Light

It gets light here REALLY early and dark here really early.  It's dark by 5:30.  Completely.  So by the time it's 8:00, it feels more like 10.  I can't tell you the number of times we've looked at the clock and night and thought, "Wow, it's only 8:00.  It seems like midnight."

It starts getting light at 5 and is fully bright by 5:30.  This makes it VERY hard to sleep late.  Especially since the windows have thin curtains.  The room is completely lit very early.  I've been having a hard time sleeping past 6.  I decided to attach the problem aggresively.  Determined to defeat the problem, I stole the curtains from the living area and put them double on the bedroom window.  When the light started creeping in the morning, I put a pillow over my head and forced myself back to sleep.  I did this several times determined to make myself sleep late.  I dozed on and off several times.  Finally, I woke up a little more and decided that should be enough, so I got up.  I looked at the clock.  6:12.  :(