I Need Sleep

According to Wikipedia, "Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles."

I realize that you probably just gasped and are staring wide-eyed with a look of horror at me right now. Wikipedia is NOT a source, and I've been taught this for years. Shame me once.

But I really could care less about proper, credible citations at this moment because I am tired. Hashtag first world problems would be added after that if I were tweeting. 

This past long weekend was meant (in students' eyes) to be a weekend of catching up on sleep and homework. But for me, neither of those two happened. Instead I went to Orlando, FL with the marching band. However I got progressively less sleep as the weekend went on and homework didn't really get done. Rather, I spent 10+ hours walking around amusement parks for five days in a row. Again, hashtag first world problems. So I guess the long weekend had pros that made it fun, but the cons prevented the weekend from reaching maximum fun potential.

Pro #1: Going to a different amusement park every day for five days. I love rides. So much.

Pro #2: Hanging out with friends. There's nothing better than spending five days with friends at amusement parks in a different state.

Pro #3: Marching towards the castle at Magic Kingdom. It was by far the best parade I have ever marched in. The castle looked so pretty because lit up with purple lights; I can't complain about having to stare at a purple castle for 20 minutes.

Pro #4: My section, drumline, has a new found respect for my line, the cymbals. Our cymbal visuals were successful and apparently looked really cool! Which is something we don't ever hear about our normal cymbal line.

Pro #5: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This might have been the happiest day of my 16 years of existence. We waited a hour to get on the ride in the castle, but it was so worth it. I was acting like an excited little child in a candy shop when we stepped into the castle and saw the moving paintings. I actually got to be an excited little child when we went to Honeydukes. Experiencing capitalism at its finest, I spent almost 40 dollars on two chocolate frogs and a jar of sherbet lemons, and I am pretty darn proud of it. And for the record, Butterbeer is not that bad.

Con #1: I. Am. So. Tired. Six to seven hours of sleep is not enough, especially when you're walking around the whole day as well as starting the trip on four hours of sleep. I also got two hours of sleep last night because I was staying up to finish homework. So much fun....

Con #2: Getting sick. I don't know if it was the screaming or lack of sleep, but I have resorted to cough drops and tea.

Con #3: More stress. Because I didn't have much time to work on homework over the weekend, I'm feeling a little underprepared.

Con #4: Being Grey's Anatomy deprived for five days. It was a struggle because it is my all time favorite show. Also didn't help that I heard the credits song playing while we were walking through Disney Movie Studios.

Despite the unfortunate drawbacks of the weekend, it was the best weekend and trip that I have ever been on.