sit up for an hour and a half before I start to feel tired again?

That being said, I've been up now for an hour and a half. I've done some things I needed to do in the beautiful stillness of a semi-summer morning, and all while said person has slept peacefully in the other room. And what will I do now? I will go back to that bed and go back to sleep.

Because the thing is...it's worth it.