To sleep, perchance to zzxxxnnnn...

A week or so ago, I switched out my alarm clock for my phone.  Yes, I'm becoming one of Those people.  For one thing, it lets me easily set different times for my alarm for the days where my morning schedule is different.  For another, instead of having to try tune the clock to an empty band to get static for white noise (something that's getting more and more difficult), I can now use an actual white noise app, that will generate (among other things) wave sounds, rainstorm sounds, fan noise, or my personal favorite, Airplane Cabin.  No, seriously.

And that leads in turn to the Thing I Learned.  You see, I've always felt like I had trouble falling asleep.  I turn off the light, lay down, and proceed to thrash and flop around for a while until I finally go out.  But now I have verifiable evidence!  The white noise app has a timer on it, and I can now say, much to my surprise, that a fair number of nights I have absolutely no recollection of the app shutting itself off after about 15 minutes.  So I'm falling asleep much faster than I thought.