There I was motionless except for the occasional deep sigh. I am staring at the clock watching the minutes tick by. My mom tells me to count sheep. By now I have been counting so many sheep that I never want to see another sheep in my life. My brother told me to listen to my iPod while I sleep. I ended up strangling myself with my headphones. My sister told me to count backwards from one-hundred. All that did was get me confused. So now I just sit here thinking. Thinking of how almost everyone else in town is asleep. It is 1:07 now in five hours and twenty-three minutes I will be getting up and starting a new day. My mind wanders to almost everything. From band competitions to what I am going to wear tomorrow. I was always told to shut my mind down when I try to sleep but my only fear is that it will never start back up again. 3:26. Three hours and four minutes left now and all I can think about is how well rested I would be after three hours of sleep. Now I think about my dogs and my cat how stupid they are, but then I realize I am the stupid one. Right now my dogs and my cat are all asleep and they will wake up well rested and ready for the day. Why can’t I drift off for an hour or two? It doesn’t make sense why can so many people fall asleep without even trying like during class or on the bus. I have to work for sleep which almost defeats the purpose because sleeping is supposed to be peaceful not work. 5:49. Less than an hour now. I might as well get up right now instead of torturing myself. It is useless now it shouldn’t be this hard. 6:07. I don’t remember the last time I had a full nights sleep. I lie awake listening to the sounds of my silent house. The soft snores coming from my parent’s room, the soft drip, drip of the faucet. 6:29 One minute left. One more minute to attempt to sleep. BEEP BEEP BEEP. Hopefully I will have better luck tonight. But I know that tonight will be just like the rest.