going to bed at 10

http://www.slmetalworks.com/tree%20bed.jpg

So I've kept a variety of sleep habits throughout college. Freshman year, I went to bed around 12:30 (I think? that was a long time ago...) and napped every day. Being a freshman is just exhausting. Sophomore year, my roomie and I made a pact to go to bed earlier, but I think we turned out the lights anywhere from 11:00-1:00.

The doozy (aka "the big one" -- is that a normal word? my friends use it all the time, but I'm starting to wonder if we're the only ones) was studying abroad last semester. Ask my family: I'd call around 1:30 or 2:00 a.m. some nights to talk, and they'd basically tell me to hang up and go to sleep. I guess I went to bed anywhere from 12:00 to 3:30 a.m., but never any earlier. The average was 1:30. The weird thing is that I almost never napped -- there was no time.

http://www.busyboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/cradle-bed-okooko.jpg

I dunno how I did it. This semester, I can barely make it to midnight. Like right now, it's 10:00 p.m. and I'm getting groggy. But the thing is, I feel so much more rested when I get less sleep. Does that make any sense? I got ten hours last night and woke up exhausted. But when I get like six or seven hours, I wake up feeling pumped. Well, not quite, but definitely more pumped than this morning.

In case you're wondering, this post has no purpose other than to ramble about bed-time and pose the question to the peanut gallery: what time do you go to bed? And wouldn't you like to sleep on the beach in that bed-boat?