My Family of Sleepers

It seems that my whole life revolves around other people's sleep schedules. It is absolutely awful because I'm one of them. I can go to bed at 9pm and then get up at 6:00 a.m. and still want to sleep more. So I'm up at 6 o' clock and I can't turn on the TV in the morning because everyone wants to sleep more. I either read the closed captioning or need to sit really close to the TV. The rest of my family has rubbed off on me in this reguard. I'm pretty sure they must have sleep apnea because they are very loud snorers and have funky breathing. There's always a nasal concert going on down the hallway.

If we need to go anywhere, especially in the morning my whole family oversleeps. We're always late to appointments, or anyplace we need to be. If people need to call any of my family, it needs to be after lunchtime. They do not wake up for anything. When I get out of the house to visit grandparents, I can't escape this awful sleep issue either. My grandmother falls asleep mid-conversation. I know it's the medication that she is on, but still can't she pay attention? It's all so frustrating that we can't just be like normal people.

Sometimes I just feel we are odd ones in this family because we all sleep more than 9-10 hours a night. We wake up around noon and then need to take their naps around 3:00. Wake up for dinner and then bed by 9:00 p.m. Not much of a window for being productive. We can all be so lazy sometimes. I try to have a life, but it's hard to invite anyone over or tell them to call me when the threat of waking someone up is always over my head. Hopefully, someday, we'll realize what we are missing out on... life.