It's raining a river outside, and I can't sleep.

The rain isn't the reason why I can't sleep. I find rain soothing and romantic. I have no problem going to sleep when it's raining, not usually. My trouble with falling asleep tonight is partly caused by the past week's holiday (I'm returning to work tomorrow) and the resulting change in sleeping habits - get up late, stay up late - and partly by the fact that there's too much to think about right now.

Thoughts are bad when you're trying to sleep.

(Also, there's a tiny little fly in my room - too small for my cat to catch and eat, but big enough for me to hear the buzzing when it gets very close to my ear.)

Today was my younger brother Audun's birthday (and yesterday it was both of my older brothers' birthdays, while I'm up next Wednesday - coincidence, fate, or very good planning? Who knows?), and so I spent the day with him, driving around trying to find a suitable birthday present and just chillin'. I did find a present eventually: he bought himself a Game Boy Adance, and so I got him Advance Wars, an excellent turn-based strategy game from Nintendo. Later, we went to TGIF's and ate the biggest damn dinner I've had in a long time, which consisted of chicken wings for starters, a big burger with fries for me and a club sandwich for him, and two large banana milkshakes each. Very good, and also quite, quite awful. As it should be.

My sister also arrived from Israel, where she lives with her husband and two children, this afternoon, and so we all went to my parents' house for a great, big family gathering where there was more food. Right now, I cannot quite imagine why I will ever need to eat again, but I'm quite certain that this will change tomorrow.

I've had a minor creative breakthrough on my "primary" screenplay - the one closest to becoming reality right now - and I can't wait to dig in and rewrite it from the very beginning when I have the time. It will improve no end, I believe...fingers crossed. After all, I've been working on that one for, oooh, two and a half years now? At least that. Too long.

Yawn. Late. Sleep now.  ¶ 01:32