Night Owls and Circadian Rhythms

I am such an insomniac! Over the past few weeks I have been staying up so late and not being able to get to sleep at all. During the summer I wouldn't mind but right now it is terrible! I have finals coming up and I need to go to bed earlier, my dad brought me back these special glasses from his colleague to help me get some rest.

So apparently they block blue-light and that is also supposed to help people with ADHD so if I have that too then great! They affect an individual's circadian rhythm (What is that?) and spur melatonin release (the sleep hormone). When put on and worn two hours before sleep they increase the circadian rhythm to help you sleep. After a whole lot of scientific jargon, basically it means that by blocking blue light, you get sleepier then if you just turned off the lights.

Amazingggg... Well I haven't tried them so I am definitely going to and then I will post a review on them to show you guys if they work. They are fairly new and apparently they cost $40-$50 but I think my dad got them free from his friend (some scientist connection I guess) but if you think about what they promise it seems like a good enough price for me. I will test these out for a week and then I will review them, also I will use them during exam week and tell you if I thought it affected that, with all the stress and stuff. I'll see you later.

Jenny.

Lemonade, Airplanes, and New Schools

I didn't have high expectations when i woke up this morning. Wake up. Eat. Watch T.V. Try not to think about the fact that tomorrow is Sunday.

It's exam time here in Canada. Summatives are coming to an end - I have 4 left out of the 8 - and exam week is soon, stress is not uncommon and neither is sweat. We've been going through a heat wave over the past week. Our highest temperature here has been 32 degrees Celsius! (89.6 degrees Fahrenheit) That may not be hot for you Americans, but we live in igloos, and our igloos are melting!
I've been thinking about this summer, i'm going to be pretty busy. Vancouver in July, New York in August. I want to show everyone my trips, to document the events and memories that take place. I think i'm just glad that school will be over. At the beginning of the year, i was such a keener. I did all my homework, every night, loved my classes. Now most of my classes are good, i don't like the work, and i long for the end of the day, the end of the week. I can't believe we get summatives AND exams though. Aren't exams enough torture? now we have to do a huge project too? it's like the high school from hell! except for the fact that most other schools get it too.
Anyways I probably shouldn't be hating on my school, on account of the fact that next year it won't be here anymore. two years shy of it reaching 100 years, we are knocking it doown to make way for our new field, as we move into the new school. A lot of grads are sad, they're not here next year, but they don't want to see their memories torn down. I, being a freshman here, will miss the old school, but i'm just as excited to see the inside of the new one. I think we've put up with hearing the builder's make enough noise to drown out our marching band long enough. I can't help feeling a little cocky over our new school, apparent state-of-the-art facilities make me want to laugh at everyone who won't be going here next year. I know it's bad but hey its my school i deserve to be a little proud of it.