When my father got diagnosed with diabetes, my mother sat the whole family down in the front room and wrote down on a little chalkboard all the things we were going to need to go over.  Home glucose monitor options, getting insulin and having someone around to help my father take his shots, making sure we had a direct line to our doctor, and knowing the exact route to drive to the hospital if there was ever an emergency.  I, however, fell asleep during the whole thing.  I’d be been asleep in class for the past couple of week as well.  I can’t explain it, but I’m just not falling asleep when I need to.  I think part of the problem is that I have to get up early.  I’ve never been a morning person.  I have always had difficulty falling asleep before 1:00 in the morning unless I’m just exhausted.  So I always have a problem waking up.  I still don’t fall asleep any earlier when I go to bed despite my reduced hours of sleep.  Maybe I shouldn’t be napping, but I have to sleep some time, don’t I?  My mother and teachers don’t like me nodding off, but, really, I can’t help it.