Sleeplessness by any other name

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I just took a chill pill (code name: Ibuprofen).

It’s 12:51 on the Battlestar Insomnia. 

Though I’m not fighting Cylons, I often think the office copy machine/fax/scan/staple thingy is trying hard to become one.  Want to see it crash and burn in half a second?  Just say the words, “I’m in a hurry,” and paper gets stuck in 20 places instantly.

Then there are the power surges, and 3 second power outages that happen for no apparent reason. 

Truly, I believe that someone at the power company is saying, “Let’s see whose work we can screw up this time.” 

All it takes is the flip of a switch.  I lost 20 minutes of work that way — once.  I’ve since invested in a battery backup and surge protector thingy that gives me 5 minutes to back up everything  if there’s a power outage. 

With my luck, I’ll be in the bathroom when there’s a power surge, feeling around for the toilet paper.

What’s keeping me up tonight?  Wish I knew.

All I can tell you is that at 2:00pm every day, I can go to sleep in seconds.  That lasts about an hour, if I allow it to happen.  Then, I can’t get to sleep until 3:00am.  

It’s 1:00 in the morning.  I’ve written a post, checked Twitter and scrolled through Facebook.  All I have to show for it is this:

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Good night, and once again, may the farce be with you.