I don’t know what the medical definition of insomnia is. I have had it, or something very similar for years, probably 30 years or so.

On a fairly inconsistent basis, I will go from what I would describe as normal sleep (7+ hours) to somewhere between 3 (unacceptable) and 5 (almost acceptable) hours of sleep. I had a bad bout of it up to July of 2023. As I have mentioned here, my Aunt and Cousin came to visit me in July of 2023, I called it the Tour of Alberta. It was very tiring handling all of the driving duties and that ended my bout of insomnia.

Until a few weeks ago, that is. Unsure what the change was, but I started waking up earlier and earlier and this started in early February. It’s not a lot of fun. I wake up and am totally awake. I work and what not, but the tiredness is just in the background. Coffee doesn’t really help at all, nothing does.

I have been asked if I have visited a doctor about it, especially since it has been going on for so long. Well, no, I have not. I just sort of put up with it and I know that it will go away on its own, and it always does.

Well, last night for the first time in about 6 weeks, I slept well and slept in until 5:20am – much, MUCH better than the 3:05am that I woke up at yesterday.

So, I am basically hoping that this is the beginning of the end of my current bout. I don’t know if it is and I am generally a pessimist about everything, but, we will see. If it has ended, then this bout was very short – it tends to last about 6 months or so, then I sleep well for at least 6 months and sometimes much longer, 18 months, 2 years even once.

I will see what happens. Sleep well.