YOU SAID:

I've been up since like 8 o clock

INTO JAPANESE

私は8時の時計のようになって以来

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Since I became an 8 o'clock watch

INTO JAPANESE

8時の時計になったので

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Because it became an 8 o'clock clock

INTO JAPANESE

8時の時計になったから

BACK INTO ENGLISH

Because it became an 8 o'clock clock