Sleepless

I have developed a new sleeping pattern which I am evaluating for effectiveness. OK, I've already evaluated it: it is NOT effective. Here's how it works. At about 8:30 or 9:00pm I collapse, exhausted from the day, and fall blissfully asleep. At about 12:00 midnight or perhaps a bit later (or, earlier the next morning, if you are into technicalities) I snap wide awake. Now, my family is fast asleep (except for my fourteen year old son who has adopted the sleeping habits of a vampire hamster) and I am reluctant to do anything noisy like watch TV, do last night's dishes that we lazily left for later, or vacuum the sofa. Also, it turns out that while wide awake, I am unable to muster a genuinely alert mental state that would be useful for actually catching up on work, or paying bills, or doing taxes, or anything that requires actual decision making of any caliber.

At least I am catching up on light reading.