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So, after a year, it's finally dawned on me (haha) that one of the reasons I sometimes have such trouble getting up in the morning initially, even when I know I've had enough sleep, is the fact that there is soooo little natural light in our apartment.

So I'm starting think I might benefit from something like this. Except I don't really want to force S4 to be up before he wants to be, either. Anyone used one? Are they cool? Are they stupid? $100+ for a simulated sunrise seems a little frivolous to me, even though I have to admit I'd also really enjoy the ancillary benefit of not searching for my socks in near total darkness as well. (The outlet situation up in the loft is... "interesting"...) I don't think that I'd count myself in the ranks of those with S.A.D., but I do know that sunlight or lack thereof can effect my mood.

Or maybe I should just try to get myself to go to sleep at a reasonable hour more often. *shrug*

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This has been a source of some discussion between the lady and myself. She needs pitch-dark to be able to sleep properly. Like not even a bar of light coming in from a street-lamp.

I need natural light in order to be able to wake up properly. At one point, we discussed getting an automatic drape-opener, but they're awfully expensive.

Dunno about that light alarm clock. Seems like it'd need one of those spendy full-spectrum bulbs to be very effective as a tool against seasonal-affective, and then it seems like the dome might filter important light-frequencies. But yaneverknow.