I was feeling slightly under the weather yesterday, so I tried going to bed around 9:30 pm. I usually go to bed at some random time between midnight and 6 am, depending on what I am working on. It is hard to tell for sure, but I'm pretty sure it usually takes me over an hour to fall asleep. I remember awakening around midnight, then at 2 am I was still awake.

Usually after 3 or 4 hours of lying there trying to sleep, I will give up and go get on the computer and experience the everlasting joys of the Internet. During these hours of attempted sleep, I will think of all kinds of programs I should write, along with the various other things going on in my life. As I get out of bed and head for the computer, I make a plan to work on some specific program. By the time the computer is booted up, I am usually off on a tangent, distracted by the never-ending stream of news coming in off the net.

So here I am, tired but still fully conscious, writing an entry in my long neglected blog. If Dani wakes up and sees me on the computer, she's gonna tell me I'm insane. I don't think she can relate to insomnia very well. The other night I used the timer on my watch to find how long it takes for her to tall asleep. About a minute and 4 seconds into my investigation, all signs of a her consiousness vanished, and I was left with the silence of my own thoughts for God knows how long.

I look at the clock, sigh, and close my eyes. Perhaps a few thousand thoughts later, I open my eyes, and see a few hours have passed. Should I try, try, again, or is it time to hit up the warm glow of my dual computer displays?

So here I am, once again, in my digital domain.