Last night on the way home I got into an argument with mom about the hours I keep. Her complaint was that I typically sleep until 1 or so in the afternoon. She said that I couldn't make an 8 oclock appointment unless I stayed up all night and not sleep. Well in some cases thats true, if I'm not getting home until 2 in the morning and the appointment is in 6 hrs whats the point of going to sleep when i need to get showered and gone by 7? I am an 8 hr person when it comes to sleep. I need 8 hrs or I feel miserable. If you count the numbers from when I actually go to sleep and when I wake up, I'm getting 8 hrs. no more, no less. The problem occuring is lately I haven't been going to bed until 5ish. I work all day and into the night we get home around 12:30 or 1 in the morning and then I'm awake. My energy reboots when I eat my dinner b/c its almost impossible lately to actually eat a real dinner at work making me hungry when I get home (which eating at night is a BIG no no I know). I got made to feel like I was in trouble, when I can't see a problem at all. During the school year I rely on myself and my alarm clock to wake up and get to school. I think a mass total of 2 times I asked someone to call me and that was because I was working late on homework and I knew I'd over sleep. Any other day I wake up on my own for school and for work. In case everyone hasn't noticed, this is our summer vacation. If I don't have an appointment or plans I really have no reason to force myself awake or asleep any early than I've been getting up. Granted I'm going to try to start switching my patterns because school is starting in a few weeks but thats not here yet. So I pose this question. What is the big deal with me sleeping into the afternoon, if I'm getting my errands done and I'm ready for work when its time to go? ~Annoyed