Sleep patterns

I was awakened early this morning. This time around 2:30. My heart was pounding. My mind was racing. I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I returned to bed and laid my body down again. I stared at the shadows on the walls. Nothing like a dormer window to cast odd shadows across the walls. Particularly with a streetlight outside and a security light on your next door neighbor's house which throws odd lights off the side of your house at ungodly times. Usually accompanied by the sharp barks of two chihuahuas.

I was listening to the wind outside the house, trying to identify whether or not it was raining. It seemed to be raining, off and on. Maybe lightly.

I turned on the bedside light and picked up a book. I read three chapters. My eyes were burning. I made it through the three chapters. I checked the book to see how many chapters there are in the book. Thirty. I am a third way through the book. At this rate, it should take me a little over six days to finish.

I put the back down and turned off the light. I rolled over in bed softly. I closed my eyes and fell back to sleep. I woke up again at 7:30. A little later than I wanted.

I am oddly looking forward to when the time changes over to daylight savings time. I have got to believe that I will then go to bed around 9:00, awaken at 1:00, then sleep until 6:00. When I calculate the difference, I think I will end up getting more sleep by losing the extra hour.

This is the odd calculus of sleep and the government's efforts to give us extra daylight in which to work. I think that I will ultimately get more sleep. Figure that one out.