The devil's hour

This has been going on for weeks. I awaken at 3:30am for no reason at all. I toss and turn for I dunno how long and then I fall asleep... only to be awakened by my alarm clock at 5:30am! A sullen face in the mirror greets me, and no amount of caffeine can make me alert. It's doubly hard that I have to be perky and magaslaw at 8:00am for the kids. As we end class at 12:30, I go low-batt again... until I wind down at night, unless it's hiphop or street jazz day.

Here's the thing. I'm once again hooked on reading the Buhay Pinoy forum on Pinoyexchange, specifically the Scary Pinoy Ghost Stories thread! I'm not really a scaredy-cat (I have watched The Ring in our living room with the lights turned off) AS LONG AS I don't remember the images hahaha. A number of posts tell of weird sounds heard at night, voices in your head, moving furniture, cold drafts through the window, shadows and apparitions in your peripheral view, and the warning to avoid being awake between 3 and 4 am because IT'S THE DEVIL'S HOUR! WAAAAAAAH!!! Nowadays I only turn off the lights if I'm really, really, absolutely sleepy. Kaya lang it's taking its toll on my eyebags. Maybe it's time for me to use eye creams? Sheesh. All in the name of vanity! I will have to sleep early tonight, only after Maging Sino Ka Man hahaha :P