Archive for Sleep

Sleepiness update

As I’ve mentioned in various contexts, for the past month or so I’ve been sleepy almost all the time, regardless of how much sleep I’ve had. For the first couple weeks, I guessed it was a stress issue. But most of the biggest stresses got resolved, and I’m still sleepy. Saturday night, I got nine […]

Sleep update

This is another in an intermittent series of posts about my sleep patterns. If you’re not interested in recent changes to my sleep patterns, then you can stop reading now. :) This is more for my own future reference than anything else. For many years, I had all sorts of insomnia issues—trouble falling asleep, trouble […]

I wonder how your engines sound

Ever since the loud car guy saga, I’ve had a strong negative reaction to revving-engine noises. That reaction has faded over time, but it still comes up sometimes. On Monday morning, in Oak Park, I was awakened at 5 am by engine sounds. Not revving this time; just a steady loud thrum that sounded like […]