night owl newbie

I have quickly gone from an, in-bed-by-9:30 girl...

to a crazy-eyed night owl.

I am just giddy as can be to sit here all ALONE until way late,

with my reading materials, my laptop, and my Food Network.

And my snacks.

Gotta have my snacks.

This beats waking up at 2:30 AM any day.

That's my theory anyway.

But really, at some point I suppose I should go to sleep.

I sure do hate to break up this happy party though.

"Good night" everyone!

Maybe.

Eventually.

sweet dreams!

Well, good morning my sunshiney friends!

It's not even 4 AM and I am wide awake and ready to conquer the world!

Actually...the second part of that sentence is entirely false.

I am sitting on the couch like a blob.

Ready to conquer nothing.

Two nights in a row now I have awakened at precisely 2:37.

Ridiculous!!

I blame this, and everything else negative in my life on my

perimenopause.

The economy, the discord in the middle east,

the fact that I am out of dinner ideas....

It's all my hormones.

So, I am beginning to wonder if I am putting way too much stock

in the fact that the so called experts say we need

8 hours of sleep every night (lest we keel over and die.)

I'm beginning to wonder...if perhaps, the so called experts

are full of you-know-what.

If God wanted me to sleep for a full night, well...He would make that happen.

But here I am.

Awake, still.

At 3:58 AM.

And I am very hungry.

Very, very hungry.

All right, so...tell me, how many hours of sleep each night do YOU average??

(If you tell me 8-10, I WILL come find you and make you take me to an expensive lunch.)

But for now, 

I am going to raid my kitchen...then TRY to curl back up in bed,

and catch some zzzzz's before my alarm goes off.

Sweet dreams!