Sleepless

It is one minute past ten at night and I am sitting in front my laptop. With only the light from my screen to light up the room it gives the impression of that desperate teenager waiting for the parents to sleep so as to browse the net undetected. But the truth is far from that.

Yes, I am desperate. But not for the filthy reasons creeping up your mind. After the entire day spent on the daily chores and back to back kids 'intervention', I finally get some peace at night. So, I wait. Like the crouching tiger slowly closing in on its prey, I slowly get up from my bed towards my laptop and switch it on. Ah! This silence, this truce. It is precious! And then, as my husband snores away in his sleep and my kids dream away to wonderland (or some cartoon land for all I care!), I sit and check my emails, browse through Facebook, write blog posts( such as this) and update myself with the virtual world.

I like this. Spending my quiet time either browsing or listening to my playlist. It is my 'me' time. Of course, I compromise on my sleep which sometimes makes me drowsy and even giddy at times but I would never trade this reserved time for anything else. I can always catch up on sleep later, is what I tell myself.

Here's to all the night prowlers like me who enjoy doing whatever it is that they do!