LOL! That's not harrowing, Don, it's funny.

Yeah, we have those storms here now and then. I think you call that an ice storm, and it's a nasty business, specially if there's a power outage from the ice bringing down branches or trees, and there often is.

Some people, Don, cannot sleep all night if anyone is in the same bed with them, regardless of sexual orientation. Maybe even if anyone is in the same room with them. I have the sad fate of being one of those people. It's simply that my mind is too active, and the awareness of the other person being there...just the simple awareness itself...keeps me awake. It's not that I'm worried about them being there. I just cannot stop my mind from thinking about it. I have, in desperation, tried meditative techniques, etc, to stop that from happening, but nothing works except experiencing it repeatedly for some time until the complete lack of sleep finally exhausts me so much that my body falls asleep out of total enervation.

Trust me...it's worse than what Cecil experienced. It lasts longer.

The first time I acquired a steady live-in girlfriend, I barely slept for about 3 solid months! And it wasn't because of the sex. Nope. It was because I simply needed to be alone in the bed to fall asleep.