Yes, it's another LJ post. Yes, it's 3:30.

[alexandraerin]

My insomnia's always something that's waxed and waned, ebbed and... un-ebbed. The past two nights, inclusive of tonight, it seems to be stronger than my melatonin-enforced biorhythm. Suck. But oh well. I've got too many good things going on in my life and too many good things percolating in my brain to let this get me down. I've been through the cycle before. I'll go a few nights without any appreciable sleep and I'll be dead tired. When the worst part of it's over, I'll be able to get back on a 7-8 hour sleep schedule.

It's a bit of an irritating speed bump as I'm working on reclaiming my former title of "prolific author", but it's also a useful reality check. Melatonin supplements help me set and enforce a sleep schedule, but they don't alter the underlying causes of my insomnia. I'm still going to have problems from it from time to time.

I'm going to make a rare note about my personal life. Those of you who stalk me the most relentlessly are closest to me might have already noticed that I have somebody new in my life. Jack is a very sweet, very kind, somewhat shy Catholic boy. He's also approximately kinky as hell. We seem to be fairly compatible.

He's polyamorous, which is convenient. I don't cope well with the structure and expectations of a monogamous relationship. Forget "a room of her own", I have several universes of my own and I need the time to disappear into them.

He also lives halfway across the country, which is inconvenient... but I expect to travel quite a bit in the coming year anyway. Having a designated crash pad on the east coast could save me money in the long run.

Because I know it'll come up: no, me getting a life isn't the cause of my slowdown in productivity. In the first place, I don't have a life, I have an internet boyfriend. These things are like elemental opposites. In the second place, we haven't been e-together dot com all that long. This development hasn't hurt my buoyant good mood and growing optimism, though. I've missed having a man in my life for a number of years, and I've never had one of Jack's caliber.

Granted, it's possible that we'll meet up and discover that we have no chemistry with each other, that we've completely misjudged and misunderstood one another, that we really aren't as compatible as we seem to be. I doubt it. I'm keeping myself open to the possibility, but I doubt it will happen. I'll post more about him when I'm less sleep-deprived.

Comments

[ephant.livejournal.com]

n'awwww congratulations :D

[caret-mox.livejournal.com]

I second this sentiment ^^

[kirbyjo.livejournal.com]

Thirded :D

[stormy-llewelyn.livejournal.com]

fourthed = )

Funny thing about chemistry...I once had an internet boyfriend. When I first saw him in person, nothing. But when he first took my hand, all that interwebs chemistry came flooding back. So, ya never know :)

But again, yay!

[phantomcranefly.livejournal.com]

Fifthed. That's so sweet!

(Also, I think the opposite of ebbed is flowed, if you're interested.)

[the-leaking-pen.livejournal.com]

my wife and i met online, chatted, ect, and finally actually met at a party. all i can say is... DAMN! that, and shes my wife now, so that kinda speaks for itself, you know?

[lizkayl.livejournal.com]

coo!

Although, having an east coast boy- does that make it easier for you to switch to an earlier schedule? I know having a west coast chat buddy made me stay up later- does it work in reverse? ;-)

[moofable.livejournal.com]

I read this twice and I squeed both times.

[addiejd.livejournal.com]

1. Sucks about the insomnia thing. If I might be so bold as to make a suggestion, if you know that you are not going to be able to get a good night's rest that night skip the melatonin. Some studies show that if you take melatonin regularly for long periods of time it can decrease effectiveness, which might be allowing the insomnia to creep up more often. If you know the melatonin isn't going to work that night anyway, skipping it might give you enough of a break to boost it when you do take it to regulate your sleep.

2.Congratulations! Have tons and tons of fun 'n' stuff, and I, for one, will not mind if you post 2 or 3 fewer stories per week if it equates to an increase in your happiness. You totally deserve it!

[fleurdelisabeth.livejournal.com]

2 or 3 fewer stories a week = no stories a week.

Just sayin'

[alexandraerin.livejournal.com]

I took it that she means from my target/maximum.

[amber-indikaze.livejournal.com]

Congrats, and good luck.

Mind sharing what those travel plans are? Writing/fandom-related or otherwise?