Days of drowsiness

Last week was Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day and that means... Lent.

Of course pancakes came first and they were decidedly delicious but the following morning my friend asked me what I was giving up for Lent and minutes later my cousin asked me too. Now I don't know why everyone thought I would be on the Lent hype this year, but since they did, I was open to suggestions... What shall I give up?

While I had lots of things I could "do" or "add" to my life, there was very little that came to mind to give up. My good friend came up with a very good suggestion: day time or evening naps...

I agreed.

Believing that this would be very good for me, as a test of discipline, and hoping I would be more productive during my day by not losing hours to naps and consequently have a good impact on my final semester at university, I agreed.

I'm surviving but I must say I am prone to attacks of drowsiness, varying from the odd "oh I could just rest my eyes right now to refresh my brain" sitting at a desk in the library, to "my mind feels like it's going to explode and I can't function: I'm shattered" at 6pm.

Alhamdulillah I've overcome them so far, writing this post is to distract me from the current bout of drowsiness I'm experiencing so that I can continue to press on with my work.

One plan of action is to "live" in my lovely university library (which is 24 hours 5 days of the week) so that I'm not tempted by my bed. But I must say, often I lose time thinking about my drowsiness/ sleepiness too...

So far the weather has been beautiful and hugely encouraging, the warm sunshine does help with energy levels; too bad I just fancy closing my eyes in the right now...