The red LCD numerals on the clock glow 2:30 a.m. I have to pee. I tumble out of bed, pad into the bathroom.…
Woke up a little earlier than usual today, given I’m on holiday break. Sleep was uneven and full of gaps, and by 9am I was…
Monday, September 17, 2018 4:30AM: I wake up to my cat kneading his paws against me. He thinks he’s starving, of course, but he…
September 17, 2018 0612: I wake suddenly in my recliner. I must have fallen asleep last night reading in my office, as I sometimes…
Diary 9/17/18 Slept restlessly and bolted up when the city came to empty the dumpsters at 5:45 am. They are outside our window, and…
EDLM 9/17/18 I wake and turn my phone alarm off at 5:00. I notice a text from my daughter and a tweet about the…
4:30 am: Wake up. Wait. Why the hell am I up? Sigh. This happens occasionally and always inexplicably. Damnit. OK, I decide, I’ll surface the…
I’m ducking around in what looks like either a bank or hotel hallway. I’m mostly going around in circles, trying to avoid the line of…
September 17, 2018 Diary Awoke early—before 5, but drifted back off for another hour, thankfully. My wife has a sleepless night so she turned…
Backstory: I have lived in Muncie for almost 10 years. In October of 2017, I moved to Alameda, California, just outside San Francisco. My boyfriend…