Middle of the night ramble

What to do when one can't sleep? I can now add blogging to the list of options which include reading and laying awake stressing out about not sleeping. Living in the city makes insomnia much less lonely you can look out the window and see the lights of all the other people not sleeping. Are we all just that stressed? are they people who work an odd shift? or work from home? or don't work? or just night owls? is it the weather which today turned stormy? For me tonight it's problably the stress, or maybe it's my sore throat, or getting too much sleep over the holiday weekend just past. It's not the cat who's been unusally quiet, or the cobras under the bed. I opened a window, some air might help even if it's cold air. Often what helps most it just getting up for a few minutes to acknowledge that sleep isn't working. Then I start the whole going to bed thing over again. If at first you don't succeed....