Here is a picture that a friend took of me just yesterday after I got out of Christmas Carol rehearsals and was on my way to a sound studio to dub three episodes of an ongoing cartoon project. Notice the dark circles under my eyes and general glazed look on my face – typical of someone who has not been getting enough sleep lately. I’ve been like this all week! It got so bad that, when I went to see Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with Julian and Amber on Tuesday, I actually nodded off and missed 30 seconds of the action-packed chase scene where Gromit had to feed 10p into the plane to get her going again (priceless!). That’s how tired I have been.

Volleyball practice ends at 11:30pm, so by the time I get home, shower and have dinner it’s almost 2am. Since play rehearsals have me waking up at 8am every morning, I think now’s a good time to start taking advantage of the beloved ‘afternoon siesta’. I remember that my old flatmate Paolo used to come home from work everyday for lunch and then take a 20 minute power-nap before heading back to the office. That was one smart Italian. Our volleyball match this Sunday will have me up at the butt-crack of dawn so I think I’m gonna sleep 12 hours tonight and work off this sleep deficit that is strangely dressed up like a monkey and currently dancing on my back. Don’t call me tomorrow morning.