What do my sleep habits and the economy have in common?

They're both in a recession!! Haha, I'm so funny.

I've been having some trouble sleeping. Not that I've been having trouble falling asleep, actually that's going quite well (aside from the fact that after I went to bed last night I stayed awake mentally arranging a brilliant beginning to my Christmas song for Pitchforks). Rather, I've been having trouble wanting to go to sleep. Instead of yearning to retreat into the warm, inviting morass of comforters and sheets, I find myself overtaken by a desire to stay up later and watch more television. As a result, I'm sleeping less because even though none of my classes start until noon, the bright morning sun decides to pierce our paper-thin (I kid you not, our shades are made of paper) shades at approximately 5:45 every morning. I can only sleep in broad daylight for so long, and I thus drag my exhausted butt out of bed at 9:00am. So...more television equals less sleep. What a cruel, cruel world we live in that I have to sacrifice one of my great loves for the other.

And on the other hand, I'm a bit apprehensive about the economy. My father has assured me that the stock market will (probably) not crash and that we are (probably) not going to go into a recession/depression (haha political commentators, I'd say we're already in a recession), and yet, I have trouble coming to terms with the fact that $700 billion is "needed" for the government to bail out mortgages. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. Where does the government even get that kind of money? Aren't we wallowing in a massive national debt? I just have such hard time believing that we're going to get through this crisis.

And while I'm on the topic of things I just don't understand, why in the world is there SO MUCH GRASS IN ARIZONA?! There is no reason for there to be this much grass. Arizona is a desert, people, there's not supposed to be grass in your front yard. And yes, you're wasting IMMENSE amounts of water in your quest for emerald green lawns. So please, explain why, in a desert state that is experiencing a water crisis, and at a university that prides itself on sustainability, THERE ARE SO MANY LAWNS?!

Sometimes I just get tired of living in a world that doesn't care about the world they live on.

ETA: Also...I don't know how I feel about the death penalty. But I do feel that as "closure" for the families of murder victims, it sucks. There is nothing healthy about rejoicing in the death of anyone, even if that person caused the death of a loved one. Ultimately, it can only bring more suffering.