sleep and the elusiveness thereof

[wispfox]

Lately, sleep hasn't been very friendly with me. This isn't *terribly* unusual, but it's really annoying.

I don't *like* waking up at 6am when I don't need to get up until 8 or 8:30. And it doesn't seem to matter what time I go to bed, either. I do tend to start getting tired between 10 and 11 (as early as 9 if my mind is feeling especially sleep-deprived), I also tend to have between an hour and an hour and a half of pre-sleep stuff to do. Not including however long it takes me to fall asleep once I'm intending to do so.

This morning, rather than trying to pretend I could get back to sleep, I got up at 7. Made for a much less rushed morning. Hell, I even had some time to read a bit and pet my cat before leaving - and I was still 30 minutes earlier to work than normal.

Meant I got to watch the most entertaining interaction between some adult grackles and a juvenile who I'm *positive* was old enough to find it's own food, even though it was being fed by the two adults.

I originally thought it might have been a female and part of some bird courtship ritual (which amused the hell out of me; at least partly because there were two of the apparently males feeding it). But, when I got to work, I checked and grackle adults look the same regardless of being male or female.

Walking to work from the garage is not a long walk, but is generally entertaining. I really hope there's at least a somewhat nice day this weekend, since I *do* have no plans for any of those days. Maybe I'll wander to the beech or something. I've decided against visiting my parents, though, because I'm seeing them Monday at my youngest sister's graduation from MIT.

So, now, I'm somewhat sleepy. To the point of having decided to have some coffee. As those who know me reasonably well know, this is a *very* unusual thing to happen, and tends to make for a very entertaining experience for anyone who happens to need to interact with me while I'm caffeinated.

My body apparently thinks I need less than 6 hours of sleep (probably less than that, as I rarely sleep straight through any night), but I never feel alert unless I've been regularly getting about 8 or 9 (it's higher in the wintertime). Maybe if I manage to actually *remember* to meditate regularly, this will be less dramatically true. Mmm.. meditate...

OK, so this post isn't even remotely only about sleep...

I'm trying to find a Yoga class in my area, because I've been thinking about doing Yoga for years. But one of the two I'm aware of has still not returned my call... and the other has class starting at 5:30 on Monday nights. I get *out* of work around then. Although, I suppose if I keep getting up at 7, I can just leave work a half an hour earlier on Mondays...

AH! Must *not* forget to pay for APC10's registration when I get my next paycheck! Meh. It'd be really silly to have to pay extra because I keep forgetting. *puts it into her Palm*

Mmm... Baitcon is in a few weeks... I find it very amusing that most (all?) of the release engineer-type people are not going to be at work that Friday. Also must remember to tell my boss that my phone is mostly going to be useless for that weekend.

Enough random babbles for the morning. Must go do large amounts of testing. Stupid evil month of insanity.