I went to bed earlier than usual. J had been in bed, asleep, earlier, with the TV on. Hallmark Channel Christmas movie. She sleeps with the TV on. The best I can hope for is to have a DVD of something more to my liking than Hallmark Channel.
So I went in the other room, to the other bed. And slept fairly well.
Lesson learned.
Dispatches From Dystopia 
I can’t sleep with the TV on unless I’m on the sofa during the day. Stephen likes sleeping with it on. GRRR!!! We’ve found a balance of turning it off before we actually sleep.
Smart. Seinfeld works on getting me to sleep. Also listening to J. S. Bach’s, Goldberg Variations. Or. The St Matthew Passion.
Music works for me. Somehow the lyrics of music register different in my head and being than tv talking. I’m able to tune out music so it’s background noise compared to tv drawing me in.
I’m gone within minutes of Bach compositions commencing play.