#37: The variation in daylight

Much like the movie Insomnia, I am being driven mad by the incredibly long daylight hours recently. Sometimes a noise or a bad dream will wake me up; if this happens at 5 a.m. it is currently too bright outside to fall back asleep.

The Weather Channel website lists today as
Sunrise: 4:40 a.m.
Sunset: 9:30 p.m.

I associate sunset with a time to eat dinner and then start doing my homework (a lifelong tradition for me by now.) But not now! Now at sunset it's practically time to go to bed!

This wouldn't be a big deal, I'd get used to it like I've gotten used to the weather, if it weren't for the rapid descent into darkness that's right around the corner. In December it's
Sunrise: 8:00 a.m.
Sunset: 4:00 p.m.

It seriously starts getting dark at 3:30 in the bloody afternoon.

So that's eight extra hours of daylight at the moment. Eight! That's practically a whole extra day. It's probably a good thing there is such a scant amount of sun here anyway; I'm disoriented enough as it is.