If you wonder why I"m blogging often between midnight and 4 am?

 As I have gotten older my sleep schedule has changed which happens to many people over 40 or 50 by the way. Why is this? Not sure really.

However, this is what is happening to me for several years now so I'm very lucky to be mostly retired so I can usually deal with this ongoing in my life now.

Basically it's like this.

If I go to sleep at about 10:30 pm at night with my wife then I can usually sleep to about midnight. However, if I wake up at midnight to use the bathroom then often I'm awake until 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 am.

On one level because I'm mostly retired it gives me time to think my own thoughts and to be alone (which for me is often a good thing). However, on the other hand sometimes it can be a bit much to be alone every night or most nights like this.

So, if you see that I'm blogging between midnight and 4 am especially just know that then (depending upon how much sleep I got already that night I have to make up for it somehow.

So, for example, last night I slept from about 9 pm to 3am and then I was awake until 6 am or so. Then I slept from 6 am to around 10 AM. So, that gave me a total of 8 or 9 hours sleep. So, I was mostly okay today.

But, then, if I have an early morning appointment this is difficult for me so I try to schedule doctors appointments all between about 2 pm and 4 pm when I have to see specialists of various kinds. But, if I have to be at some appointment or other in the morning then often I have to make up sleep by taking a nap in the afternoon.

However, one of the biggest ways to prevent senile dementia is actually taking naps over 60 or 70 years of age. Somehow the brain of an older person needs more rest and regrouping time and if that rest and regrouping time isn't received then often people get some kind of dementia after 60 or 70 years of age.

So, if you are over 40 or 50 naps are your friend if you want your brain to keep working ongoing.

By God's Grace