OTC 33.1: Rest

[notarrowette]

Rest? Of course I rest. I sleep at night. Most of the time. And I take naps. When I'm tired enough. Yeah, okay, maybe my sleep pattern is kind of messed up, but I don't miss classes. Much. Anymore. And I don't fall asleep in class--well, except for calculus, but can you blame me? People who get ten hours sleep through that class.

Maybe I never really readjusted my sleep patterns after I quit. I mean--yeah, for a while I did, partly because Traya was my roommate and she needed more sleep. I felt bad being up on the computer or whatever when she was sleeping. But I'm just--used to staying up late. I do my homework better after midnight. I don't know why. Maybe because I know I'm not likely to get interrupted?

I mean--I get up and go to school. And then I go to practice, and I'm pretty much there until dinner, and then I go back to the room and hello--no one gets homework done between dinner and nine or ten, anyway. Or--none of the girls here. When Cassie lived with me, we definitely didn't. So that leaves late night for doing homework, and I like it that way. It's quieter and I can concentrate better.

And, you know, when Cassie lived with me, I knew she'd be coming back to the room in the middle of the night. So maybe I didn't really fall asleep--not deeply, anyway--until she was back. It's not like I sat up waiting. Except maybe for a while before she left... It's more like... Well, sometimes I needed to be able to wake up when she came in, depending on what--if anything--happened. And then, yeah, she left, so you'd think I'd learn to sleep when I wound up with no roommate. I just... I don't know. That's when I do my homework.

Sometimes I wait for Tim to get in from patrol before I fall asleep, yeah. Not always, and so what? It's not a big deal if I want to talk to my boyfriend before I fall asleep, is it? I mean, yeah. Of course I like knowing that he got through patrol and is okay. But that doesn't mean that's why I stay up. It's not like I'm waiting up for him. I'm usually up that late anyway, or close enough to it that another half hour or so doesn't matter.

Anyway--I do get plenty of rest. If I need more, I sleep more. I crash a little earlier or take a longer nap in the evening or something. It's not something anyone needs to worry about.

Comments

[mrsarcastic003]

Pft. I sleep when I have the time for it.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm not one of the people who harasses you about that, remember?

[mrsarcastic003]

Yes, I know. Sorry. I love you.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

Love you too. How about we call a truce on bugging each other about bedtimes?

[mrsarcastic003]

Good idea. Besides--it does mean getting to talk to you before i go to sleep, which is the best thing in the world some nights.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

This is very, very true.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Tim! That's how Bane broke Bats a few years back, remember. Making sure he had no sleep.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

...Really?

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. He deliberately let all the criminals out of Arkham, and by the time Batman was done rounding them all up he was in no shape to face the Riddler, let alone Bane.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

...Oh.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. Tim's nowhere near that state yet. I just worry that he doesn't keep anything in reserve for when there's a particularly big emergency.

[mrsarcastic003]

I remember, Barbara. I'm not going to put myself in the position to get my back broken. I, at least, know when to call for help.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

When you are in over your head. And you are a bat...

[mrsarcastic003]

Which means I'm always in over my head, or I can never tell when I am?

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

By the time something's over your head it would take the entire GCPD to dig you out. And I'd need the whole of Checkmate to dig me out.

[mrsarcastic003]

And that's why I have contacts in the GCPD. Just in case.

So I'm getting scolded... why?

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Because you are more likely to need digging out if you aren't at the top of your game. And you can't be there if you don't get enough sleep.

[mrsarcastic003]

Why is everyone under the impression that I'm not getting enough sleep? I sleep. I usually get 3-4 hours before school, and another 2-3 before patrol.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

And you take 3 hours to have a full sleep cycle.

[mrsarcastic003]

I'm fine--and I get uninterrupted sleep in the weekends. Usually.