early to rise?

Hmmm . . . for as well as the first week went, the second week was not so good! I wasn’t working mornings, and I REALLY struggled to get up when my alarm clock went off! It’s funny because my body is waking up earlier (around 5:30), it’s just the GETTING up that kills me. Saturday morning I went on an early bike ride with my dad which was great, because it reminded me why I want to be an early bird. We were riding around town and I saw all sorts of people, already out and about for the morning. It’s such a great time of day; I want to be able to enjoy it. Now I just have to figure out how to wake up, get up, and not dread the moment.

I am a huge pillow person. I sleep best when I have 5 pillows. They all have their very specific place. When I came home from Brazil I threw away the pillow I took with me (it was super dirty) and I accidentally put another of my pillows through the wash a few weeks ago. So I have been sleeping with only three pillows. Yesterday I finally went in and bought myself two new pillows, and I slept GREAT last night! Happy me :)

Sleep Tight . . .

So I have a problem. I can’t seem to get enough sleep. It doesn’t matter what time I fall into bed at night, I am asleep within 5 minutes, and when my alarm goes off I am still tired. I always have mints in my backpack to suck on during classes to help stay awake, but often times I still find myself doing the head-bobbing thing (much to the amusement of those sitting around me, I am sure!) It took me forever to read the last Harry Potter because every time I sat down to read I would fall asleep. And since I have been home I have fallen into the habit of falling asleep during movies. It’s so frustrating, because these are movies that I have wanted to see for a really long time and yet I just sleep through a good chunk of them (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Stardust and Cars just to name a few) Last night I fell asleep during Night and the Museum, and now I am WAY confused about the whole storyline! I have only stayed awake during one movie since returning, and that was quite the battle! And before I served a mission I almost always had very vivid and very real dreams. 5-6 nights of the week I would be able to remember what I had dreamed the night before. Now I seem to dream a lot less, and they are generally not coherent even if I can remember them! What is going on here?!? Anyone else struggle with constantly drooping eyes?