Paying the price

I made a rookie error last night - I stayed up too late on a schoolnight.

Remember when staying up late meant your parents would let you watch a show that started at 8.30pm, just this once?

Well last night, in an uncharacteristically sporty mood, I stayed up to watch the Wimbledon men's singles semi-finals. Yes, I was watching Tomic.

And boy, was I impressed! He sure can play. He can put that tennis ball wherever he wants on the court, that's a talent.

In the end I crumbled about midnight, and went to bed in the middle of the second set.

This morning, I took this pic of me sitting in the car in the work carpark, mentally trying to get up the energy to go in!

So when I finally got home from work, I had a little nap. And now I'm raring to go again!

On sleep

Sleep. It's a basic human need. Though my boyfriend continues to prove that we can go long stretches without it. Seriously, I've seen him charge on for over 48hrs straight fueled purely by caffeine drinks and pure grit. And still be able to function normally.

Me, I need lots of it. At least 7 hours a night or I'm useless to everyone. What annoys me though is I seem to have lost the ability to enjoy a sleep-in. I used to be a champion sleep-iner. During my uni years, I clearly remember not stirring until after lunch on days when I didn't have morning lectures.

Now, on days I'm not working, I wake at 9am at the latest and lie there thinking about how much I'd love to go back to sleep but worrying about all the housework I have to do. Yes, housework. Damn it to hell.

So if I'm not up and about by then I now feel like the day is half wasted! What a turnabout. Does this mean I'm growing up? But there's worse to come.

I've conducted a cursory study with the people I know who have kids. They are unanimous in their assessment of sleep after having children - you'll never sleep in again. Ever. I will be up at dawn every day for the rest of my life.

So having kids, it appears, seems to be like joining the military. Lots of getting up early and running about. I'll have to add that piece of information to the 'con' side of my Having Children list. Sleep'll be hard to give up, for sure.