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Firstly, this.

When I first read this the other night I couldn't stop laughing for about fifteen minutes, and now Dawkins has put his impression of the incident into words.

Last night was a bad night.

A very bad night.

For no reason that I have been able to figger out, I was wired.

And tired, just so tired.

I just wanted to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up in the morning.

I got the first part right... I was in bed by 22:00, a little late by my standards, but OK.

And that's where the OK part ends.

I could not. Get. To. Sleep.

I tried all of the things that have never worked before, and they didn't work yet again.

Up, down, several times.

Read until I couldn't keep my eyes open, go to bed and stare at the black ceiling.

Callie was just snoozing away at the foot of the bed, oblivious to my pain.

Reminded me of Karen... well, she didn't sleep at the foot of the bed, but she would never awaken when I had these nights, which didn't help matters any. No sympathy, at least at the proper time... when it was actually needed.

I finally went back to bed right before the alarm went off, and I hit the snoozebar. And fell asleep.

This was not good, 'cause I wanted to call my supervisor at 06:30 to let him know that I wasn't coming in... I wound up being able to waken enough right before 07:00 to call.

And then I went to sleep again, after I turned the alarm off.

I really hated to call in, since we are already a tech short... but I felt that it was a necessity.

I usta be able to go to work when I'd been up 24+ hours, but I really don't trust myself to do that any more... the older I get, etc....

I woke up about 10:00, and I forced myself to get up, so that I might have a chance of sleeping tonight.

So I watched TV to stay awake, but I found myself dozing off several times.

And that was my day... I just finished watching a movie about a smoking lobbyist that was pretty good, I'd seen the last half-hour sometime in the past and wondered about it.

And now it's about bedtime, and I really think that I can go to sleep.

Of course, I thought so last night too....