The intent of this post is to amuse you, the reader, but maybe you can relate???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For several months, I find myself unable to fall asleep on a Saturday night. This phenomenon crept up on me before I realized it was a pattern. It\u2019s possible now that it\u2019s a self-fulfilling prophecy and I\u2019m hoping it creeps away as sneakily as it appeared. Regardless, this past Saturday night, sometime in the wee hours, I realized I was having a conversation with myself that went something like this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: This bed is so comfy. Goodnight Brain. Catch you up in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: Goodnight? Are you forgetting what night this is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: I\u2019m retired. I don\u2019t care what night this is. They\u2019re all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: This is Saturday, our together and alone time night. Call it a date night, if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: We\u2019re together all the time and we don\u2019t \u201cdate\u201d. Goodnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: Oh, we date alright. Every Saturday night for the past several months. Haven\u2019t you noticed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: Now that you mention it, you have been rather active on Saturday nights for quite some time. Why? And why Saturday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: I like consistency and Saturday is as good a night as any. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: No. Why are you active only one night each week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: I only get lonely once a week. Shall I sing you a song?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Body: Please don\u2019t. You\u2019ll pick a random song you don\u2019t know all the words to and keep repeating it over and over and over and over and over…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brain: But I like to sing and we\u2019re practicing. Just for a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much later\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: It\u2019s been over an hour. Please stop, I\u2019m begging you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: Okay. How about we share the highs and lows of our week?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: We\u2019ve already done that, in the moment. No point to rehash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: I know you\u2019re reading a good book. We could discuss it. Make some predictions on what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: I think not. I\u2019m very tired. Leave me alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: I\u2019ve always liked counting back from 100\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: Really? Are you intending to inject me with some kind of anesthetic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: I\u2019ve got it! You\u2019ve got a lot of items on your to-do list. Let\u2019s review them together and maybe prioritize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: No. I\u2019m thinking of getting up and taking some kind of sedative to get rid of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: Ha! We both know that\u2019s an idle threat. It\u2019s way too late for that. Look, the sky is starting to lighten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 minutes later\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: You still there? Your lack of participation is hurtful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: (Sigh) I\u2019m still here but I don\u2019t want to be. Your insistence is annoying and making me resentful. And I\u2019m getting a headache and starting to feel nauseous from lack of sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: Pshaw. You\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: Seriously? You would allow me to suffer just because you\u2019re lonely? What kind of partner are you anyway? I need sleep to keep me healthy. YOU need sleep to keep your wires from frazzling. You don\u2019t want to end up disoriented and unable to do your job properly, do you? I know you take a lot of pride in how well you perform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: Hmmm\u2026 well, maybe just a few hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 hours later\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brain: Rise and shine! It\u2019s going to be a fabulous day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Body: I give up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The intent of this post is to amuse you, the reader, but maybe you can relate??? For several months, I find myself unable to fall asleep on a Saturday night. This phenomenon crept up on me before I realized it Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,127],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retirement","category-sleepless","tag-sleepless"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3371,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}