Sleeping Requirements

In order for me to sleep, two things must be true.
There must be some form of constant airflow.
There must be some form of ambient noise.

Remove either of these, and I usually awaken from any slumber I may be enjoying.

Well, this happened again this morning. For some reason, my neighborhood lost power around 4:30ish. I woke up to see my fan slowing gradually to a stop. My ceiling fan provides both of the above requirements. Turn off Matt's fan, and Matt does not sleep.

I never did figure out what happened. I suppose I could have walked down the road to find out. I kept hearing sirens. I just figured that perhaps someone wrecked their car into a major power structure or something.

Anyway, after a while, and just before dawn, power was finally restored. It had one half-second spurt around 5ish. I tried to sleep, but it just was not working out. Luckily, the power was eventually restored. I finally got back to sleep.
Whoo hoo!