  Insomnia is a bitch. I woke up at approximately 3:00 am and now it's 5:00 am. The big question - Do I bother to try to go to sleep again when I have to get up in a couple of hours anyway?? My usual pattern is that I'll fall into my eventual slumber, say 45 minutes before I have to wake up.
I don't know why, but that 45 minutes is a very restful sleep. It's like the sleep fairies are teasing me by giving me a little snippet of the sleep I'm missing only to pluck it away right from under me. Curses to them! It's probably not wise to curse a fairy, but oh well.... It probably doesn't help my sleeping cause to watch t.v. at this hour, but I do it anyway. The other options don't work or don't appeal. Counting sheep makes me wonder who came up with the idea of counting sheep and why sheep anyway? I mean, couldn't I just as easily count kangaroos? What if I have an aversion to sheep... I mean, I don't, but what if... And if sheep had insomnia and could count, would they count people?
Do they even know the concept of people? I mean, they don't associate a person with the word, but do they know a person is not one of them? Never mind.. rambling musings brought on by sleep deprivation... Anyway, these are the things I think about when I'm supposed to be counting sheep. Warm milk? I'm lactose intolerant, so that's not an option. Besides, who would want their milk warm?? Blach! Reading? Nah.... So what's left? Infomercials!! Some infomercials are rather engaging.
I have a question about infomercials/paid programming. Now, excuse me if this sounds insensitive, but what makes the starving children bloated? Forgive me for my ignorance, but are they retaining water? What is in their little tummies that makes them so bloated? Just one of my thoughts when plagued by insomnia.... The informerical I particularly enjoy is the one about enhanced sexual performance. That one is for men that, shall we say, make it out of the blocks okay but can't quite run the full lap, if you know what I mean.
It is a talk show format with a bunch of women detailing their husband's/boyfriend's poor performance in bed. Now, I'm sure these women are paid actors, but dont'cha think it still makes their men wonder? And if they are paid actors isn't that false advertising? And isn't it strange how you can live your entire life just as content as can be, watch an infomercial, then realize that you have to buy the antioxidant detoxifier thigamajig immediately or else you will die?
I didn't know it, but I must have the speed reading kit post haste! Well, I gotta go, there's a Hoover Outdoor Indoor Spin Sweep calling my name..... 
