June 28, 2007 | Filed under: It's Called "Having a Life." You Should Try It., The California Adventure

It’s been a restless week here, and I’m running woefully far behind on sleep. You’d think that sending the visitors home and being back in my own bed would help the matter, but you’d be wrong. Sunday night I spent two hours hovering between sleep and awake, as per usual. I don’t know what it is about Sunday night that makes it special, but let me tell you, that 4:30 AM alarm comes awfully soon when you’re still up at midnight.

The not sleeping rest of the week has been entirely my fault — staying up to read blogs, write posts, carry on e-mail conversations, etc. (I’m quickly noticing that my laptop and wireless internet connection are bad influences. Bad, technology, bad!)

I even tried to catch up on a little sleep by taking a nap the other day. So as to not futher mess up my sleep schedule, I set my alarm and everything. Thirty minutes later, when the alarm went off, I shut it off and slept for another 45. Whoops.

All this to say: I’m tired. So what am I doing tonight? Why, going to the San Francisco Opera, of course! (An opera about a would-be rapist, no less.) Because what better way to spend an evening when you’re beyond tired, than to sit in a comfortable chair in a darkened room surrounded by strangers for hours on end, with a guarantee that you won’t be home before 1 AM? Oh, yes. Genius.

(Dear God, please do not let me fall asleep at the opera. Or on the drive home. That will not be pretty. Amen.)

But how could I say no? It’s the opera! In San Francisco! And I get to wear a pretty dress! And shoes! And wrap! A nice, big wool wrap, because it is only 55 degrees in San Francisco in June!

The opera will be lovely, but I suspect that my love will not extend to the alarm clock tomorrow morning. Just a hunch.

As for yesterday’s snit…my ire was raised not by the implication that I’m old — look, people, I have a 9 PM bedtime (ideally). I listen to NPR. I go to the opera. YES, I AM OLD. — but the implication that a widely-reported news event from the early ’90s might only be remembered by those who are “old enough.”

Really, NPR? What sort of audience demographics do you think you have? Are there a lot of listeners out there under the age of 25 who are totally unaware of the existence of Biosphere 2? I didn’t think so. Save your “maybe you remember when…” intros for things that are really old, like pieces about Mr. Wizard and mix tapes, okay?

1. Aimee says:
   

   I fell asleep at the ballet. I’m so classy.
   Hope you enjoyed SF and the opera!

   June 29th, 2007 at 8:00 am
2. Jakob says:
   

   This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title The Poster Child for Lunesta. Thanks for informative article

   July 29th, 2007 at 2:05 am