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Why can't I sleep on Wednesday nights?

Here it is 3:41 AM, and I've already been up for 30 minutes. I had breakfast, put the dishes away, that were in the dishwasher, and now I'm playing on the computer, trying to kill another hour and 15 minutes before heading off to work.

I don't understand it. It's not like I do anything differently on Wednesdays, than I do any other day of the week, but it just seems that come every Thursday morning, I find myself unable to sleep.  I toss and turn for an hour or two, eventually getting up around 3 AM. (Every other morning I manage to sleep until 6 AM, or 4:30 AM if I'm going to work.)

I did go for an easy bike ride in the morning, and then to the golf course to hit some balls later on in the day, neither of which were very stressful (I was hitting the ball pretty good).  Plus I only got one call from work, making for a very relaxing day.

Could that be the problem? Not enough stress!

I didn't even get a chance to take a nap during the day, so I can't use that for an excuse.
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Becky said…
You just love your job and are excited to see you co-workers :-)
1:22 AM
Mark VanKirk said…
You can't stop thinking about Lost!
6:24 AM
Marc said…
Mark, the only problem with that theory is we don't watch Lost on Wednesday night. We Tivo it and watch it another night.

You know 10 PM is our bed time!
7:07 AM
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