Crash time

Of the many things that have changed for me at Chapel Hill, my sleeping pattern is one of the most affecting. There are a few reasons why I think my sleeping pattern got out of whack. One reason is because of the sleeping patterns of my suite-mates. Either they don't like to sleep much, or they are doing there homework at later times. Because a couple of them are pledging to fraternities, they have to study after they finish with their commitments. This has led me to do my homework later and later. This is beneficial to me in a way because I capitalize on my late night study sessions while I also do work at other times. The earliest I need to wake up is at 10:00 a.m., so I still have more time to sleep that others in the suite. 

         But recently, I've started to notice a negative effect carrying over to the next day. On some nights where I don't get the best sleep, or if I was up real late, I've felt like I can't get out of bed in the morning. But, when it gets back to 11:00-12:00 and I feel like I need a little catch- up on sleep, I just can't make myself doze off. It is quite frustrating and is even harder when my suite- mates are playing Super Smash  Brothers.

         Therefore, I sometimes drink coffee when I rise to give me the added boost. Coffee is a great thing. However, like many of us have seen on the 5-Hour Energy commercials, coffee makes you crash. This has often been the case when I have a cup in the morning and I feel alert and tentative in Astronomy. Then, I get to Philosophy and my eyelids feel heavy. This might be because of coffee crash, but I’ve often considered whether it has more to do with Philosophy class itself. I believe this because I do not crash in English class, which comes a couple of hours after I start class on MWF. Sometimes, everything that I have done all week and the sleep I have missed hits me all at once and I have one big crash in which I doze for hours.