Nothing is keeping me awake at night at the moment to be fair. Being at the cricket and on air for the best part of eight hours a day is enough to send anyone off to sleep. Including the listeners.
It hasn't been the most gripping of series against Sri Lanka. If you take Nick Compton's desperate attempts to cling to his Test career out of the equation then the only jeopardy attached to it would be, well, actually, I can't think of any other jeopardy. It has been a series without any semblance of tension.
In another country and at another sporting event the word tension will never be too far away from the centre of things. The Euros are on in France and whether you are a fan desperate to see your team succeed, a supporter with a penchant for late night strolls around Marseille harbour, or a radio producer battling with technical, logistic or personnel issues it can be a stressful time. It is also the first major football tournament since 2008 that I'm not on location working.
It's a bittersweet feeling. For while the following is a view I'd never swap I'd be lying to say I haven't experience a pang of envy when I see excited FB updates or read tweets from my colleagues ensconced in France.
After years of quietly and determinedly inching towards this seat in the Media Centre why the mixed emotions? It is the human condition I suppose. You always want more.
So would I swap my year long role reporting on cricketing fortunes for the manic high of producing a football tournament one month every twenty three? No. Would I like to somehow do both? Rush from one event to the other? Yes. Is that possible? No. So shut up then.
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