Am I here?
Feb. 19th, 2008 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
innerslytherinI can't keep my eyes open today.
This is how it usually works: Dad and I commute together, so he drives in the morning and I drive in the afternoon. In the morning, after I eat my Poptarts, I snuggle under my down stadium blanket and go to sleep. We get to work an hour before my start time, so I lay the seat back, play an audiobook on my iPod, and set my phone alarm for five minutes before start time. Over the past three months, I have discovered that that last hour-long nap is essential to my having a productive day. If I don't get that nap, I am fighting sleep the rest of the day. (The exception to this rule is if Dad and I drive separately for some reason--but on those days, I sleep an extra hour in my bed, so it evens out.)
Yesterday I asked Dad to run a quick errand for me, and in exchange promised to drive both morning and afternoon today. Once we got to work (and I'd had to deal with the surprise of snowy, slick roads when we got off the interstate and into the city), I was awake enough that I couldn't get back to sleep. So I came inside and read for a while, and started nodding off about 20 minutes til my start time. So I closed my eyes for about 10 minutes or so, but that didn't help.
I've already had a can of Coke Zero, a cup of hot chocolate, and a glass of Vault. The caffeine is doing nothing. The freezing temperature in the office is doing nothing, either, except forcing me to wear my Slytherin scarf as an accessory to my brown-and-blue outfit. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
severity_softly, I am wearing one light brown argyle sock and one green sock, and yes, they are the same length and texture.) I wish we could have space heaters in our cubicles, but the safety director comes through and confiscates those periodically, so no one even brings them in anymore.
Of course, it also doesn't help that C-- has been out both yesterday and today, and she usually helps keep me awake. But I also usually have an entertainment team in place:astraea36, severity_softly, and my best friend. But astraea36 is working mids this week, which means I have her for the first hour of my day, and then she goes home and goes to bed. severity_softly is off work (how dare she) today, so she is sleeping in. And best friend has checks today, which means she's not at her desk.
So that's what's going on in my life today. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
This is how it usually works: Dad and I commute together, so he drives in the morning and I drive in the afternoon. In the morning, after I eat my Poptarts, I snuggle under my down stadium blanket and go to sleep. We get to work an hour before my start time, so I lay the seat back, play an audiobook on my iPod, and set my phone alarm for five minutes before start time. Over the past three months, I have discovered that that last hour-long nap is essential to my having a productive day. If I don't get that nap, I am fighting sleep the rest of the day. (The exception to this rule is if Dad and I drive separately for some reason--but on those days, I sleep an extra hour in my bed, so it evens out.)
Yesterday I asked Dad to run a quick errand for me, and in exchange promised to drive both morning and afternoon today. Once we got to work (and I'd had to deal with the surprise of snowy, slick roads when we got off the interstate and into the city), I was awake enough that I couldn't get back to sleep. So I came inside and read for a while, and started nodding off about 20 minutes til my start time. So I closed my eyes for about 10 minutes or so, but that didn't help.
I've already had a can of Coke Zero, a cup of hot chocolate, and a glass of Vault. The caffeine is doing nothing. The freezing temperature in the office is doing nothing, either, except forcing me to wear my Slytherin scarf as an accessory to my brown-and-blue outfit. (
severity_softly, I am wearing one light brown argyle sock and one green sock, and yes, they are the same length and texture.) I wish we could have space heaters in our cubicles, but the safety director comes through and confiscates those periodically, so no one even brings them in anymore.Of course, it also doesn't help that C-- has been out both yesterday and today, and she usually helps keep me awake. But I also usually have an entertainment team in place:
astraea36, severity_softly, and my best friend. But astraea36 is working mids this week, which means I have her for the first hour of my day, and then she goes home and goes to bed. severity_softly is off work (how dare she) today, so she is sleeping in. And best friend has checks today, which means she's not at her desk.So that's what's going on in my life today. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
