Keeping a schedule

Since starting the job in the library I have tried to fit work into my existing schedule instead of working my schedule around the job. This has not served me well in the sleep department. I have to be at work at 7 AM so I wake up at 6 AM to get in some reading and quiet time before heading out. This wouldn't be a problem except that Alan and I stay up talking till 11:30 most nights and I usually read for a while afterwards. I don't know why it's so hard to maintain six hours of sleep after doing it almost all the time before I was incarcerated. The lack of sleep is definitely taking its toll, though.

This morning I woke up at 6 to fit in quiet time before a quick haircut, then work. The haircut took longer than I expected and I didn't hurry out until 7:30. When I reached the library the door was locked and the lights were out. I thought it was strange, so I went to my coworker's dorm to see if he knew what was going on. I reached his cell door and saw him dead asleep. I knocked on the door to waken him and asked if he knew when our boss was coming in.

"Dude, it's Thursday," came the groggy voice.

Thursday is our late day in the library. We don't open up until 10 AM. Oops.

"My bad. Go back to sleep, bro."

Now my lack of sleep is causing others lack of sleep. I'm going to need to start napping after work to recharge just a bit. I can't have my head unscrewed like this.