The entire family has been going to bed between one and three AM every morning for the last week or so, then getting up in time to get to NCSU by eight.  It is the week before dead week in what will probably be the toughest semester either of the kids have for their undergraduate career.  They both have two semesters left after this one.  Those semesters feature hard classes, but not so many hours as this semester.  It is all theoretical math and statistics class all the time.  We all try to take a nap when we have during the day, but it does not seem like we catch up much on our sleep.  Tonight is no different.  The sad part is there is no hope for a good rest on the weekend–there are tests scheduled during dead week for both of kids.