For some unclear reason, I woke up at 5:30 and could not go back to sleep. And I’ve been going to bed slightly too late several nights in a row, so I was really, really tired today.

I was going to stop working after lunch and take a nap. I even said so to the team on Slack. I had even turned down the bed! And then… I got roped into holding a technical interview on very, very short notice, so instead of a long nap I got a long video meeting. (I managed to get through it without yawning.) And after that I was still tired but not sleepy any more, and then it was time to think about dinner, and now the day has gone by without a nap.

A few consecutive nights of too little sleep was the normal state of affairs when the kids were small. And we coped all right. But now I’m not used to it any more, and I’m glad those years are well behind us.