I must be on some kind of pink pill because that’s how I have been describing people lately. An interview with a nice lady, a nice kids party, a nice Brad Pitt lookalike, I am nice, you are nice, nice, nice everywhere. And today, a nice mum I met for the first time 2 weeks ago, is bringing her son to my house to play with my even nicer son. Except that the house doesn’t look nice at the moment, and nice mums look for dust that might provoke allergies to their children. So I have to clean, hence excessive blogging today. What is not nice and rosy is the insomnia that is back these days. Have you ever had it? It must be different for everyone, just like sleeping patterns differ from individual to individual, but mine goes like this: Darkness falls, I tell myself I should go to bed in an hour or so. The sleepier I feel, the less I want to go to bed. After three hours, I am fully awake and sleepiness has passed for good. That’s when I can stay awake till the next day. Or, I might go to bed like a good girl and get up two hours later, and start an early day. Luckily -for people who live with or near me mostly- this only lasts for a couple weeks at a time. On the plus side, I have company. I have subscribed to all your blogs via Bloglines, which means I see your new posts as soon as you hit publish, provided I am at the computer of course. Sleep is overrated.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:55 am
I rarely sleep because when my mind is supposed to shut down, it starts thinking and thinking and thinking…
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:01 am
I usaed to go through that quite a bit. First thing is make sure you go to bed at the same time EVERY night no matter if you are sleepy or not. DON”T turn on the tv. So you don’t fall fast a sleep that is okay. Lay there for at least an hour. Then get up DON”T turn on the tv or computer… do a cross word or read a book no longer then an hour. Then repeat step oone. Make sure you get up at the same time everyday even the weekeneds.
The whole process is setting a internal clock….. oH Yeah! No naps no matter how tired you get.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:01 am
yep, it’s like the computer, it must follow a procedure before it shuts down. Our minds seem to freeze during this procedure Chris and we have to reboot.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:05 am
I’m a sleep junkie and can go for 14 hours at a time if you let me…
But i’ve always admired people of boundless energy who think sleep is a waste of time.
Insomnia though, that’s not fun. A. is suffering from it at the moment. No fun at all. Hope yours doesn’t last long.
It’s nice to see the world with a pink tinge though
xx
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:15 am
hello chloe, nice blog u’ve got here.
Well I wish I can get that insonmia now, u c, I’m going to write this exams in a few wks time and all I do is just sleep & sleep, yesterday I actually slpt with my books on my laps, when I woke up it was 5.30am! oops,time to start getting ready 4 wrk.
whatever will I do?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 am
Sleep absolutely is overrated! I believed that as a young child, and still do! I generally have no issues with getting to sleep — I’m just too interested in what’s going on around me to get as much as I probably should!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:26 am
I always tell myself to sleep early. I even plan to go to bed around 11 p.m., but somehow, something always comes up and I wind up sleeping at around 2a.m.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:31 am
I have this “can’t shut my brain off” thing too, but sorry, I usually just think of sex and I’m gone before anyone gets naked. It’s an odd phenomenon, I know.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:24 am
NO SLEEP?? I am not a big sleeper but I still need some! I don’t know how you do it! At least you have something to do though right?
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 am
As you know I have insomnia too sometimes…especially for two reasons: when I’m worried about something I’ll have to do the next day, or when I’m overexcited about the things I want to do.
I think this might be your case: you have all that energy and you want to do a million things, it’s hard to fall asleep. When I’m like that I just think that I wish it would dawn at that moment.
Do you feel like sleeping a little during the day? You could take a nap, if you’re tired. No one should keep you from sleeping at the time you want. My Mum for instance usually goes to bed at 3 or 4 a.m. - that’s her internal clock.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:38 pm
day
i can’t live like that! i know i should do it but i’ll be miserable then. i mean if i do what i must and not what my body says.
astarte
i would wake up sick! there are so many types of insomnia, i hope A’s is temporary and due to stress that is going to pass.
christabelle
hello and welcome!
good luck with exams. maybe some java would help? or chocolate?
E.C
exactly! the good lord made the night too long!
angel
that’s a common pattern with me too.
i think the internet is to blame, partly.
erikku
is this possible? sex is supposed to excite people not put them to sleep, not after it is over at least!
sara
yep! i read your blogs! xx
devil mood
my internal clock is crazy and broken but i have no other choice than to go with that.
yes, i am always excited about something most people wouldn’t give a second thought to, like ‘i want to make pizza tomorrow’. xx
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:49 pm
I go through cycles of not
sleeping very similar to
yours actually - but i love them-
i love my night-space -
i get super creative and i am
free of distractions…
this is a “nice” post by a
“nice” Chloe girl….
June 22nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm
chloe, I think you should try my noni, it really aids sleep. How has it been. i have really missed you.
June 22nd, 2006 at 3:35 pm
I think I like the colour of this owl. So pretty
June 22nd, 2006 at 5:14 pm
I get nearly identical problems. It only begins to get weird after a few days without sleep. I’m fairly lucky because I’m not a big sleeper in the first place. Even when I was a small child I didn’t sleep much.
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:40 pm
everything is so nice there, huh? well, except the no sleeping. i dont mind staying awake if there are no kids or anything to do the next day, but how often does that happen?
how did the nice playdate go?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I have never had insomnia, but I’m definitely not very good at sleeping. If you check the early morning times on some of my posts you’ll see a pattern. This was a very nice post by you.
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:18 am
Sleep is indeed overrated! Ha ha… and I love the new look. xx
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:32 am
Like you, I have a wonky internal clock, that winds up my insomnia every so often, sometimes because of stress, sometimes just because.
And lately, my new roommate wakes me up early in the morning and I can’t get back to sleep–screwing up my already fragile balance. I’m not a fan of hers.
But other than you sleep problems, I’m glad the wrold is being so good to you. May it continue to do so, you deserve it.
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:41 am
I so agree! I have been getting by on around 5 or 6 hrs anight for the last few years. I believe there’s just too much out there to participate in and enjoy!
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:51 am
I can bring on my own insomnia as I am very sensitve to caffeine. It’s nice to be able to stay up sometimes, but to want to go to sleep and not be able to is difficult. I think Maddy has the right idea though, to take advantage of the time without sleep. Or you could just use my blog as the virtual equivalent of counting sheep?
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:59 pm
I also have insomnia and once every few weeks I sleep a day away to catch up.
June 26th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
La vie en rose.