06:20 - Not getting any easier to wake up. The shower usually helps, but not today. Then inspiration strikes. I'm supposed to be off work this Friday, but circumstances make it a good idea to be there. So I send an e-mail to my boss, trading a three-day weekend for a reprieve today.
09:30 - I haven't gone back to bed, yet. I'm determined not to, but the possibility lingers right at the periphery of awareness, like something barely noticed at the edge of my vision.
11:00 - I'm going through the Caffeine-Free Diet Coke at a rate that is putting a serious dent in my single two-litre bottle supply, but it isn't doing a damn thing for my lassitude. The placebo effect only goes so far.
13:00 - After two more zombielike hours on the computer, I head downstairs and eat a perfunctory lunch. This gives me just enough energy to clean up the kitchen.
16:00 - I'm having a lot of trouble keeping my eyes open, so I crawl into bed for a power nap before my wife gets home.
17:30 - I wake up when I hear the garage door open.
22:42 - After an hour-and-a-half nap, I can't believe I'm this tired this early. But once again the tiredness refuses to submit to my will, and it's bedtime. It usually takes me a good half-hour of thinking about stuff to wind down enough to sleep. Tonight I'm out within five minutes.
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This sounds like me most days, and I drink coffee! Maybe you need a vacation??
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