Somewhere, somehow my brain died. It's very hard for me to concentrate right now--which is a shame because concentrating is what I need to do.

The Wife has a theory: Man isn't meant to be awake at seven in the morning. She believes no matter how early one goes to bed, seven is simply too early. "If I go to bed at 11 and wake up at seven, I feel like garbage. If I go to bed at three and wake up at nine, I'm fine," she said. I always thought that sounded kinda silly. I'll agree it's harder to get out of bed when the weather is cold, but sleep is sleep. The human body can adjust and if you get to bed early enough on a consistent basis, seven in the morning is no big deal.

I say that fully admitting I had a terribly difficult time waking up at 6:45 when I went to high school--but things have changed since then. When I was a teenager, I needed ten hours of sleep a night--it's what kids need to grow. As an adult, I really only need six and am perfectly fine with seven. If I was given the opportunity to go to high school again, I wouldn't have a problem waking up that early as long as I made sure I was asleep before midnight. After all, I wake up around 8:30 now and go to bed around two--anyway I get my six or seven hours in is good for me.

Last night I fell asleep around midnight. I woke up this morning at seven. Despite getting seven hours of rest, I had a sluggish feeling all morning I just couldn't shake. Maybe I needed a pick-me-up (I don't drink coffee and am way too cheap to buy Red Bull). All I know is I felt like I desperately wanted to go back to sleep. I had to fight to keep my eyes open...and this is at 10:00--a good 90 minutes after I'm normally up.

Maybe The Wife is on to something. I know ancient farmers in the 19th century woke up at the crack of down to harvest the fields--but that doesn't mean they liked it. I feel completely out of whack right now. I know I got plenty of sleep last night...but my head hurts, all light is too bright, and there's nothing I want more than to crawl into bed. And I'm writing this at 4:30 in the afternoon.

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