I can't do things in a row

That's the news from the top...I can't do things in a row. Meaning, I can't go to lunch and then a movie, or go to work and then try to write, or watch a mindless television program and then watch another mindless television program without taking a 2-3 hour nap in between the activities. This was brought to my attention(with much love) over dinner last night when I began to lay out my elaborate plan involving working a 9-5 job and (gasp) trying to get school work done when I get home. The table pretty much burst into hysterical laughter, with one person yelling "You can't do things in a row!" It was a simple statement, but I feel like it sums up my life pretty accurately. Is it the sedatives? Is it some sort of deep character flaw? When I tried to explain that I needed to learn how to do "things in a row" because I have to work a full-time job this summer and I have to get my qualifying papers done, I was met with this stark reality : "You're almost 30 years old! You can't learn a new behavior now!"...or something to that effect. If that's true, that's the most horrifying bit of news I've received in a long time(well, probably since last weekend, when I found JB's blog)...and I think it just might be true. Which is going to make my life pretty difficult. If I ever get a job as a professor(which is unlikely, what with all the napping...I have to do the PhD first and then make it to the interviews), am I going to have to pass out in between my class and office hours? Are students going to find me sleeping? Do I have narcilepsy or is life just really, really hard? Or is it just really hot? I don't even really want to know the answers to these questions....

9-5 starts tomorrow. I want to give a good description, but I figured I'd wait because I don't really know what the job is....I find that's the best way to go into a new employment situation, no?