  I'm not, thank heavens, prone to insomnia, but I've definitely gotten a feel for the toll it must take on the mind and body from the occasional sleep deprivation my son requires of me.
Last night, for instance, he had a major wardrobe malfunction. He woke up fussy around 4:00 a.m. and he was soaking wet - his clothes, his bedding, himself. So, after stripping him, replacing the faulty diaper, and wiping him down, I brought him in bed with me. It's pretty sweet to lie in bed next to a person you love and adore, but it's hard to sleep when that person is wide awake, grabbing your nose and trying to pry your mouth open.
I was still awake when my alarm went off at 5:30, but after that I settled into a nice, sound sleep that made me panic when I woke up later, almost late for work. Fortunately, we're starting classes an hour late today because we're anticipating a visit from urlLink Congressman Max Burns at what would normally be our lunch hour. The visit is the result of a letter writing campaign our students engaged in recently. Our program is scheduled to be cut from the federal budget, so we're soliciting our legislators' support.
urlLink Senator Saxby Chambliss scheduled a visit earlier, but he just sent a guy from his office. 
