Not a shocking title given that it's 3:47am and I am not in college and don't have an infant. Quite honestly I was rarely awake at 3:47 even in college. I like my sleep. And definitely did not have insomnia nor time to blog when Little Miss Feed Me Now was an infant.
Insomnia sucks. Now I know people that suffer from insomnia and when they can't sleep they just get up and do something productive like bake muffins, finish presentations, write the great American novel, solve world peace. But I'm just not one of them. Normally, I just toss and turn for hours - which the husband who can sleep through anything does not appreciate. I can usually convince myself that just lying in bed is good rest and that will relax me enought to fall asleep. Occasionally (like tonight) I'll get up and have a little snack - but I'm not sure smores poptarts is on the list of good falling back to sleep foods - but I did have some milk too. Granted, I think it was supposed to be warm milk, but whatever.
Even more rarely I'll wake up and write in my journal... but really that's a lot of effort and usually involves some soul searching into what is going through my mind keeping me awake. I usually have to have multiple nights of insomnia for that to happen.
I did once get up and search the internet - I took the USA Today quiz to figure out which presidential candidate I should back -- none of the 3 that matched my beliefs are still in the running. Neither Obama nor McCain ever came up now matter how I changed the importance factors. But I digress... though disappointed in our options that is not what is keeping me awake, though perhaps it should. I'm just a little more self-involved in my own little universe to worry that much about a little thing like who's the leader of the free world.
Reading is supposed to be a solution too -- but I find I get caught up in what I'm reading and stay awake forever trying to read one more chapter.
So I think this blogging during the wee hours is a good combination of internet usage and journal writing. And it's kind of productive -- kind of. Hey I have fans out there begging to read my useless ramblings (don't I??).
So none of this seems to be working so far... here I am writing away and still feeling wide awake.
So tell me, any readers out there, what do you do when you have insomnia? Looking for suggestions. And while you're at it, I'm also looking for a good razor. If you have one you like - let me know that too. This Soleil thing is just not doing it for me and my legs.
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3 comments:
1. I'm a fan of the Venus razor.
2. I also have insomnia. Tuesday night I was up from 3 - 5. I got a letter from a collection agency and it pissed me off. So at 3 am, I HAD to get out of bed and find the check that I wrote. Unfortunately, I didn't write one. Fortunately, I used online banking. Thank you Bank of America. Within about 6 hours they had the whole thing straightened out and the offending recipient had called off the collection agency. This is what was keeping ME up on Tuesday. And when in doubt, I find a nice hot toddy is pretty good, too.
This is my final attempt to comment ON your blog site. Yesterday the site apparently was not accepting comments. SO ANNOYING!
I am an expert on insomnia. Eating is what I do. The rule is: eat nothing healthy. (Your Poptarts qualify.) Reason: If you are awake at 3 AM you deserve a treat. Or two. This will not help you sleep. Guilt never does. But you weren’t sleeping anyway.
On razors, I can tell you from this morning’s experience that you must remove the pink plastic thingy that covers the blade on a disposable razor to get proper results. As I don’t wear my glasses in the shower, I only noticed this when drying my legs after the shower.
gilette Mach 3-nothing compares. And as far as the insomnia goes, I do eactly what you do, then fall deeply asleep the moment I'm supposed to wake up. After waking up, I then want to kick my husband in the head for NEVER having insomnia or empathy for those who do.
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