It's after 1:30am and I am still up. Going to bed around 1am is pretty normal for me here--I can be quite productive in the evenings. But lately I've been having insomnia. The past few nights I have not fallen asleep until probably 3:30am. I've gone through phases of insomnia quite frequently in the past but have always attributed it to stress from teaching. But since it's starting up again here, I must be cursed with this condition. I can handle a couple of nights in a row of 5-6 hours of sleep, but after that I start getting really annoyed. Plus, today I just could not concentrate on my research because I was so sleepy. Thankfully once I do fall asleep, I stay asleep. The problem is that I need to get up no later than 9 so I can make it to breakfast.
Tonight I decided to purposefully stay up later so that when I do actually go it bed maybe I'll fall asleep sooner. And, screw breakfast tomorrow; I'm not setting my alarm. Sleep is more important than balanced nutrition at this point.

To tire myself out, I attempted the Sudoko puzzles in today's thelondonpaper. I've only ever tried Sudoko once before and it frustrated me so much that I quit. But this attempt was successful! I did the easy AND medium difficulty puzzles without any hints. See--I really do work well in the evenings!
I think that's the problem, actually...my brain goes on overdrive at night and I can't fall asleep.

Here's evidence of my accomplishment.