* night of the living zombie …
Just in case any of you don’t know … insomnia sucks. I really don’t like it at all. I think I slept a total of 45 minutes last night. Do you realize how difficult it is to occupy yourself from 11:00 pm until 4:30 am? I tried to be very quiet. I’m not very good at being even a little bit quiet. It’s just not my thing. I thought I would share with you the top 10 things one can do without lights or making noise in the middle of the night.
Here we go …
#10. take a hot bubble bath. twice.
#9. count 397 sheep and determine you don’t really like sheep anymore.
#8. imagine you are on a sandy beach listening to the waves roll in, while trying to lull yourself to sleep … only to realize you have sand in your crack and you are now a nice neon reddish color.
#7. cut your toenails, hyperventilate cause you are a bit chunky and you don’t bend like you use to.
#6. partially shave under each arm pit (please see the no lights thing from above)
#5. nearly puncture your ear drum with a q tip … warning: q tips can be very dangerous when you are exhausted, in the dark and uncoordinated. do not try this at home.
#4. go over in your budget or lack thereof in your mind 72 times. worry until you are convinced that by this time next week you will be homeless, living like a troll under a bridge and on the verge of starvation. none of which are likely but seem like logical circumstances when you are sleep deprived.
#3. consider waking your husband up for some good conversation. remember that your husband doesn’t really enjoy good conversation during waking hours much less the middle of the night when he is snoring away.
#2. formulate a plan to smother your husband because he is comfortably and cozily snoring away.
#1. give up on ever going to sleep and go find a book to read.
I am in this quandary because I lost a lunesta in the guest bedroom at my brother’s house. I was quite the sight crawling around on the floor on all fours like a crack junkie looking for my little blue buddy to no avail. I really hate you missed it.
Sweet dreams. (I don’t really mean that cause if I’m awake y’all should stay up and keep me company)!
me.
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I am somewhat of a night owl myself. send me an email, see if I’m on facebook or something when your up & bored & we can chat if you can find me. I don’t go to chat rooms but I have chatted both on yahoo & facebook. That’s about it. Hope you get some sleep tonight.
Hey, you know I am always up. Too much on the mind. Or, maybe its just my natural biorhythm that says I am a night owl and why do I force myself into a daytime job. LOL Or it could be the fact I am over the hill and know I don’t have many yrs left and have totally realized I am not invincible like kids do. Take your pick on any of the above.
I have this problem from time to time myself. I have found that if I will lay in the bed and pray the devil usually sees to it that I get back to sleep pretty quickly. Sweet Dreams.
Been there …done that….often!!!! I know what you are going through. For me, it never fails and I fall asleep just before the alarm goes off. UGH!!!!