There's not a lot of anything going on this week but sadness. I'm pretty sure no one wants to read about that, so I'll write at its edges.
One of my bigger challenges has been my inability to sleep for more than an hour. That's been the case since Saturday, and my brain is really starting to turn to goo. My struggle reached its climax last night, when my power and Internet went out for 22, count 'em, 22 hours. Already starved for rest, I had to sleep without my CPAP machine for the first time in years, in a house where the temp had dropped into the 40s. Somehow, miraculously, I drifted off around 2am.
At 3am, I discovered that my alarm system has a heretofore unknown feature. During prolonged blackouts, the base station, which is right next to my bed, erupts with a human voice that bellows "Base station battery power is critically low! Connect to power immediately!"
I would like to personally thank the person who thought of that feature. If you're out there, please remit a map to your house.