Elizabeth Bear: Hello, 3 am my old friend. Middle aged insomnia, anxiety, and something pissed off a skunk in the yard. Rethinking my plans to get up early and go for a run before it gets hot.

Hello, 3 am my old friend. Middle aged insomnia, anxiety, and something pissed off a skunk in the yard. Rethinking my plans to get up early and go for a run before it gets hot.

update: I still went for my run. I deserve a cookie.

You do!

You deserve all the cookies for that. (And by "cookies", we both mean "fresh fruits and vegetables", right? [discreetly brushes away crumbs])

Oof. I hope you can get some more sleep in a little while!

Oooof, Hope you can go back to sleep soon

I am consistently waking up at 5am currently. This is fine in NE Scotland at this time of year but it better be the daylight and not perimenopause because I'm going to be unbearable if I wake up at 5am when it doesn't get light til gone 8 in the winter!

I can live with 5 am but 1:30 to 3:30 is a pain in my ass... Anyway I hope you get more sleep come winter.

That is definitely much worse - I hope you get better rest soon

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