Whew. Made it.
I did not sleep last night. This is a problem when one has several hours left in one's drive. I'm rather certain I'm going to get smacked for this as well.
My sleep schedule has been off for the last few weeks, probably dating back to just after Thanksgiving. I don't know why. Stress from exams? Stress from driving? Whatever it is, I've been staying up later and later, sleeping less, and just generally shambling through my day. Maybe this 24-hour+ period of no sleep will get me back on track.
Lest you wonder how come I'm not dead on the side of the road, I will share my secret for driving with no sleep (all times Central):
10:00am - one (1) Five Hour Energy Shot (orange flavored), one (1) bottle of water (Voss), one (1) Jolt (Passion Fruit, with calories), one six-inch tuna sub
12:00pm - one (1) large Diet Mtn Dew (gawd I hate that spelling)
12:00pm - 12:30pm - nap
3:00pm - twelve (12) chicken fries from Burger King
So there was plenty of caffeine to get me through it all. And thankfully, less traffic than expected once I hit the suburbs of DC (which, by the way, begin about an hour outside the city).
Conclusions? Driving is boring as hell. I'm seriously considering an audio book for the drive back. Which may now be sooner than expected due to an interview offer. Also, Mtn Dew LiveWire tastes like liquid orange gummy bear. My teeth felt like they were encased in sugar for an hour afterwards. My dentist is going to love me. Accidents like to happen in big ways (see previous post). Today, for instance, was the apparent single-car accident where the car was completely flipped over. At the time I drove by, no ambulances yet, but what looked like a mother and daughter standing by the side of the road while the state troopers poked around at the wreckage.
Oh, and I got an A in Marketing.
My sleep schedule has been off for the last few weeks, probably dating back to just after Thanksgiving. I don't know why. Stress from exams? Stress from driving? Whatever it is, I've been staying up later and later, sleeping less, and just generally shambling through my day. Maybe this 24-hour+ period of no sleep will get me back on track.
Lest you wonder how come I'm not dead on the side of the road, I will share my secret for driving with no sleep (all times Central):
10:00am - one (1) Five Hour Energy Shot (orange flavored), one (1) bottle of water (Voss), one (1) Jolt (Passion Fruit, with calories), one six-inch tuna sub
12:00pm - one (1) large Diet Mtn Dew (gawd I hate that spelling)
12:00pm - 12:30pm - nap
3:00pm - twelve (12) chicken fries from Burger King
So there was plenty of caffeine to get me through it all. And thankfully, less traffic than expected once I hit the suburbs of DC (which, by the way, begin about an hour outside the city).
Conclusions? Driving is boring as hell. I'm seriously considering an audio book for the drive back. Which may now be sooner than expected due to an interview offer. Also, Mtn Dew LiveWire tastes like liquid orange gummy bear. My teeth felt like they were encased in sugar for an hour afterwards. My dentist is going to love me. Accidents like to happen in big ways (see previous post). Today, for instance, was the apparent single-car accident where the car was completely flipped over. At the time I drove by, no ambulances yet, but what looked like a mother and daughter standing by the side of the road while the state troopers poked around at the wreckage.
Oh, and I got an A in Marketing.