2:00 am

The worst thing about being single is 2:00 am.

I am nocturnal by nature and I require a very minimal amount of sleep. Factually if I fall asleep before 10:00 pm I am awake at 3:00 am and unable to return to sleep.

Around 2:00 am I am frequently struck with a desire to wake someone up by asking if they are sleeping. Of course they're sleeping. I know they're sleeping, they know they're sleeping. I just want to talk. About everything and nothing. My house is quiet. The world is quiet. My brain buzzes. And to some extent the girl in me wants someone to share the quiet with. Or at the very least to listen to some else's heartbeat in the middle of the night.

I suppose, objectively, if that's the worst thing about being single my life is fine.

Yet. Still. It's 2:00 am and I'm wide awake.