7B: Nap time?

I never use to take naps when I was living at home.  I could have had the roughest, longest day and, I would still be awake to watch my television shows at 10 o’clock at night.  Here at school, I am always tired.  I could sleep a full eight hours and wake up feeling like I haven’t slept in days.  I don’t even know why I am always tired.  I must have taken a dozen naps last week.  To me, that is a failure; to not be able to stay awake.  Excessive napping may not seem like a failure to you but, it can lead to some real problems.  For example, I will not be able to get my homework done, and I will miss out on events and activities that Southern is hosting if I napped all the time.

Last week, I took a nap between ALL of my classes, and even one before dinner.  Luckily, I was able to finish all of my homework but, only because I didn’t have too much.  If I have a lot of homework and I still take a lot of naps, I probably won’t be able to finish all of it. Studying may also become impossible because I might sleep through the time I allotted for studying. 

Southern always has something fun and entertaining going on. My friends and I love to attend theses event and activities.  How awful would it be if I missed out on something exciting because I was either doing homework, which I could have finished earlier if I wasn’t taking a nap; or, if I was actually taking a nap during the event or activity!  I would be so upset if that happened!

So far, I have only taken 2 naps this week and I feel great! It was hard at first but, it is getting easier.  All I did was go to bed a little earlier and wake up a little later.  I also made sure I was always sitting in an upright

position when I was doing my homework so that I wouldn’t, accidentally, fall asleep.