I always dry some rosemary and lavender in the window, so the kitchen always smells nice. Adding basil will make it just that much better!
Oh I would never understand and come to grips with that! My body as you say will already be asleep hahah. Luckily we do not have that problem here. (Or not that bad, in my town the sun only sets around 20:00 but where my fiance live the sun sets at 18:30, so I still experience it in some sense!)