One of the few times I have the opportunity to sleep in during the week and I was wide awake at three thirty. There haven't been many mornings when I have woken up extremely early and not been able to fall back asleep since moving to Minnesota.
I don't always know what to do with myself at this moment when this happens. There are a few options. I can try to go back to bed. Tossing and turning never leads anywhere and can just infuriate you to the point where you say 'fuck it, I'm getting up.'. This usually works out for me when I have to be to work at six in the morning, I just add some more water to the coffee pot, throw in an extra scoop of coffee smelling Colombian children's tears, start brewing, and browse around the internet or write. It kills a few hours, I go off to work and catch up on sleep that afternoon with a nap or go to bed earlier that evening.
There are mornings when I can't get comfortable in bed and come out to the living room and sleep on the couch. In fact, I might do that after finishing this up. The couch isn't the most comfortable, it isn't the Nap Couch we had at the cabin growing up (my family knows what I'm talking about), but it works for a few more hours of sleep. Even falling asleep on the couch doesn't totally resolve the issue because it isn't a deep and complete sleep to get fully rested for the day ahead. It's like several naps crammed into one.
I know there are some people that read when they can't sleep, but I don't like to go that route. It would wake my brain up even more and not want to go back to sleep. Even typing this, I can feel a part of me getting more and more awake. Reading would kind of do the opposite of trying to get back to sleep. That isn't much of an option.
I will just suffer through a few days of going to bed early to try to regain the sleep I am losing today. Three hours isn't enough for someone closing in on thirty. Hell, I don't even know if a college kid can survive on three hours of sleep and be productive for the next few days.
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