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"I hate Mondays. Not that it&amp;#039;s any surprise to anyone who works for a living, but since I became a single Mom, I&amp;#039;ve learned to hate them with a special kind of loathing, mostly because it&amp;#039;s all my fault they&amp;#039;re so rotten for me. You see, I&amp;#039;m a night owl. My circadian rhythm is definitely set to evening. I do my best work writing at night, and I would cheerfully sleep to noon on any given day of the week. When I was married, this created a bit of a clash on weekends between Peter and me, as he is most definitely a morning person. His idea of sleeping in was something like nine am. He also got really cranky if he was up past eleven. When the kids came along, I was forced into being an early riser (along with still being a night owl) and bedtimes were adhered to with a near religious fervor in the hope of preserving as much sleep as possible during the work week. Now that I&amp;#039;m all alone every other weekend, all of that goes kerplooey. The kids leave Friday at dinner time, and I&amp;#039;m up until sunlight hits the windows on Saturday morning. Then I nap till late morning, take another short nap in the late afternoon, and I&amp;#039;m wide awake and chugging along through till the late wee hours of Sunday morning. I make an effort to get to bed at a reasonable time on Sunday night in anticipation of the workday (and the kids&amp;#039; return at 6:30am on Monday), but it just doesn&amp;#039;t work. I was up till 2:30 am this morning, and come this afternoon, I&amp;#039;ll be paying for it. I hit that 3pm slump and it&amp;#039;s all I can do to function. What tricks do you use to get yourself to sleep? I can&amp;#039;t take sleep aids - I&amp;#039;m such a lightweight that they knock me loopy for a good twelve hours and I have a long commute the following morning. I&amp;#039;ve tried total silence and darkness, TV on, lights on, music on....nothing&amp;#039;s counter-acting my body clock when I&amp;#039;m all alone. Help! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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