And I couldn't do the pot thing with a quick turn-around -- I'd be in a fog all morning. I had one saki too much last Sunday night and was half-way in the air to Phenix City before I realized I was even traveling. I still don't remember the drive to the airport. And nope, no lunesta was involved.
I've taken 10 ambien CRs ever. The rest has been lunesta. The latter doesn't fog me out nearly as much, but a 9:30 lunesta means I'll be wide awake by 3:00 am. I'm not one of those iron-man types that claims to work on five hours either. I need more like seven or eight. But I'll get sleep when I can to make up the difference.