I have problems remembering the last unbroken, peaceful night’s sleep I had. It must have been a while. In addition to my habitual “well, just because I’m tired doesn’t mean I’m going to be able to fall asleep, obviously” routine, I seem to have been doing a lot of waking up in the middle of the night lately. Only once or maybe twice a night, mostly, and I fall asleep again pretty quickly, so I only lose a few minutes of sleep, technically. However, the waking up seems to be a symptom of generally disturbed sleep, rather than isolated incidents – I’m obviously not getting enough rest. The result? Just a little more tired. A little more prone to headaches. A little more inclined to curl up on the couch and do nothing (i.e. watch television). Like right now. Unfortunately, I have work to do.
I can remember one night recently of not waking up, actually, but that involved drinking rather a lot more whisky than really advisable and topping it up with a long island ice tea and deciding, for some – no doubt highly sensible – reason, to sleep on the couch. And somehow I doubt that this is a good cure for insomnia, or whatever it is I am suffering from (very good night out, though).
Sound of the moment: Blackadder goes Forth theme
Age of the moment: middle-aged, definitely