Things to do to Keep Yourself Awake in Class

Life has been pretty good to me lately. I can't lie, I'm a pretty happy person. I went fishing the other day and actually caught a fish. Woah. On to the blog post! 

So I was sitting in History class today and finding it difficult to stay awake. The main reason is that my teacher talks the whole hour and it's the last hour of my day. Not a good combo. I sit right in front of her, so I had to stay awake or else she'd notice me snoozin' and stuff. Sitting in the front is definitely a curse and not a blessing. Here's an example. 

It happens to catch my eye that my teacher's zipper to her pants was unzipped. Well shoot. The poor lady has undergone enough humiliation to last a lifetime, so it was difficult for me to just let her keep talking. Only it seemed way more difficult to actually get up and whisper in her ear that her fly was undone. (Let me mention that her zipper wasn't just a little undone, it was a lot undone. It was a gaping hole that was just screaming to be looked at. Not good.) My friends from behind me kept telling me that I must let her know. To them I replied "Why don't you?!" They had no response. See? As the person closest to her I had the duty of telling her the news. I never ended up telling her about it. 

It's moments like these that make me sort of groan when I have to go to this class. It's so AWFULLY BORING. She won't let you lay your head down, work on other work, or read, all of which are things I would definitely rather be doing than listening to her drone on and on. I've tried to develop some techniques to aid in the staying awake process. I hope that you benefit from them. 

1. Write down ten things you could be doing that would be worse than sitting in class. It helps to know there are things that could possibly be just as awful.

2. Listen intently to every word the teacher says, but imagine that they're really talking about something hilarious—like constipation, or donkeys falling in love. (Warning: Although this technique may keep you awake, it may cause laughter during important class discussions of centripetal forces or women's suffrage)

3. Twiddle your thumbs. This always keeps me awake since I'm trying really hard not to touch them together.

4. Draw a maze! Madison has successfully completed this one. Just create a maze that's complicated and decorate it with lots of nice things. You can then pass on the awakeness and give it to a friend in need for them to try figure out. 

5. Sing a song in your head all the way through. Don't know the lyrics to a certain part? FIGURE IT OUT. It'll keep your mind going for even longer.

6. Write a letter to your long lost 2nd cousin from Indonesia. You have a lot of catching up to do.

7. Imagine Ellen coming in and surprising you with $5,000 dollars. Why will you be getting this money? What will you spend it on? Decisions, decisions.

8. Think about your next meal. This alone is enough for me. 

That's all I've got! Enjoy.