I feel fantastic
Jonathan Coulton, anyone? I’d have that song playing right now if I weren’t in class, because I feel wonderful this morning. Not sure why, though.
It could be the four taiko sets we performed this weekend at the Houston Japan Festival. I spent two whole days outdoors hanging out in the lovely Japanese gardens, playing drums, moving drums on and off and on and off and on and off the stage, eating yummy food, drinking tapioca tea, and perfecting my sunburn.
It could also be that I’ve switched from taking my Lexapro in the evening to taking it in the morning. The doctor said it might make me sleepy and recommended that I take it before bed, which I’ve always done, but lately I’ve been having trouble sleeping through the night. Every night I wake up at least two or three times, and sometimes it takes me up to an hour to go back to sleep. If I lie down in the morning after I get back from walking Sam, I will fall asleep within five minutes and sleep through noon. I’ve missed many a morning class this way, and even a few in the afternoon.
This has been going on for a few months, starting roughly around the time I doubled my Lexapro dose. I can’t say for sure there’s a connection, but I’m switching it up to see if my sleep situation improves. I’m not ready to declare success yet, especially since I woke up twice last night, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Or it could even be that I registered for fall classes this morning and managed to work out a schedule that gives me two classes with Prof. Janicke and four-day weekends. Boo-yah! All the upperclassmen in intellectual property agreed that Janicke was one of the best professors in the law school, plus he gives multiple-choice exams. Multiple-choice! In law school! I’m pumped.
And did I mention? FOUR-DAY WEEKENDS. And only one evening class on Wednesdays. Law school nails down most of your first-year classes, but after that you can pretty much design your own schedule. Love it.
Whatever the cause, my morning is all puppies and unicorns so far. I’m even wearing my favorite rhino necklace. Not bad for a Monday.
Tags: brain pills, JapanFest, law school, sleep, taiko
