Sleep?

Am I getting tired? I barely posted this week (though you are still loyal and come visit almost as often, thanks, I appreciate it). I've been going to bed late almost every night, but busy with other things than blogging. And I try to use my bus rides time to catch up on emails or re-work my novel (I'm half way through the 3rd of 18 chapters now, and I expect much less changes as I get closer to the middle since most people who read it, or at least the ones who told me about it, said that after the first third, or maybe half way through the novel, it becomes a page turner, you just can't let it got, let me know if you would be curious to try it, it is in French though :-).

There is one night that I crashed in bed around 8:32 to sleep almost one stretch (I almost always wake up a few times during the night), to finally wake up at 6:48... This is because I was under attack... A big bad flu bug was trying to get the best of me... But I fought hard... And I think I won... So far... Let's see if the early flight and the jet lag of my trip to California tomorrow will not give him an unfair advantage if he still have enough strength for a second attempt... We'll see... I should try to get to bed early tonight, but I have things to prepare, and will most likely have one last interesting visit from you know who before I leave for around 10 days (and then come back for 6 days with the kids)...

What I would have needed is a long sleep this morning... But I have a very hard time doing that... I don't know why, but mornings are not for sleeping for me... Actually, late nights either, I love to stay up late... Fortunately, my body doesn't seem to need much sleep (there are much more important things that my body needs, like FUN for example... ho... and food... One of the things that kicked me out of bed early this morning, besides the fact that I couldn't sleep, because I could have still at least stayed bed... but no... My stomach asked me to get up and have breakfast.... I could hear it.... grrruuummmmbbbbllleeee... I know, long parenthesis, sorry, but you are probably used to that by now :-)...

I wish I wouldn't need any sleep at all so that I would have more time to do all those FUN things that excite me... Like writing those stupid things that go through my mind all the time and hope to entertain you with it. Write a little less stupid things in short film scenarios, and then write hopefully intelligent and more interesting things in novels, and also get some work done for my employer so that I can pay the bills and have a few little extras like that great week-end I had last week at L'Eau à la bouche, etc... etc... etc...

But nope, my body doesn't like it if I don't sleep enough. Earlier this week, I had an ugly blood stain in the white of my left eye, I also have two bad 'aphthous ulcères' in my mouth, one on the side of the tongue close where the upper and lower teeth meet... ouch!... very painful when I eat (so I kind of lost my appetite this week), and another one on the inside of my upper lip... no fun...

So my body talks to me by sending those weird encoded message when I don't have enough sleep... I say weird encoded because I don't really feel sleep, I don't feel tired, my mood doesn't change much (OK, I might a little less patient with my kids, but I still make them laugh a lot :-)... So it seems I need to suffer to get the message and try to sleep more...

But next week, I'll be in California, this is not a place to sleep. I'm there for work, first, of course, but I also want to get the best of it... we'll see... I'll keep you posted... But for sure... I'll have fun... I know I will... Especially tomorrow... I already told about this girl I haven't seen in 27 years, right? I'm taking off in about 24 hours now...

Till then!

BYE
MAD