Out of Charges (OOC thread)

[Nexendia]

I was reading up on spell memorization and I found something annoying.

Rest

To prepare his daily spells, a wizard must first sleep for 8 hours. The wizard does not have to slumber for every minute of the time, but he must refrain from movement, combat, spellcasting, skill use, conversation, or any other fairly demanding physical or mental task during the rest period. If his rest is interrupted, each interruption adds 1 hour to the total amount of time he has to rest in order to clear his mind, and he must have at least 1 hour of uninterrupted rest immediately prior to preparing his spells. If the character does not need to sleep for some reason, he still must have 8 hours of restful calm before preparing any spells.

So that means Eran couldn't take watch for 2 hours and then memorize his spells.     So I'm not sure how to remedy this.  Maybe have Nex and Eran guard at the same time and have two characters each take an additional hour?  Or maybe have Nex and Eran trade nights and have two characters each take an additional hour?  Or maybe Nex and Eran doesn't take watch at all and we split it up between Andra, Valdi and Vidar.  That would be a 9 hour cycle with the three of you taking 3 hour shifts and would give each of you the 6 hours of sleep you need.  To me the last choice seems the least complicated.

Suggestions??  I know most players don't mind taking watch because it means more action and less chance of being caught without wearing your armor.  

I would also like to point out this information...

When preparing spells for the day, a wizard can leave some of these spell slots open. Later during that day, he can repeat the preparation process as often as he likes, time and circumstances permitting. During these extra sessions of preparation, the wizard can fill these unused spell slots. He cannot, however, abandon a previously prepared spell to replace it with another one or fill a slot that is empty because he has cast a spell in the meantime. That sort of preparation requires a mind fresh from rest. Like the first session of the day, this preparation takes at least 15 minutes, and it takes longer if the wizard prepares more than one-quarter of his spells.

Waiting to memorize spells is something that I never see.  It would allow the wizard a little more versatility and it would cut down on the need for a wizard to wait until the next day to get a spell that the party might need right now.  I know at low levels we don't have that many spells but if we get to higher levels it's something to think about.