For several months I’ve been morphing into a night owl.

I’m actually a morning person, but I slowly began staying up later and later as the clock hands keep marching on toward a new day. This has to stop because I can’t stay asleep in the morning and I also can’t function on 6 hours of sleep.

I know, I know. I hear many of you saying, “What a whiner. Six hours. Who sleeps more than six hours?”.

I do. I sleep from 11:00 PM until 6:56 AM.
At least I used to.
And I will once more so help me God.

I’m quitting night-time use of my computer & iPad cold turkey.
As of now I am powering down and going back to real books for bedtime reading.

Let K-Mart corner the market on the Blue Light Specials.
I’m going back to the incandescent light of my bedside lamp.
Really it’s a wall sconce, but it’s got the old fashioned incandescent light bulbs.

When I thought the whacko environmentalists were gonna make incandescent light bulbs illegal in California I went to a place called The Bulbman and bought them by the cases.
I am the proud owner of a lifetime supply of regular lightbulbs in a wide variety of wattages.

I am aware that this sounds a little crazy. A little hoarder-ish.
Think what you want.
The blue light is wreaking havoc with my circadian rhythms.

While I’m ranting I might as well take on the fluorescent family.
Fluorescent lights make me nervous.
You know the kind in old offices.
Creepy.
And that noise they make.
I’d go postal after a week or two of that noise.

There’s research people.
I’m not making this up.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-08/news/ct-met-night-light-sleep-20120708_1_blue-light-bright-light-steven-lockley

Tomorrow I’m headed to the Almost Perfect Bookstore.
No more Kindle purchases for this girl.

AND I’m up 4 pounds in the last six months.
It’s not even my fault.
I just found this WebMD article.
I’m blaming my iPad.

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleepiness-10/lack-of-sleep-weight-gain