Into an Endless Night, Wide Awake

As I have mentioned many times before in this blog, I suffer from insomnia.  In fact, it happens on a fairly regular basis, and it has been happening to me much of my life.  Just last night, I barely slept three hours, and that's just after sleeping barely four hours two night previously.  I'm not sure what is causing it, but both nights were similar.  I would try to fall asleep, only to start feeling some pressure, and then having to get up.  I tried many of the same techniques I've used over the years to fall asleep. I even used one technique twice the first night, even if it was not too easy to do.  The weirdest thing is that I rarely have two really bad nights so close together.  After not sleeping well the first night, I would be so tired that I usually don't have a problem falling asleep the next few nights.  This time though, I had two really bad nights with a barely better night between them.  I admit, I might not have been doing enough to help me fall asleep.  I worked out a little harder than us on the first day.  This normally leaves me extra sore when I increase my load like that.  It also leaves me running hot for a few hours.  Both can keep me awake.  I was online a little later than I should have been, playing games.  That light could have kept me up a bit the first night, but I cut way back the second night.  There were a few more reasons, but I won't enumerate them right now.  I am just still too tired to compose too much.  I'm usually better by the afternoon, but not really feeling it today.  Things should get better once the temps start going back down.  There is a certain temperature that is all but guaranteed to help put me to sleep, but I am not sure exactly what it is. I will end this post with a random thought.  Frito-Lay is coming out with Cheetos flavored popcorn, in both original and flaming-hot varieties.  Readers might not know or remember this, but Lays had a Chester Cheetah cheese-flavored popcorn for a few years, before they took it off the shelves in the past year or so.  I loved it.  It reminded me of another brand that I had as a kid.  I am a little wary of this new batch, though.  The older product had just the right amount of cheese, but this new one might have way too much.  Just look at the powder on your fingers when eating Cheetos.  Sure, my popcorn had the same thing happen, but never as bad as Cheetos.  I don't even think I've had Cheetos in over a year.  I do try to eat healthy, -ish, most of the time.  I want to like this new popcorn, but I am afraid as well.  I don't even know if it will be available around here.  It could just end up another product that I like not being sold anywhere near me, or just stopped production entirely. Until next time, wish me sleep.