Darkness holds less valuable minutes

I hold the satisfaction of a particularly good weekend, the perfect mix between visiting relatives on Long Island and spending a pleasant Sunday afternoon meal with new friends in Connecticut.

The price I pay is the same as every week before this: Monday night is a long night. I remain "awake" for the greater number of dark hours, staring at my computer screen and wishing I had eye-glasses with which to replace my burning contact lenses. I've been able to finish by dawn every week up to this point. The question that sits immediately behind the frontal bone of my weary skull is this:


Is it impossible for me to use daylight hours to finish my tutorial presentations?

Obj. 1: It seems as though it is not impossible to use daylight hours to finish schoolwork, for there are more daylight hours than night hours in the waking span of a weekend. And the hour measures a constant time; therefore, it seems not impossible to use one daylight hour for activities heretofore reserved for one night hour.

Obj 2: It is not impossible to use daylight hours to finish schoolwork, for doing schoolwork is a part of learning. But learning has been proven to be accomplished during daylight hours, that is, in the classroom every day of the week. Therefore, as a part of learning, it is not impossible to finish schoolwork with daylight hours.

Obj 3: It is not impossible to use daylight hours to finish schoolwork, for as The Classmate said, "I finished my tutorial on Sunday afternoon."

Sed Contra: "Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man." Psalms 112:4

Time spent in my little hole of a bedroom is time spent in isolation from the outside world. When I am there, the hours do not seem to have daylight in them. So when I know that daylight hours exist outside my hole, I exit, in order to enjoy their brightness. But my computer is in my hole. And all my references. Therefore, given the circumstances of my living arrangement, it is impossible for me to finish schoolwork during daylight hours.

Reply to Obj 1: I never spend the weekends in my room. And I never finish schoolwork outside of my room. Therefore this argument is meaningless.

Repy to Obj 2: My classroom exists outside of my room, and is also a necessary prison, even when the sun shines brightly outdoors. It actually heightens the desire for time spent outside during daylight hours, since it offers reprieve from my hole, but without the daylight.

Reply to Obj 3: Some people don't need to see daylight so much, I guess.

In Conclusion, the coffee pot is full, and I'm in for a long night.
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