April 28, 2005

  • So all week I've
    been going to bed at unbelievably late hours and get up ridiculously
    early.  I finally figured out why.  I've been drinking large
    cups of tea late at night.  Duh!

    Last night I decided to go to bed at a reasonable hour (11ish). 
    But last night there was a thunderstorm.  Of course one of the
    boys (Thomas) I'm babysitting for is afraid of thunder.  So he
    asks me to sleep in the pull out bed next to his. No problem easy
    request.  I lay in the bed (at 8 when he went to bed) for an hour
    until he falls asleep.  I get up to do work.  I come back
    around 11, fall asleep.  Around 11:20 I feel a -- poke poke. 
    It's Thomas.  "It's thundering again."  So the rest of the
    night every hour or so I get a -- poke poke -- and a comment about the
    thunder.  Following this there is a 15 minute discussion about
    thunder (each time).  So you can imagine how well I slept last
    night.  Only to wake up this morning (with an alarm this time) to
    get up at 6 to get the boys ready for school. 

    SLEEP!  I JUST NEED A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP! 

    In general in a very good mood anyway. 
    I should try sleep deprivation more often, it makes me delirious.  Maybe that's a good thing.