Notes, Notings, and Common Refrains

So, yesterday, I had a migraine around dinner time (7.pm), so I had some coffee with my Tylenol clone. Normally, the rule of no-caffeine-less-than-six-hours-before-bed works for me. And normally, I go to bed after 1 am. So I thought that was a workable plan.

Only...

I made my coffee way too strong.

I still got to bed by 2 am, and fell asleep shortly after. But it was a caffeinated sleep, with my brain just skimming along the surface of REM sleep like a stone skipping across the surface of a pond.

And today, I could not concentrate on anything. It was as if my brain was continuing that skimming along the surface act in my waking state, too.

So now, I'm waiting for my nightly dose of Benedryl to kick in, and I'll try again.

And it sounds like someone idiot is firing a rifle off, in celebration of the new year -- as Brig would say: five rounds rapid.

Well to be fair, I'm not even sure I know what a rifle going off sounds like... but it's loud, and it sure doesn't sound like fireworks I've heard before.... :-/

I was originally planning on going to bed early, so I could be sound asleep at midnight, and not be woken up by the explosions... But the random, amateur popping noises started around ten.

At this rate, I might as well stay up until after the official show is over. More likely to have quiet, after that...


I got all of two hours sleep, in the wee hours of the morning, today.. I'll wish everyone a joyous new year after I'm rested...

Ah... there are the official whizzes and booms...

Out with the old, in with the new... and all that.

(yawn)