Not enough sleep again

Today is Saturday, September 28, 2019.
It's currently 78 degrees, but today's high will be 87 and the low is forecast for 60 degrees.
The moon phase is Waning Crescent 2% illuminated

Only four hours last night, according to my fitbit. I feel blah. Last night, I stayed up later than usual because I don't have to work today. But I had my usual restless night, and was up at six a.m. just like clockwork. I stayed in bed until 7:30 am and tried to go back to sleep, but eventually gave up.

I love staying up late. It seems to me as if I enjoyed art, music, culture, politics, ideas etc., so much more at night. I am definitely a night owl. However, on most days I need to be up at 6:00 a.m. due to my present situation, and now my inner alarm clock kicks in at 6:00 a.m. I have an adult son who is disabled and goes to adult daycare, and a bus picks him up each morning. He is not going to put himself on that bus.

For now, no matter how tempting it is to stay up on the weekend, I think I need to try to stay with the 8:00 bedtime, to compensate for the restlessness. Let's see how that goes.

What else is going on? After 1 year and 9 months at my current job, I'm starting to finally feel marginally competent, although I really think that our work tools could be more efficient and user-friendly. Much of what we do could be more automated, but that would require new technology. As a result, the job is much harder to do than it should be, and each task is more labor-intensive than it ought to be, there are more opportunities for error, and the workflow process is inefficient. I see tenured employees with several more years of experience than I have, making errors that could easily be avoided with better technology. There is just too much that needs to be checked and tracked. I love the job, love the company, but I feel like it would be less stressful and easier to be successful with better tools. And yes, the company is working on improving the workflow process, but they are doing it more by trying to get everyone to follow the same procedures manually, rather than upgrading the technology. But I get it - the technology is very expensive. So, here we are.

Recently, I attended the Feast of the Muses, which is a gathering of like-minded individuals who celebrate the Fall Equinox by honoring the Muses. For next year, I would like to keep in mind that while it was very warm during the day, the temperature dipped as soon as it became dark, and even though it wasn't very cool, it felt cool to those of us who are acclimated to summer heat. Next year, I want to remember to bring a himation to wrap up in when it gets cooler.