by Mike on September 4, 2008
O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
– Shakespeare – 2 Henry IV (3.1.7-10)
Insomnia is my companion. It follows me every day of my life, through good times and bad, through sickness and health. No matter what happens, [...]
by Mike on September 4, 2008
Here it’s 3 am and I’m sitting in my office unable to sleep. Last night I woke up at 3 am and couldn’t get back to sleep until 6 am. Took my medications and still wide-eyed. It could be many things: hypomania, insomnia, the sleep medication being ineffective, my biorhythms being messed up, sleeping late [...]
by Mike on September 1, 2008
It’s the first of September, 2008, Labor Day in the US. That’s when all of us laborers are supposed to get the day off. Except for the poor dweebs and schmoes working in retail and restaurants that the rest of us will enjoy on this day of relaxation and rest.
And it’s the first day for [...]