Answer:

Nothing.
I was wrong to worry about being able to wake up at 5. The problem (unrelated to my taking NyQuil) was getting to sleep at all. Yeesh.

But on a happier note, I finished work an hour and a half early. Easiest promo ever.

Question

Endorsements aside, what happens when you take NyQuil at 10:30 and you have to get up at 5?
Hmm. I'm about to find out.

Steinbeck was wrong

"The hour of the pearl - the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself" is at dusk, not dawn. Not that I have anything against sunrises, unlike some people (Kristian!).
I just really like dusk.

the beast and dragon, adored

Well, this sickness has given me little in the way of insights. Sorry Serena. The only thing I have rediscovered is how much I hate the common cold. I knew it was coming by Friday because I get this horrid taste in my mouth that I associate with cheese and oreos. I gag if I think about it. Anyway, I'm heavily drugged.
NyQuil really works. Yay for product endorsement!

You can teach a child anything.

The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees is result #1 when you google "Yuha coolers" (in quotes).
Hurrah.

I Love the Unknown

Then he asked him "Hey, where's this bus going"

and he said "well I'm really not sure"

he asked him "then how do you know where to get off"

and he said "the place with the most allure"

So maybe we didn't take a bus there but Vancouver sure does have allure.