Things That Keep Me Up at Night

A radio talk show host I listen to is going to start addressing what keeps him up at night. This got me thinking (smell the rubber?), what keeps me up at night. Some of the things I thought of, by the way, are not necessarily negative. It's just that when I get to thinking, I often find it hard to shut down the "factory" for the night.

• Writing Stuff. Storylines, ideas, what-do-I-do-next, etc. It can help me go to sleep, but if I get very excited and have a lot of them swimming round the brain, I have contrived to murder my sleep after all.
• Things I have to do. Usually things I don't want to do, either, or things that are complicated and need a bunch of figuring out. Logistics, that sort of nonsense.
• Finances, moving, job situation, et. al. - They are all kissing cousins, in my book (well, the moving doesn't mean much to the finances, but a new job might). It all seems so much out of my control that it is really senseless to worry about it, but I do.
• Noises and "bumps" in the night. - This is 99% when hubby is out of town and I am very much alone (kids don't count, they're sleeping) in our dark house. Once I had a nightmare about someone standing over me while I was in bed - and it seemed real. So, I relive this many times over when DH isn't around.
• People problems. - Have I offended? Am I offended? If I have to be with someone the next day, and I am in the "outs" with them (or vice versa), this really keeps me tossing and turning. I do not like confrontations and always seem to come out the worse for wear with them.
• Pain, heat, cold, sickness. Allergies, back pain, weather too hot, weather too cold, sinus infection, stomach unpleasantness all are the worst culprits at keeping me up at night. My brain doesn't even come close second!