middle of the night

Ever gotten up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and just cringe to look at the alarm clock coming back into the bedroom?
It's like waiting for lotto or Bingo numbers... will it be 2am and I get several more hours of sleep, or 5 minutes until the alarm goes off?

If you're like me, seeing a 1 or 2 am number is like finding $10 in a jacket pocket you haven't worn since last fall.
But if there anything less than an hour before the alarm, I feel like I've had my wallet stolen.
It just ruins the rest of my day. I feel cheated. I can never get back to sleep and I just lie in bed cursing that last glass of tea/milk/water.

So lately as I've been reading and watching the news about the stock market, I couldn't help but feel like I had gotten up to go to the bathroom only to discover there is only a few minutes before the alarm goes off. No matter how much I would love to go back to bed, what's the point. The alarm is going to go off in a few minutes and I'll have to get up anyway.

These are the kind of days you just want to call in sick.
have a great day and enjoy the news,
bryan