[quote=@Cynder]
Aunt decided to have the maid and an energy inspector over today. 

Usually, I don't complain about being woken up early, but I hardly had any sleep last night and I doubt my aunt would allow me to nap since she's usually a stickler for such things. I wouldn't be so bothered by this if I could keep my eye lids open and didn't have SAT prep today.
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So if there are three things I learned in the Army to keep awake it's:

#1: Apply Burt's Bees directly to your eyelids.
#2: Eat coffee grounds, it tastes like ass but it wakes you up.
#3: Try smokeless tobacco (not smoking, smoking is for stress while dip is for waking up.) I'd recommend Grizzly for the hard-hitting buzz, Copenhagen if you want to chill.

I guess we could do a fourth, but smearing hot sauce in your eyes isn't an appealing option. But with those tricks I managed to stay awake on three hours of sleep a night for a good week or so. Maybe five hours a night for the preceding three weeks.