The Need For...Sleep?

The transition from college to a career has been a challenging one in many facets but one in particular: I have to get up before 8am every day. I have never been much of a morning person and even the last year at school have really discovered that I am losing my ability to just skip out on sleep. The years of my freshman and sophomore roommates convincing me to stay up all night at the beach and then survive a whole day of classes ceased to be feasible by the time graduation rolled around.

This makes things particularly difficult when one MUST now be up early and yet one LOVES being out late! I think eventually I will learn just the perfect balance but this week I stayed out a little too late once or twice and then Andrew paid for it on our Friday night date...I was asleep by 11pm. So much for a movie that night!

The highlights of this week's late night adventures included a return trip to my all-time favorite coffee shop, McClain's.

Located in downtown Fullerton and open 'til 4am it was a refuge for all late-night study sessions while at Biola. Now it is a little too far to visit frequently but when a dear friend from Biola suggested a coffee date I un-hesitatingly agreed to drive down to her neighborhood for a visit to my favorite little spot. It was the scene of a wonderful girl chat and female bonding time which was much-needed considering I do not work with ANYONE my age and a lot of my local friends go to a grad school near where I am living and working but are home on summer vacation. So I have been a little friendless.

The second late-night highlight included my best friend Becky who was in town visiting from San Francisco, Disneyland 'til midnight, and a ride on the new Star Tours!

I suppose the trick is a lot of coffee and dedication to getting up with the FIRST alarm but I'm still working on the latter of those...ah well, the quest for a well-balanced and well-examined life continues!