A Conversation. Part 5: Larysa Lewyckyj Speaks

lary: i'm bored. tell me something interesting.
me: meh.
lary: tell me something about the science summative.
me: what about it?
lary: is it hard?
me: no
lary: what are the questions?
me: i dunno
lary: jenny, you just did it yesterday
me: yah but i don't remember
lary: nothing at all?
lary: jenny.
lary: JENNY?
me: yah?

FIN

Update!

location: couch

time: 10:48am

mood: tired



Waking up early on a Sunday is not fun. Why I did I have no idea. My body just loves to torture me with early stomach aches! It's like when I wake up, if I don't get up within 10 minutes, my body thinks i'm being too lazy and sends me these stomach aches, it's annoying as hell I have to say. But now i'm up, have been for about 2 hours. I guess I can't do anything about it now.



So for an update on the blue-blocking glasses trial, I have been feeling tired earlier, and gone to bed earlier too, so thats good. Some days I forget to wear them but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Yesterday i went to bed later than usual (usual as in over the past week.) and yet I woke up early. Something is definitely happening. I still feel tired in the morning but who doesn't right? During school I do tend to get tired but that usually happens so it's nothing new, and I guess the glasses don't promise that. I'm being to lazy in the morning and I think that's what's affecting my school alertness but whatever, i'll live with it.



So I have this Science Unit Test on Monday. It's on Ecology. My Science teacher seriously just loves to torture us. As if exams and summatives aren't enough right? Well I should probably start studying, whatever, tests come and go, no use dwelling on one.

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.