barefoot earlier

It's been a particularly sleepless week. It goes in cycles. There are just some nights when my brain won't shut down. It's like those frustrating times when you forget you've left your PC set to restart rather than shut down when you're in a rush to leave the office... over and over again. Sylvia Plath described it a bit more elegantly.

Things that don't help

• Thinking of nothing
• A peacefully sleeping partner
  
• The neighbours' very bright exterior light that shines directly through the only window with no blind
  
• Counting sheep
• Counting the remaining time before work

Things that help

• Counting the ways to destroy the neighbours' light
• Rain on the roof
  
• Alcohol
• Not much else