And So To Bed

After publishing my previous blog post titled “The Recent Pandemic,” I wanted to return to bed. But I’m wide awake. So, what to do?

Here’s a scientific fact: Protein contains the sleep-inducing amino acid tryptophan, and eating carbohydrates along with the protein makes it easier for the tryptophan to enter the brain. So I opened up a tin of sardines and ate them.

I didn’t notice, when I bought the sardines, that they were packed in hot, spicy tomato sauce and sliced hot peppers. Or so it said on the tin’s label. That was fine with me. I love spicy food.

The spicy tomato sauce was plentiful in the tin. There was only one very thin slice of hot pepper. No matter; I was after the protein in the sardines. To get the aforementioned carbs, I followed the sardines with a piece of bread smeared with peanut butter and honey.

At 4AM, I sit at the ‘puter with the TV on, watching a replay of last night’s national news, which I had not viewed when it aired. I’ve been typing this little blog post as I watch the news. Most of the news is about—surprise, surprise—Covid-19. I wonder if I can get to sleep now?

At 4:30AM, the local news is on. They say Virginia has had 10,998 confirmed cases of Covid-19 along with 372 deaths. My small city is considered a Covid-19 hotspot in this part of Virginia. Surrounding communities are jealous. They want to be number 1. Sorry, surrounding communities, but you’re going to have to work harder to get there. It’s good to be number one at something, and we’re going to hang onto it. I wonder if we’ll get a plaque? Even a framed certificate would be nice.

I’m babbling now, so I know it’s time to return to bed. Don’t forget to read the previous post, “The Recent Pandemic.”