Talk about being disoriented! Multiple factors here:

1) The onset of daylight savings time.  Spring ahead, FALL BACK!  So now instead of being 4:25PM  it is now 3:25PM.  So the Patriots game hasn’t started yet, which is why we can’t find it on the usual radio stations…

2) Late-night basketball games.  Being new fans of the Los Angeles Lakers (and continuing to be fans of Jeremy Lin) we can look forward to the majority of our games starting at 10 or 10:30 PM.  Brutal!  I have resolved to turn the game off at halftime and watch the remainder the next day on DVR.

3) Beginning of winter weather. It snowed today! (no accumulation but just the idea is revolting)  Tomorrow I’m going to take my car to Tom Lyons and get the tires switched over to snows.  And as soon as I can the same for Carol’s car.

4) Late last night I drank a Swiss Miss hot cocoa, supposed only about 10 mg of caffeine, not much more than a cup of decaf coffee.  Still, had trouble getting to sleep and ended up watching the end of the game.

My body is so confused.  As a neuroscience graduate student I learned about some of the brain structures regulating circadian (approximately-a day) rhythms. Retinohypothalamic pathways to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, small nerve cells using vasopressin as their transmitter, projecting through the stria medullaris to the pineal gland, which secretes melatonin.  But how much and in what amounts?  I have some melatonin in the upstairs medicine cabinet, but it’s sold in milligram quantities while the pineal secretes in microgram quantities, one thousandth as much.

Oh well, I took a long nap today.  Two strong cups of coffee, Peet Major Dickason’s blend and Barismo, with no effect.  Might as well as drank two glasses of water.  My body is confused.

Oh well, I’ve finally caught up with the Patriots’ game.  One more nap?  Another cup of coffee?

I feel like I’m channeling my friend Ann Koplow…

Have a nice day all…