Insomnia and the modern blogger

I was talking to my sister Machelle (with an A) the other day and told her that I was no longer going to be a blogger. From now on I am going to write online essays. For my first essay I figured that I would write about my insomnia.
I am not sure when the insomnia started but I can tell you that I am tired of it. (pun intended) It is kind of interesting to think about insomnia. I have dealt with it off and on since I was a kid. Here are some things that I have learned from my own experience.
1) Nobody else in my family has it. I know this because as I wander around the house to check out noises I can hear them snoring.
2) Never, I mean never ask the wife if she will stay up with you to keep you company. Especially on days that she has worked, ran kids to the four corners of the earth, or had a school day.
3) You do some goofy stuff when you can't sleep. I remember Russ telling me about waking up one night when he was living with his in-laws and walking in on his father in law washing baseball caps. I thought that this was pretty weired when I heard it, It didn't seem quite so weird when I found myself in the kitchen at three in the morning experimenting with which cleaning supplies cleaned grout best. (Muratic acid is best, but scrubbing bubbles were not bad. Plain water will work ok if you really scrub hard).
4) Birds are not cute at night. The neighbor has a bird that has roosted in their tree and sings all night long. If I had night vision goggles and a laser scope it would not be whistling right now.
5) The worst television shows are on at night. Why did they ever invent Erkle, and why do they have a whole channel devoted to him.
6) It is possible to get your mail in your underwear in the middle of the night. (Haven't tried it naked yet, too many cops live on the street.)
7) Jacuzzi tubs and hot baths do not make you go to sleep. They are nice and relaxing, but just seem to make me a more relaxed, wide awake person.
8) There is a lot that you can do when nobody is bugging you at night. I have found that I can sometimes put out bids at night. I think I might start returning calls to some of my least favorite customers in the middle of the night.
9) Melatonin is only a temporary sleep aide. It is advertized as a natural sleep aid, and I am afraid to try sleeping pills. It puts you to sleep for a couple of hours only to wake you up again (usually in time for the beginning of the Family Matters marathon)
10) Cereal tastes amazing at 2:00 in the morning.

I know there are probably lots of other things that insomniacs could add to this list, I think I will stop here. Maybe I am wasting my time trying to fight it. I should get a night shift job somewhere, or maybe take up midnight jogging. I have gone for late night bike rides (I know that only makes it harder to sleep), and it has been so peaceful riding villaridge with lights on the bike. At least when you ride in Summerlin at night you don't feel out of sorts. It is amazing how many old people like to walk in the middle of the night.

So there it is, my first online essay. I have proof read it, ran spell check, but it still looks like a blog.