Winter is still upon us, and this means the sun sets around 5:30 p.m. (CST). So why not try to get a little more shut-eye while the world is still dark and super conducive to hibernation? If you do, certainly you will find yourself popping out of bed tomorrow morning, ready to attack the day with an extra two hours in your corner. You will skip the coffee because you've had so much rest. You are the coffee. Bring it, world!

So, tonight, if you are settling in for a longer winter's nap than normal, with hopes of rising with the sun and bunny hopping your way to class tomorrow... here's why it probably won't happen:

1. Homework.

Wherever you are, whatever time it is, studying and homework will find you. It's not like the high school days, when you could finish homework at 4 p.m. and still have time to meet up with friends, eat, shower and get enough sleep before tomorrow. No. You're lucky if you finish all your school work before 4 a.m.! Sleep? What is that again?

2. You have a job.

If you're a college student with a job, you know the idea of going to bed early is more like a myth you remember hearing about a looooong time ago. Or was that the Holy Grail?

Same difference.

3. Roommates.

Let's say you do finally have a day off and no homework is due for the rest of the week. So, you plan ahead in order to get to bed by 8 p.m. Shower? Check. Phone on vibrate? Check. All lights out? Check. However, chances are your roommates have plans too, and these plans are never the quiet kind.

4. Online Quizzes.

Somehow, you've managed to finish all your homework for tomorrow, with some spare time to fill with plenty of Zzzzz's. Or did you? Inevitably, there is still that online Science quiz chilling out in cyberspace. Don't worry, you'll remember it, but only after you've hit peak comfort zone in the bed. By the way, it's due in an hour. Good luck!

5. Pets.

Pet rule No. 1. If they are not sleeping, you are not sleeping. Don't have pets, you say? You're not in the clear. As soon as you close your eyes, the neighbor's dog, a stray cat, a squirrel, a hamster, some animal will find your window and sing you back to the world of wakeful hatred.

6. You live in an apartment complex.

Enough said. Whatever they are doing up there, trust me, you don't want to know.

7. Everyone you've ever met. Ever.

Think you have no social life? Just wait until you try to go to sleep early. Your parents, friends, cousins, neighbors, people you haven't talked to in five years, people you don't even know are going blow up your phone through every app you've ever downloaded. You don't dare turn off your phone because alarm clock.

8. Your Computer.

Now that your are settled blissfully under your blankets, you close your eyes only to see radiant light dancing behind your eyelids. Yep, the computer is still on. The bathroom light is still on. Until you get up to turn whatever it is off, it will beam at you like a spotlight to the face.

9. Food.

If you weren't hungry before getting into bed, just wait. You are about to feel like you've never had a meal before in your entire life. You will need food. Now!

10. You're so determined!

We've all done this. You're in bed trying, and failing miserably, to fall asleep. You try to remind yourself how tired you are. You try to picture yourself asleep, snoring. You try meditating. Counting. Now, you've thought so hard about how much you need to sleep that you are wide awake. This is usually followed by the most annoying song in the world getting stuck in your head.

11. But it's not impossible.

It's not impossible to go to bed early if you're a kitten. If, however, you do succeed in falling asleep before your usual bedtime, rejoice (tomorrow, of course). Let's hope you didn't miss anything and, more importantly, let's hope you remembered to set the alarm!