Reflections on sleep

Why is it that your feelings of tiredness adjust according to how much sleep you are anticipating getting in the night ahead?
On any normal Sunday I would be fully awake now and thinking about putting a film on, but because I am aware of the fact that I plan to sit up all night watching the SuperBowl I am feeling really sleepy. Stupid body clock. Stupid mind-over-matter psychological-trick-playing head. Stupid life. 
It started about 6pm. I got a little rush of excitement thinking about the game, then a little thought popped up along the lines of “wonder if I should try to get a couple of hours sleep in now, to sort of ‘put some hours on account’?” Since then I’ve been fighting my own subconscious to keep myself from talking myself into falling asleep. And now it’s too late to get a kip in, and I’ve actually made myself drowsy with the effort, so now I’ve started worrying whether I’ll be able to stay awake right through til the finish.
Thank God for coffee, that‘s all I can say.

RC 5-2-17

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