I actually didn’t have one of these nights last night, but I am all too familiar with them.

What do you guys do to turn off your brain?  My go-to is reading, but that has its own perils – if the book’s not good enough, I’ll keep getting distracted by other crap, and if it’s too good, I will read it all and never sleep.  Occasionally super-late-night terrible tv works, although I think that’s how I ended up with those Beachbody workout DVDs.  Luckily, they’re actually pretty good and I’ve used them a ton, so good job, sleep-deprived, impressionable me.  I should really get those out again when I get laid off in a month and no longer have access to the workout room.  Oh, also, I’ll be laid off in just over a month.  I’d be more upset if my job didn’t make me crazy, but I imagine I’ll have more sleepless nights as the end of May approaches if I don’t get some work lined up to carry me through to re-hiring in August.  Either that or Charlie and I will ride the rails as hobos, looking for mystical Moonshine Holler (I love you, Thrilling Adventure Hour!)

“My hobo name shall be Tophat Charlie Fuzzytoes.  Bring lots of tuna in your bindle, woman.”