51 is young in my book.

I agree on the sleep thing. I can be up and ready to go after only 3 hours some days and on other days I need a cup of coffee and a shower to get me to wake up after 8 hours. One of my problems when it comes to sleeping is that I can control my dreams, start them, stop them, plan them, change them, so my mind isn't actually sleeping and my brain doesn't rest as it should. The other problem is hubby's snoring. I cannot sleep through snoring. Thank goodness for the MP3 player, but the down side there is that when the music stops I wake up. I've learnt to change the battery in my sleep as well as changing volume and skipping songs. I also tend to sleep light because of the cats. It's kind of like a mother with a baby, I wake up if one of the cats makes a noise. I would love it if I could sleep during the day peacefully, but everyone around me makes a noise. I'm a night time person. "Carpe Noctem"

p.s. 19 1/2 hours to go to the arrival of the USS San Juan.