So there I lay, 3 a.m. wide awake. Like, get out of bed, do some laundry, organize some closets, bake a cake awake. “Good time to catch up on my neglected blog” I thought. I didn’t move. Instead, I went to my old standbys when I cannot sleep:
1. Going through the alphabet thinking of everyone I knew with alliterated names. Always starts with Alan Abrams a guy from highschool whom I haven’t laid eyes on in 25 years.
2. When I have exhausted that list, it is on to, again, going through the alphabet naming towns I know that start with each letter. Always starts with Athol because, well, it’s self explanatory, isn’t it?
3. Upon completion of those two lists I start to freak out that I am never going to fall back asleep, am going to have to make it through the whole day exhuasted and irritable and everything will suck.
It was then that I came as close as I would to getting out of bed. “If I am still awake after one more list, I’m getting up.” That was at 4:07 a.m.
Next time I looked at the clock it was to shut the alarm off. So, apparently my phenomenally boring listing really works!
jelizabeth said
This is totally original! Alliterated names? I’m going to try this next time. Although, interestingly, I have had no trouble sleeping in my new room. I think it has good feng shui.
jlr said
So good feng shui is accomplished by sharing said room with eight year old daughter….hmmm