It's 8:30 on a Sunday morning which is a time I rarely, if ever, see. I'm working very hard these days on a rush web project that should be anything but a rush. Not to mention the fact that it was horribly underbid -- I now find myself not only working 60 hours a week but taking a pay cut so I can work 60 hours a week for another month and still keep them in budget. They're supportive, but I'm beat. Really, really beat. And now that I'm completely burned out I get to start on the hardest, most important part of the whole project. Yippee.
I have to admit though, it is nice to be able to work from home. I don't do mornings; I never have. Now I don't have to. I do my best thinking in the evenings and at night and now I can work when I'm at my most productive. When I was in school working on my thesis, I slept from 4am to noon and worked the rest of the time. I was always well-rested and productive. This project started out the same way, at least until I got really stressed out. Now I stay up until 5, 6 or even 7 because I get it into my head that I have to get to a certain point before I go to bed or I'll get off schedule again. I accomplished a lot last night on the ONE PAGE I built, but now it's 8:30 in the morning and I'm reluctant to go to bed because frankly, this has gotten way out of hand.
Maybe if I stay up I can reset a bit. I always say that and it never works. But surely I can improve on this, at least a little bit. I always say that too. I have what they called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, which means my body doesn't reset very well no matter what I do. It just wants to go to bed after midnight -- often well after midnight -- and that's that. I can stay up all night and then by 10 the next night, be wide awake as if nothing had ever happened. I REALLY hope that doesn't happen tonight, but I would be really surprised if it didn't. And even if I do go to bed at 10 or 11, I'll still want to sleep until tomorrow afternoon, because mornings are when I sleep the best no matter when I go to bed. What a lovely sleep disorder to have. Just lovely.
So the question now is, how do I stay awake until about 10pm tonight (when I will likely be wide awake again, whether I like it or not)? The answer? IKEA. Today I'm buying myself a new desk. I've wanted to do this for some time but they didn't have the right table top color in stock for weeks; now they do, and I'm going to spend my money while I still have it. I got my last full paycheck this past week and a pretty good tax refund the week before so I think I can swing it. And the assembly will keep me going for the rest of the day. Especially since I'm moving really slowly right now. I'll probably be putting my desk together until dark.
Which brings me to one other problem: I have two tables I need to get rid of. They're nice tables and I've been using them together as a desk, but the height isn't adjustable so that's why I'm switching. They're Skandia (from the Container Store) and I have the shelves to go with them, but I'm keeping the shelves. I need to get rid of the tables. I have a feeling they're going to be living in my dining room for a long time to come. If anyone actually reads this and you're interested in a table or two, contact me -- they're going cheap.
It's 8:50 now. All I have to do now is stay awake until IKEA opens at 10. I guess if I don't, at least I'll save about $300.
I have to admit though, it is nice to be able to work from home. I don't do mornings; I never have. Now I don't have to. I do my best thinking in the evenings and at night and now I can work when I'm at my most productive. When I was in school working on my thesis, I slept from 4am to noon and worked the rest of the time. I was always well-rested and productive. This project started out the same way, at least until I got really stressed out. Now I stay up until 5, 6 or even 7 because I get it into my head that I have to get to a certain point before I go to bed or I'll get off schedule again. I accomplished a lot last night on the ONE PAGE I built, but now it's 8:30 in the morning and I'm reluctant to go to bed because frankly, this has gotten way out of hand.
Maybe if I stay up I can reset a bit. I always say that and it never works. But surely I can improve on this, at least a little bit. I always say that too. I have what they called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, which means my body doesn't reset very well no matter what I do. It just wants to go to bed after midnight -- often well after midnight -- and that's that. I can stay up all night and then by 10 the next night, be wide awake as if nothing had ever happened. I REALLY hope that doesn't happen tonight, but I would be really surprised if it didn't. And even if I do go to bed at 10 or 11, I'll still want to sleep until tomorrow afternoon, because mornings are when I sleep the best no matter when I go to bed. What a lovely sleep disorder to have. Just lovely.
So the question now is, how do I stay awake until about 10pm tonight (when I will likely be wide awake again, whether I like it or not)? The answer? IKEA. Today I'm buying myself a new desk. I've wanted to do this for some time but they didn't have the right table top color in stock for weeks; now they do, and I'm going to spend my money while I still have it. I got my last full paycheck this past week and a pretty good tax refund the week before so I think I can swing it. And the assembly will keep me going for the rest of the day. Especially since I'm moving really slowly right now. I'll probably be putting my desk together until dark.
Which brings me to one other problem: I have two tables I need to get rid of. They're nice tables and I've been using them together as a desk, but the height isn't adjustable so that's why I'm switching. They're Skandia (from the Container Store) and I have the shelves to go with them, but I'm keeping the shelves. I need to get rid of the tables. I have a feeling they're going to be living in my dining room for a long time to come. If anyone actually reads this and you're interested in a table or two, contact me -- they're going cheap.
It's 8:50 now. All I have to do now is stay awake until IKEA opens at 10. I guess if I don't, at least I'll save about $300.
