interrupted sleep in rants

1 - Since I am on the far side of 60, I cannot go through a night's sleep without at least one bathroom break. Years ago I trained myself that if, in a dream, I am either searching for or USING a bathroom... WAKE UP!! And then RUN down the hall to to toilet.

2 - I often doze off early in the evening, so by the middle of the night, not only am I awake, but I am AWAKE. I then go and play on the computer for a few hours... Or watch (listen to) something strange on the H2 channel: American Unearthed or Ancient Aliens.

3 - the CAT! If he's not meowing LOUDLY for food, he's crawling on top of me - that would be fine if he'd stay, but within three minutes he's up and off again, he's clawing on me, he's chewing on or licking a plastic bag nearby, he's rubbing on a paper bag or a box, sometimes he steps on the remote for the television and turns it on,