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Jonna suggests:
> or 2 in the morning, then I would find real work for him to do during the
> day. Work that would tire his physically so that he would be sleeping,
and
> I wouldn't have anything to think about. I wouldn't press the issue with
him,
> but I would certainly find a way to get him involved with REAL MAN WORK.

On paper, this looks good. It may work in practice for some, too. However,
from the time I was pretty young, I was involved daily with "Real Man [Woman]
Work" (everything from hauling mulch and firewood [seasonally] to hauling
laundry and ironing to painting fences and walls to cleaning washbasins and
scrubbing sidewalks). In the youngest days, I'd reach the end of the day
tired, but somehow when I hit my teens, I was still full of energy for roving
at nighttime. The thrill of being out on my own in the moonlight was sleep
itself.

This continued through young adulthood when I took college classes in the
a.m., worked a vet tech job at a mixed animal practice (meaning large and
small: lots of field work with big animals who often don't WANT to do what
you'd like, plus all the poodle kissing), and at night did full-on theatre.
Most nights, I got about 4 hours' sleep and did just fine.

O, how I long for those days of abundant energy. :^D

Peace,
Wynn