Better Late Than Never

Last night I was wide-awake. I don’t know why but I could not get to sleep. I thought I was tired. I thought I had worked hard enough to deserve a restful sleep but I guess I was wrong. Why is it that you can’t sleep when you really need it the most? I was leaving for school at 5:30 the next morning but I could not get to sleep! I tried getting up for a stroll, I tossed and turned, I tried a visit with the cat – aren’t animals supposed to relax you? Not in the wee hours of the morning. I refused to look at the clock because I have read that doing that only makes things worse. However, I was wondering if I should just get in the car and drive back to the city regardless of the time! So, I looked at the clock and it was 2:00 AM. If I had fallen asleep at that very moment, I would have had 3 hours of sleep before it was time to leave. At that point, I decided to turn off my alarm and just get some sleep. I figured that I would fall asleep eventually and when I woke up, I would be rested enough to make my 3 hour drive. Well, by 6:30 I was getting ready and on my way by 7:30. Needless to say, the day was not terribly productive.
I would say that generally, I have average luck. I think this is because some times I cram all of my bad luck into one day. You guessed it: this would be the day. Nothing horrible, but just those annoying little things seemed to happen. For example, I continued to get “stuck” behind slow moving vehicles, the roads were wet so I was constantly adjusting my wipers to keep the windshield clean and later, the sun was aligned perfectly with the wet road making the glare unbearable – especially without sunglasses. About 2 hours into the trip my washer fluid ran out and the little indicator light in my car did not come on. I did have a new bottle (good luck, I should add).
As I am writing this, I am realizing that although there were a number of annoying little things, I should focus on the fact that I had a safe drive, there was a parking spot right by the entrance (strange because the entire lot was full) when I was late, and I did pull off a little nap in the parking lot after classes.