I was trying to get mac to go to sleep without the light, but have stopped trying for the moment.

I don't think I slept without having the hall light on and my door open until I was in my teens. And then I started it again when I moved into my first apartment w/out roommates in grad school. And didn't stop until 2000 when I moved into the house I own. Now I like it very dark indeed.

yeah, I realize I was being crazy with trying to get him to sleep with so little light since he has never had his own room or bed. Right now a light is dimmed outside his room and his overhead light is dimmed also.

I'd like to get blackout curtains - the ambient light from my street is pretty high. I have a white noise machine and use earplugs to sleep - hotel rooms are odd for me because of the lack of white noise.

I recently found out that IKEA has blackout shades in a wide variety of unusual sizes, which is wonderful because currently we are using tinfoil on the windows in D's room to get him to nap during the day.

I don't know what to think, but stuff goes missing all the time. Weird stuff to go missing.

The underpants gnomes are diversifying their portfolio.

am going brain dead - entering contracts into a database. need distractions.

ooh just talked to my contractor and there will be color going up in my kitchen/bathroom today! So I'll get to see it before I leave town. And the whole thing should be done by the time I get back in town.

I won't sleep in total darkness. We have a nightlight in our bathroom that is nice and we also leave a hall light on for night trips to the kitchen. When I stay in hotels, I leave the bathroom light on and partially close the door. I'm a 38-year-old scaredy cat!

::slips pea under the 21st mattress of various Buffistas::

I like to sleep in darkness. My bedroom is too light in the mornings.