Step 74: Don't Sleep

So, it is now 5:24 am, and I just gave up trying to sleep after a two and a half hour battle. I don't know what the deal is, it's not like I'm worrying about anything and that's keeping me awake.

I suppose falling asleep on the couch earlier didn't help though.

Mostly, I've been lying awake and thinking about all sort of random things. This blog, my legacy sims, the new healthcare bill, going to the doctor myself, finding a new house, whether or not I'll stick to my resolutions this year.

Pretty much in that order, too.

Anyway, I was about to beat the awakeness into submission, but then I got hot and stuck my leg out from the blankets to cool down.

Then I let it hang over the side of the bed.

BAD idea. Because there is some part of me that's still 4 and thinks that there just MIGHT be a monster waiting to grab me by that leg and...who knows what.

Then, as I'm telling myself that that's ridculous (after pulling my leg safely back under the blankets) I remembered the part in Paranormal Activity where the unseen demon comes in and picks up the girl's exposed ankle as though he's testing whether he can drag her by it or not. (He later DOES drag her by it.) And then, as I'm trying to calm myself down from that, repeating that it was only a movie and special effects, and stuff like that CAN'T happen to me, because I'm just too strong-spirited and yadda yadda, the cat reacts to something I can't see.

First, he spots whatever it is. Then, he follows it with his eyes, then he gets up and watches it with interest, then he takes off out of the room, sitting down calmly outside the door and gazing back in toward me.

NOT COOL, CAT.

So of course the light goes on, my glasses go on, and here I sit, at 5:33 am, both awake and now too worked up to even think about trying again.

Also, pizza topped with only pepperoni and bacon? Bad choice. Make sure you add some beef or sausage to mellow out the bacon. I'm still tasting it 12 hours later. Bleh.

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