Its nearly two in the morning, and I cannot sleep. Either Sam is snoring in my ear, or there is a cat trying to sleep in the crook of my neck. Or Sam will have an episode of sleep apnea and stop breathing altogether, in which case I thump him on the back until the obnoxiously loud snoring starts again, all the while lamenting that I will make him get a referral to an Ear/Nose/Throat specialist in the morning.

So now, after three and a half hours of trying to sleep, I'm wide awake in a deathly quiet little town where everyone else is sleeping. Except of course for the cats, who are having a mad half hour and darting around the lounge room chasing the shadows cast by the dimmed lights.

Its a funny thing being awake in the middle of the night. I feel like I can do anything, even though there is actually only a small amount of things I can accomplish. Washing the dishes would be too noisy, Its too dark out to go for a run, I'm too tired to bake anything. But now is the perfect time to write a blog post.

When I started this blog I told myself 'I'll post 10 times a week!' and 'I'll take heaps of interesting photographs for my blog!' and 'I'll have a strict schedule of blogging topics to cover!'. Now I realise that I was setting myself up for failure. I'm not going to post everyday all the time. I'm not a great photographer. Schedules of topics kill my muse. So my new goals are these:

-Take the time to write a post about the things I find interesting.
-Try to blog at least once a week.
-Try to get into the habit of taking more photos.

Hopefully the things I find interesting will interest my readers too, if there are any out there.

I think I am getting drowsy now, and should tuck myself back into bed. But who knows, there may be a 3am post if I have no luck drifting off.