Insomnia

As I sit here at 1:30 in the morning pondering sleep, I have to ask the question, "is it normal to not sleep?"  I go to bed usually between 1 and 3 AM.  I get up around 7:30 to 8:15 without an alarm.  Well my cell is set to go off at 8:30, but I am usually awake to hear it go off.  This isn't just on the weekends either.  This is damn near every day.  My poor dog stays near me at all times and I think it is affecting his health too. He doesn't listen when I tell him to go to bed without me. 

My wife is probably more frustrated than I am with this sleep deprivation/ near insomnia thing.  It isn't because I disturb her when I DO come to bed finally.  I think she sleeps through it most days.  I think she is annoyed to not have me keeping her warm.  Even on a summer night when it's really warm out (that is above 65 in Ohio) she is still cold at night.  I go to bed and simply put my hand on her hip or leg and I can actually feel her relax because she is getting warmer instantly. 

The cats, both of them, could give a damn where I am or what I am doing at this time of night.  Unless of course it is dropping food in their bowls or cleaning their f****ng litter box.  We have two of this felonious felines and one of them likes to drop puke right in a walkway for me at least once a week. Haven't figured out if it's just one or both that do this to me. I didn't know how spiteful the little guys could be.  Just because I don't let them sleep as much as they want or clean their shit box quick enough is no reason to be vengeful.  When they're hungry they cry, when they're pissed, they puke.  At least I think that is the equation.  Needless to say, since I am awake ALOT and alone ALOT, I have a lot of time to think of this stuff. Kitty Cat Conspiracy Theory could be the name of my book or a rock group.  Of course it would either be a glam band or another all girl band that has no right to be playing music. 

Anyhow, off to bed to toss and turn until 2:30ish.  At least when I do fall asleep, I do not hear a thing.  Sometimes I wake up, but its because I am sleeping wierd on my arm or I am rolling over.  Not sirens, thunderstorms, racing motorcycles or teenagers on summer break can wake me up once I am out.  (I once slept through a tornado touching down several miles away).  Although it is almost 4th of July and all the economically challenged neighbors that can't buy a rake to clean their yards seem to be able to afford $600 worth of very loud fireworks.  I guess that the one good thing about the recession was the lack of funds for noisy Alex wakers in the middle of the night. 

Until the next mortar explosion, I am out like Weiner's weiner!

Schmalex