You Can Call Me Oscar the Grouch...Just for Today

Today the two-year-olds may have been more terrible than I noticed. I was in a complete fog all day. I had to be at work at 6am. For those of you that know me well, you know that I never see that time of day on purpose. Some people are not built for early mornings and I am proud to be one of those people. I reach REM cycle around 4 or 5am and I love it. I feel so good when I wake up around 8 or 9am. Those are my perfect mornings...unfortunately those only occur on the weekends. During the week, I am an insomniac. Maybe that's why I don't always get along with the children...I should work nights. I always thought high school should offer a later schedule or at least put some of the hard classes in the afternoon...that's when I'm most cognitively alert! I could've been valedictorian in the afternoon! Ha. So today 6am was pitch black and rainy. It rained all day which usually improves my mood since I love rain....today it only made me sleepier. The rain also meant I was trapped inside with the terrible 2's. I even wore my pajamas to work today disguised as dark gray yoga pants. I don't do yoga that much....sleep is the only exercise these pants ever see. I also drank twice as much Dr. Pepper as usual and considered picking up the coffee habit. Caffeine had no effect on me today...neither did the ice packs I held under my eyes for a bit. During my "lunch" break at 9am.....I snuck into an empty classroom and took a "power" nap. Why do they call those power naps? Are they supposed to make you feel like a super hero? Because, if anything, it made me feel less powerful. My break was 30 minutes long and I spent 25 minutes asleep...except for the 30 seconds when I woke up in total fear that I'd fallen asleep surrounded by two-year-olds. Talk about nightmares. So today I am cranky and sleepy....but I know I won't really fall asleep until much later tonight because my brain will not shut off. On other news....I took a drug test today for a possible new job. Nothing improves a dreary mood like peeing in a cup while leaving your valuables with a nurse like some common criminal.