Ah. I slept more than 8 hours last night. It helped.
There was a Whisky Society meeting, so I was well soused by the time I fell into bed – I suspect it helped me fall asleep pretty much immediately, thus enabling the 8 hours (I had time for 8 hours the night before, I just spent more than two of them wondering why, when I could hardly keep my eyes open, could I not fall asleep). This is worrying. Much as I like whisky, I do not think that (*counting quickly*) 16 cl of whisky are an appropriate form of sleeping aid for regular use. (Hang on, 14 cl – I didn’t drink the 10 year Jura, it was awful.)
Bother.
It will be interesting to see what my brain decides to do about falling asleep tonight. At least I should not be as stressed about needing to fall asleep now that I’ve had one proper night.
I also didn’t have any coffee at all after lunch yesterday. I think I’ll manage to keep off today as well (after lunch, that is, I need coffee in the morning) – maybe I should invest in some decaf? I don’t think laying off coffee completely is an option.
It’s the last session of the photography course tonight. Have I even mentioned that before, I wonder? Anyhoo – I’ve been going to this photography course in order to learn how to actually use all the settings that my camera is capable of. It’s been great fun. This evening we’re supposed to bring our own pictures, three themes (“Morning”, “Self portrait” and “Closeness”) – problem is I have barely had time to work on them at all. I had all of two hours Saturday morning – I had to get the film handed in by twelve in order to have it developed so I could pick it up before two… So, I’ve got a couple of mediocre pictures from a couple of ideas I had but that I didn’t have time to work out completely, and one of the best ideas I didn’t even get to work on at all. Never mind. It’s been educational anyway, I actually (finally) feel pretty comfortable with the concepts of shutter speed and ISO/ASA values and so on. All I need now is practice.
Voices in my head: David Bowie and Bing Crosby crooning Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth