How To Rearrange Your Sleep Schedule

It takes about an hour to commute from my apartment to my internship.  I enter the newsroom a little before 2am each weekday morning so it tends to dictate when I sleep and when I hang out with people.  To accommodate my final piece of credit needed to graduate, I go to sleep around noon and get up around 8pm.  First, let me advise you:  

DO NOT rearrange your sleep schedule unless you absolutely have to.

...but if you must, here's some things that may help:

• coffee--I still haven't acquired the taste, but I became a coffee drinker strictly to support my work hours.
• late night restaurants---When midnight is lunch time, it's good to have a hangout where you can be loud and won't disturb roommates. 
• friends who don't work/work when you sleep--When I get home and go to bed at noon, no one else gets back from work until 4pm.  When I wake up, we discuss dinner/breakfast and possibly going out for the evening/morning.  
• replacing calendars with alarms--I frequently forget what day it is so I try and set alarms for places I need to be.

Working during hours that most dream of is difficult to get used to, but I find that it can have its perks.  I have an XM radio in my car with a great selection of music to choose from.  When I approach Cleveland and see the skyline come into view, I immediately change to the Real Jazz station or some similarly swanky channel.  The resulting combination of audio and visuals feels like the beginning of some stylish crime drama.  Also, looking out of the newsroom, I can see the light of the sun climb up the street.  Then, as if a switch was turned on, people start flooding the walkways and buses start flying by.  I get the distinct privilege of seeing Cleveland wake up and roll out of bed.