i have been doing an amazing amount of sleeping this weekend. like last night -- 11PM to 10AM, which would be a lot if i did it all at once, but it was in 2-3 hour increments (basically, my sleep life is a series of naps), waking up long enough to root around for snacks, (several times, eating instant flavored oatmeal right out of the packets, i'm like that), and waking up finally for good in a mass of crumbs and feeling all itchy. night before last i had a similar amount of sleep and even managed a longish afternoon nap yesterday. it would be nice if i felt rested but i have at least one strenuous dream per sleep session - this being the last of the bunch, one of the better ones. matter of fact, the last two times i went back to sleep this morning, it was for entertainment purposes only -- the previous dreams were far worse. hostsage situations and being chased and fleeing and things not working when i needed them to and stuff. so i kept going back in for a different one, i wanted something less icky to be sticking with me during the day, as dreams do.
sigh. i'm feeling better. but i'm looking around me and realizing this house is a disaster from me ignoring it all weekend. and i've been reading only a fraction of my favorite blogs, which truly bothers me. basically i've done nothing but nap and dream. and eat.
kind of a lost weekend, but not in a good way. well, anyway, i'm back now.
Don't worry. We'll still be here updating our blogs obsessively when you are done with your dejobbing. Get yr rest.
it's that obsessive part that gets to me. when i am slacking off, i feel so out of touch because there's no way to ever really catch up. too much good stuff.
Hell, kd, I dreamt of Christmas gift tags last night. "Visions of WHAT?"
I've read that if you have trouble sleeping...and you wake up frequently....you should try to avoid eating, drinking or having a cigarette in those moments when you wake up.....the rational here is that your body keeps waking up because it's expecting those little treats. Supposedly if you stop giving your body those little treats in the middle of the night....eventually it will help train you to sleep all the way through. Don't eat, drink, or smoke until the next morning.
Being a fellow insomniac, I tried this and it seemed to help a little. Results most likely vary from person to person.....but I always liked the rational behind it.
Good luck....sweet dreams!
i don't necessarily smoke when i wake up, nor do i wake up all the way -- it's weird. when i wake up it's with what i can only describe as an irresistable craving. i try to stay asleep. but i'm compelled into the kitchen.
back when i rented a room in a house and getting up involved a trip downstairs to the kitchen, i would keep food in my room to shorten the trip.
i'm figuring it's a weird blood sugar thingy. i do try not to get up and eat. but in that vulnerable state of half-asleep, it's very hard to resist the cravings.
it was awful last night. i went for the sees candy, usually a quick, non-intrusive to sleep fix, and they were gone. as were the cookies (blame the Frito Nazi for this). i was desperate, until i remembered the oatmeal packets. those rock.
you know, this probably also helps explain my weight. i literally never stop eating. sigh.
I knew it! You're really a cat, aren't you?
i would make a great cat, yes i would.
For the insomniacs, have you ever tried orgasm? And kd, good that you got some rest. Sleep is something I think that many of us do not get enough of nowadays.
Yeah, you need sleep after all those nights of posting at 3 in the morning and stuff. sleep sleep sleep.