Daylight Energy

When I first got here I was told that having 20 hours of sunlight was hard to get use to.  It  would keep you up at night and you wouldn't even realize that it was late as it was still bright outside.  I thought every one was crazy, being a bakers daughter sleeping during the day is a piece of cake and how could 20 hours of sunlight cause that much of a change.  But I think they are right.  Not about the sleeping part because if I am tired I can go sleep no problem.  What is right is that I don't feel like going to sleep.  The sun is setting around 11 pm right now and the days will keep getting longer until the summer soltice which is in June.  I come home from work and take a walk with the dog, do some other things and when I look out the window it seems like it is in the middle of the afternoon.  You feel like your wasting the day by going to bed when the world is still so bright.  Even when the sun sets it doesn't really get dark.  Friday night the planet was to go through the meteor belt which means lots of falling stars.  I love those nights but I couldn't stay awake until it actually got dark here.  It was close to 1 am and you could still see everything yet.   Twilight goes on for hours so you have about one hour of total darkness right now.  I am sure when June hits there will be no darkness.  I can't imagine what it will be like in the winter when you are only suppose to get four hours of actual daylight.  During the trainings this past week we were told that by the middle of June everyone will be sleep deprived because of the long hours of daylight.  We were also told that going 16 hours without sleep is like having a drug alcohol level of 0.08.  You can still function but your fine moter skills will decrease and so will your reaction time which they warned would slow down your reaction if you should encounter a bear.  Wonderful thought.