or just cutting through jello with a very sharp knife

Sorry, I think I was drooling a little bit.

I can NOT get up in the mornings. Maybe it's the later sunrises, or maybe it's a 9-5 rut I've just fallen into - but it's like I have to pull a pile of bricks off of my skull before I can wake up. Caffeine kinda sorta helps, but how to I inject that directly into my face when my alarm goes off?

I blame our bed. It is giant (a queen) and even with the low stance box spring it feels very high. We have a brushed brass headboard attached to the frame, which isn't really my preference (I'd love something in dark stained wood or - to dream! - upholstered in chocolate silk dupioni). But it was cheap - we already had the mattress which I got free from a friend who moved to Texas, and thanks to Mattress Discounters, the frame was under 100, the box spring was 100, and the headboard was 100. Add in the Martha Stewart Bedding on sale at Macy's (plus two euro pillows), and the whole thing was around 400. Very good for furnishing a bedroom from scratch.

So although not up to my design standards due to cost issues (a general theme of the apartment) it's damn cozy and I never want to get out. And I can always get a duvet cover for the bed and change things up. I also want to paint one wall this color.

But back to why I'm sleepy. I used to be a morning person. Back in sophomore year I could wake up at 7 every day, for no good reason other than to quietly creep off campus and go sit in Davis Sq for some coffee and to catch up on lit assignments. Can I have that morning person-ness back please?