Psychic Care & Feeding

This insomnia really sucks. I used to watch that Comedy Central show, Insomniac, where the guy goes out and interviews people who work at night. I've never had two months of insomnia, though! Here are some things I need to do to get through this time:

1. Stop reading the paper. That's what woke me up tonight at 2 am. I remembered the bad news (local, national, international) I'd read. I had to do that for a year after I had my first child. Looks like I have to do it now even before I have the next one. Although I was planning to do a posting on songwriting ideas gotten from the New York Times (Fallen judges. Imported teachers. War. Famine. Fiction. Etc.). I guess I'll leave that for someone else to mine.

2. Get out of the house every day. That was my mistake today--didn't do it.

3. Limit computer time. Unfortunately, now that I have DSL and a new iBook I'm spending way too much time on it. It's become an always-on proposition. That's also the result of 10 years of training to sit day in and out in front of a computer for 8 hours at a stretch. That's why I didn't have a computer at home. No point. Tangent: Funny how 5-10 years ago we thought reading at length on the Internet wasn't ergonomically viable. How our stamina has increased, eh?

4. Do something for myself every day. Could be buying something good/healthy to eat, taking a walk, browsing in a bookstore, going to a museum. I've been taking the bus and walking somewhat now that the car's gone but it's an adjustment for local errands to have to do that, since I live in the 'hood and there's not too much good stuff around. It's getting better though. Not that I'd want to live near a shopping mall.