Life rushing by...

I am way too busy at the moment. Something has to give... perhaps I should stop sleeping?
Last weekend I only got 8 hours anyway so it wouldn´t be too hard to give up!
It all started Wednesday two weeks ago...

We began rehearsals (and costume tryouts) for our up coming gig at Tiki Forever night. K and I spent hours over the last couple of weeks transcribing tight three part harmonies and sqeezing into tight 50s style dresses for a Tiki extravaganza!
So alot of my spare time was filled with learning words and harmonies and practicing hairstyles.
I also had to fit in time to have drinks with various friends, study Finnish (rather unproductively), go out on unsuccessful dates and go to gym class.
By the time the weekend of Tiki night came around I was exhausted... and then I had to go to Tallin!
my housemate and I caught the boat (ferry?) straight after work and I´ve got to say... it was an interesting experience.
Imagine the sleaziest, most juvenile night club you´ve been to, times it by 12, add duty free alcohol and no way to get off and you´re pretty close to describing Romantika!
It was fun hanging out and dancing with H... but next time I think I´d prefer to do it somewhere without having to cross a body of water first.
A few of H´s friends made the most of it and hooked up with young Finnish lads, only to stay in their cabins the entire next day and missing Estonia entirely. To be honest they didn´t miss much and when one of them burst into our cabin at 2pm as we were trying to catch up on sleep, somewhere under the rage of interrupted sleep was something like envy at her freshness!
I dragged H around Tallin in search for gym pants that weren´t going to require a second mortgage but my mission was unsuccessful and I was forced to spend my kroons on duty free alcohol and lipstick from the gift shop.

We arrived back to Helsinki somewhat worse for wear at 4.45pm, giving me exactly 15 minutes to get home, eat dinner, have a shower, get my stuff together for the gig and get back to town. Of course it took an hour and a half and most things had to be omitted.
I arrived at the soundcheck late and was greeted cooly. However, after a good run quick rehearsal and peace offering of a sandwich all was forgiven and I was allowed to borrow K´s costume to wear.
The gig was great. We had a little problem at the beginning... well, a little diabolical problem... but the show went on and we swung our arses off! And we looked goddamn cute while we did so!
Our program featured classics such as Rum and Coca Cola, Lollipop, Manana and some lovely French songs that I still can´t remember the names of. I will post photos as soon as I can manage to download them... stay tuned.
High on the sweet smell of a successful gig and three glasses of French cider, I went for a quick drink at a quiet bar... turned out to be a rather long quick drink, but by that stage I was considering abandoning the idea of sleep anyway.
The rest of that night and the following day will have to be told another day... I´ll just say a nice time was had by all involved.

With the hope of a quiet week, I relaxed on Monday instead of cleaning my room and various other important things like buying food and attending Finnish class. Unfortunately, last night I had to go out again to see The Darkness in concert. Thanks to A for giving me a ticket in return for dinner!
It was lots of fun, but I was so exhausted I only managed to head bang and shake my booty to the songs I knew.
The rest of my week is looking busy but lovely.
Question for the week:
How long is it possible to survive on only 5 hours sleep a night and when will sleep deprivation kick in?