I haven’t been sleeping well. Because I love to read in bed (or watch TV) I got in the habbit of going to bed early (about 8pm). I hope to fall asleep before about 11. But lately I find I twist and turn until 1am or even later. I need to change the pattern.

I used to think reading helped get me relax, but recently I’ve been considering reading a problem. A lot of my books are exciting and I find I don’t want to leave the tale.

Another problem is when I must get up early. Every eight days I work at the Squad, also when I have meetings or my bi-weekly cleaning lady comes, I must set an early alarm. Those frequent times are enough that I can’t create a regular pattern. Last night I was in bed about 9:30 but I only got a little over four hours of sleep before I had to wake up for Cathy, my cleaning lady.

TV sometimes helps. The one TV program I like to watch, Naked and Afraid, sometimes lulls me to sleep. I have seen most of the episodes, so when I get sleepy, I just shut it off or fall asleep while it’s on.