OTC 33.1: Rest

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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

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

I was finishing my history paper?

He really is. I think it might be a combination of the two--once, he taught an entire class without turning away from the chalkboard once.

...Wow--thanks, Barbara! I actually got that.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Of course you did :) All calculus is is working out how things change relative to other things. And you already know how an arrow moves over time. I probably shouldn't tell her that the air resistance equations I threw in at the end are normally only done by Physics or Engineering Seniors at college.

And I remember all-nighters with Katarina at College. Seriously, get some sleep. You'll produce a better paper that way. And Calculator's no longer working major villains - I think I've had too many of his people arrested. But Hellcat back behind bars won't be a bad thing.

[Tim or Ted can read the strikethrough if they like]

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: Thanks. It really did help.

I will, I will. (I get more sleep than Tim.) I'm surprised he hasn't just given up by now--you'd think he'd learn.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Any time.

If you got less sleep than Tim I'd be seriously worried. As for Calculator, he has OCD - he can't change his routines easily. Also means he doesn't make many mistakes so was at first harder to hack than Bats is.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

If I got less sleep than Tim, I'd be worried. And Tim would knock me out to make me sleep. And Calculator--yikes! At least it was a challenge for a change?

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Oh, I get plenty of challenges. This wheelchair. Trying to keep track of everything. Misfit. And there only being one of me.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, I meant--I didn't mean--crap.

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Don't worry. It's just one of those days. Both my former mentors are being idiots. And Ashley Mavis Powell is due her first parole hearing in a few days.

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry--I hate those days. How are they being idiots, if you don't mind me asking? And... I'm sorry, I don't know who that is?

[OOC: Should Cissie know who that is? If she should, ignore the question!]

[oracle-knows.livejournal.com]

Bats is just being his brooding, prickly self (you know it's bad when I complain about those things), and The Wall appears to have have had a conscience-ectomy performed by President Luthor. Ashley Mavis Powell was the first person I ever sent to jail as Oracle, and knows enough about me to have pushed my wheelchair over in traffic to warn me off.

[OOC: Oracle: Year One]

[cisskabob.livejournal.com]

Ah. Yeah--Tim's mentioned that, too. At least he doesn't discriminate? And ugh.