Wow. What a fabulous weather weekend (and no, I did not make it over to the Antiques & Garden Fair). My favorite U10 soccer team started the spring season with two wins, and my teeth were not chattering on the sidelines. Sunday’s game was actually warm and summer-like! But I promised you a story about insomnia, and if you’d like to stay up late, here’s how it’s done:
- Watch television. At my house, that would be ESPN. (I’m actually starting to like Sports Center. Go Red Sox!) See an Acura commercial with a catchy tune from your childhood (yeah, I’m old). Misremember that it’s Cheap Trick. Go to iTunes to purchase. Discover that it’s Supertramp. (I think we’ve already established that I’m old.)
- Purchase song. Listen a couple of times. Not too much, you don’t want to tire of it, but hey, it’s been a while, and it’s not like Acura plays the whole song.
- Run errands; go out to dinner. In brief: enjoy a typical Saturday afternoon/evening.
- Husband and son are tired and fall asleep immediately. You stay up and do laundry (there’s a dirty soccer jersey that needs to be clean before morning). That’s okay, you’re not tired yet anyway.
- Laundry done, you’re ready to sleep. Not so fast: it’s time to revisit that Supertramp song. “Dreamer” is on a loop in your head and it will not stop.
- Trying to shut it down, you get up and read. No go. Reading makes you tired, but once you lie down, Supertramp is there to serenade you.
- Grasping at straws, set the iPod to a This American Life podcast and hope for the best.
- Finally, sleep.
Do not try this at home.
See you tomorrow.