Estoy cansada, y tu?

" Hey"
" Oh hey [insert name] "
" How are you? "
" I'm doing okay, how are you?"
" Tired "

   I encounter this exact conversation at least 3 times a week while I'm on grounds. If only I got paid for responding in the same monotonous, blah voice would all my worries be gone. Well not all of my worries, but anything relating to money would be. 
   I realize that with this being my third year, it is often considered the most difficult in a typical college experience. I'm taking a lighter load this semester which counteracts the difficulty level somewhat. Nevertheless, it appears that each year I get older my typical night of staying up gets later and later. First year, going to bed at 1 am was late and now 3 am is late. I know that most of this is due to the combination of getting older, knowing more people, and doing more extracurriculars around grounds; which thus, leads to why going to bed before 1 am became one of my goals for this semester. Early in the semester our professor suggested we try studying before our classes if we have later classes on our schedule. I started doing this in September and it really worked. It cut back on my studying time after classes. In addition, it gave me a reason to go to bed early because I knew I would still get the homework/studying done in the morning. Now in November, I am still able to wake up before my classes to start studying. However, the notion of waking up early is starting to really hit me. First off, I am nowhere near a morning person. So, I do not mind staying up late to sleep in in the morning. The only bad thing now is that my body is programmed to wake up between 9 and 10 am despite what time I go to bed. Earlier this week, I was in bed by 1 am and I woke up at 8, 8:30, 9, and 9:30 am. I do not know if I was more upset that my body wouldn't let me sleep in until 10am or that with the extra sleep I made myself late to my first class. 
    Hopefully this attempt to get into bed before 1 am will eventually come second nature by the end of this semester. After picking my classes for next semester it seems as though I will have to get this going to bed at a decent hour in order with a 9 am three times a week.. If not, I may be setting myself up for the mother of all messes.