The horns of a dilemma, as it were...

[mousme]

Twelve-hour night shifts are always a pain, because there just isn't time to do anything else *and* get a full eight hours' sleep. Twelve hours at work, one and a half hours of public transit, eight hours' sleep, and that leaves... two and a half hours in the day.

Can we do the math? Yeah. That's enough time to ablute and have a bite to eat, and that's pretty much it. Maybe it's enough time to actually cook a whole meal.

So the question is always: do I sleep, or try to get things done? 99% of the time the sleep wins out, because my own stuff just never seems that important compared to being sleep-deprived. I know my priorities. But there are times when the urge to try and stick it out is really, really strong.

Right now, I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll awaken early enough to get something done.

:::Edited to correct faulty math. It was early!:::

Comments

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Oh gods, sleep. Of course. No question.

Does suck about the Olympics. I'm so sorry for you.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

It does suck.

I opted for sleep today. Overslept, actually. :P

[dizietsma.livejournal.com]

"Can we do the math?"

Apparently not ;) 12 + 8 + 1.5 = ...?

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Maybe there are only 21.5 hours in a day in Quebec?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

You know us, we like to be distinct.

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

You missed another 1.5: 12 (work) + 8 (sleep) + 1.5 (transit) + 1.5 (free) = ... uh, 23. No, we still can't do the math.

(1.5 hours of public transit? That's a really big chunk - can you cut down on that at all?)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. It's about 30-45 minutes one-way, more like 45 minutes on the weekend due to decreased frequency of service.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was sleep-deprived! Cut me some slack. ;)

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

I haven't had eight hours sleep in one night for many, many years.

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Which is also very, very wrong, as I keep pointing out to you.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yes. This.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

What owldaughter said.

Besides, maybe you can do it. I can't.