Sleep variations

Sleep is a beautiful thing when you can get it. However the sleeping habit changes with age, the older one gets the less sleep needed. In addition there is always things to be done and the best time to do anything with concerned effort and concentration is at night when it is quiet. Peace is also a beautiful thing and in a mad crazy noisy existence, finding peace to take a moment out is also difficult.

It is easier when done late at night say between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. or perhaps even a little bit later. Not much later. Just a little bit. For after 5 a.m. the world is truly awake. Doing noisy things at night though is probably not a good idea if you like the neighbours.  Woodworking and plumbing are best left during waking hours, when most people are awake not when it's just light. Unless you happen to be an insomniac or a part time insomniac and dislike your neighbours, or live in a field.  Like sleep insomnia is a condition which comes and goes depending on it's fancy. So sleep, peace and insomnia are a trio of bedfellows each dancing in the shade of the banyang tree. One dances on soft sand, the other on cobble streets and the last doesn't care for peace is a state of mind.

Sometimes when I get home late the desire to sleep is so strong I will go to bed and then wake up a couple of hours later. This small luncheon allows enough space in the normal sleep routine allowing a later night and a little peace and quiet. Except of course at such small  hours of the morning it is not a time to get a musical instrument out and play, for other people are trying to get some shut eye. But oddly the desire to strum my ukulele is strong and it is like a force which cannot be denied. Except it must. This is because I just have not been getting in the normal practice routine which was part of daily life. Things get in the way. It would be so good if I could get away with just a minimum time sleeping and then be productive with the rest. But even productivity is a misnomer when distractions are abound.

Yes, sleep is a beautiful thing and it shouldn't mind coming day or night providing it is given a respectful place.