Wacky, wacky sleep issues Hil. Kinda makes me wonder if there is some seasonal, summer-time, melatonin, circadian component to it. According to the Wikipedia article [link] on it, wearing blue-blocker sunglasses a few hours before bedtime can help in getting the body to produce more melatonin in a timely fashion - in your shoes I might be more inclined to try that over taking supplements. I am having a heck of a time finding any corroboration about the blue blockers on any of the reputable health and medicine sites I know of - here's the WebMD article [link] - because of the focus on information about melatonin supplements themselves, rather than on stimulating the body to produce more on its own. I'm not sure that says much one way or the other about the validity of the claim, as there is a citation for that section on the wiki.

Hmm, interesting, Windsparrow. The tiredness started getting noticibly bad last summer, but it had been there for a few months before that. I had a few months this year, maybe April - June, of feeling somewhat better, then started getting tired again.

One thing that all the blood tests found was that my Vitamin D was low, which can lead to fatigue, but it seems weird that it would get worse in the summer. Although, now that I think about it, I tend to hide from the heat more often than I hide from the cold, so I might actually be spending more time inside in the summer. Looks like we're supposed to have highs above 95 today and tomorrow. And my air conditioning is still barely working.

Sox, I thought we talked about checking your e-mail too early!

hand to heart VW, I didn't mean to. I had that feeling that I should though.

Connie - also glad that you were able to reconnect and that going was a good thing.

I had that feeling that I should though.

And was that feeling right?

vw, I'm around now if you want to chat.

what time does our bookkeeping hivemind come online?

I do have an Accounting degree, but not positive those skills are online yet. What's up?

Emmett! David! Great baseball stuff there.

Connie, it is so good that the family reconnect went well. Lovely pictures.

Laura, that reminds me, there is a woman who works at the drive-thru window at the local Starbucks, and she is so sweet and friendly.

Every time I see her, I am reminded of you. She looks like she could be your older sister.

Smooches for Erin. That must take some special kinda sweet and friendly to deal with pre-caffeinated people at a drive-thru window.

No doubt! I worked at a Starbuck's right after grad school, and whenever I had the extreme misfortune to catch an early shift, I was EXTREMELY surly.

I have a dentist's appointment in 4 hours. I get my front teeth fixed! SO EXCITED!

This means we should see smiling Erin pictures soon, right?

Really slow to get moving today. Foolishly read until midnight so getting up at 6 didn't happen, so walking at 7 didn't happen, and so on...