Goodbye, Circadian Rhythm

Most people that know me know that I'm a horrible sleeper. I wake up too early after going to bed too late, sometimes I go to sleep at 8pm, and other times I'll just be up in the middle of the night for several hours for no apparent reason. I also am incapable of taking naps in the middle of the day. Just a plain old bad sleeper. I've found that the sun has a lot to do with when I can sleep, aside from the midnight insomnia. Even if I block the sun from my room I still wake up right around sunrise every morning.

In light of this, it's funny I'm going to a place that at times will never get dark. I'll either learn to sleep in the presence of the sun, be more of a sleep deprived zombie than I am now, or tape a hell of a lot of aluminum foil to my windows. What happens to your circadian rhythm in an environment like that? Learning to rely on clocks instead of sunlight will be difficult. This is like a lame version of those people that go into caves where there is no natural light so they have to learn to sleep at specific times, no matter how awake or sleepy they think they are.

On the bright side, it'll be beautiful. I posted a few pictures I found of Alaska at midnight in the slideshow on this page.

I'm overly excited about this, so I'm probably pretty annoying at this point. Some of you have taken such cooler trips than this and managed to not let it consume you. I think it's just that I still don't believe that it's really happening. I've wanted to go to Alaska for a while now, and it's really exciting that I get to stay there for a little while instead of visiting for a week or two.

I'm really urging people to visit while I'm there and I hope they do. It just seems like an opportunity not to be missed. Hopefully if/when I have a visitor I'll have been there long enough to act as a good tour guide. I plan on doing a lot of hiking, exploring and fishing, so I'll probably know my way around the area pretty well. Plus, I know a great place they can stay!