There are times when I am stricken with some mild insomnia, and tonight is one of those nights. There's little worse in an old man's life than being so powerless you cannot even influence your body's dormancy (especially at one in the morning). I've tried different things to abate my sleeplessness — herbal cures when they're on sale, warm milk of every grade and even Tylenol PM, although the feeling (or lack of feeling, rather) I had from the drug the next day was enough to make me want for acute and perpetual alertness.
These days, I don't mess around — about ten years ago I discovered (or rediscovered, really) the one thing that will, without fail, concurrently elevate my serotonin levels and lull my inner child to rest: banana pudding. It's absolutely uncanny how a pot of banana pudding puts me right out. I use Jell-O brand, the kind you make on the stove with some whole milk and maybe a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg.
I'm off to make a batch right now. Hopefully, come tomorrow morning, my stamina will be suffering from minimal damage — and I can have pudding for breakfast, too.
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