it’s that time of the semester when stress starts to build up, but it seems to have started a lot earlier this semester. i go to bed thinking about assignments and having to wake up early to clear assignment preparations. then i would wake up countless times in the middle of the night, scaring myself awake. it’s either because i had a totally ridiculous but frightening nightmare or that i thought i had overslept and it was time to wake up and clear the damned work. sometimes i lie in bed drifting in and out of sleep while waiting for morning to come so that i can get out of bed in peace (yes, the irony) and begin work for the day.

this kind of sleeping pattern has been haunting me for a couple of years, mostly when i’m stressed or troubled. i wonder what happened to the sleeping bug in me that put me to sleep anytime, anywhere, for long stretches of time. gone were the days i could just lie down and sleep peacefully for 16 hours every other day.

say hi to the new owl.