Category Archives: sleep

Early Bird VS Night Owl

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After watching the video above, I wonder how my cicadian system is. I have a pretty regular schedule, and I get quite a bit of sun I’d say.

I go to bed at 9:30:or 10 and wake up a little after midnight. I’m pretty happy in life most of the time, I have a lot to be grateful for and I am, but between midnight and 5, when I’m insomniaizing, I’m very miserable. I’ve learned not to pay too much attention to it, because I know it’s a temporary state.

Getting a good night’s sleep is something that has eluded me for years. I would love to go to sleep at 10, and not wake up till 6. I can’t take any sleep aids, they all say “do not take if you have glaucoma”. (I have glaucoma)

Many people my age seem to have a difficult time sleeping it seems like.

have a wonderful day!

Cotton Bedsheets

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I’ve been a world class insomniac for a few years now. I lay in bed thinking “this is incredibly uncomfortable*, but at the same time, unable to pinpoint any discomfort.

After a while, I realized I was burning up and freezing at the same time. I was hot, and clammy with sweat, but the sweat felt like a thin layer of ice over my whole body. Under a sheet, melting hot, no sheet, icy freezingness.

It occurred to me to check my sheets. I thought all sheets (except silk) were 100% cotton. No, mine were part plastic, some material I can’t remember the name of now. So I got some 100% cotton sheets, and it seems to make a difference. No more frozen fire sensation. Of course, we’re still in the testing phase.

Now if I could just get these dawgs to let me sleep!

Happy Hump Day!

2 in a row!

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Below is this mornings sunrise, because the pic makes the post!

I slept good again last night, 2wo in a row. Can it be as simple as not laying on my back? Will it last? Below is the sleep tracking from my watch, I barely woke up at all, usually I’m up a dozen times or two.

I’m excited, going to work today,. (That’s quite possibly the most insane sentence ever typed on this blog) I don’t know why that’s exciting. Hopefully I can swim at lunch, got a lady cleaning the apartment and she’s doing a really good job She started yesterday and will finish today.

Things are looking good! Have a great day!

Sleeping On The Side

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From now on, I’m sleeping on my side and not my back. Night before last I didn’t sleep well. Breathing had the sensation of when you pull the rubber stopper out of the drain of the full bathtub. The hesitation, the delay, the extra effort. Last night, I slept on my side, and slept much much better.

Even though I was sleeping, I felt like I was performing experiments as to breathing resistance laying on my back versus on my side, and the results were breathing is much easier on the side. I don’t know why. But from now on I’m sleeping on my side all I can.

Do you sleep on your back, or on your side primarily? Or do you even bother to notice? If you don’t know the answer, you’re probably a very good sleeper.

have a wonderful day!

Finished The Book ‘Circe’

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I loved this book! This book is beautifully written, the story kept me reading nonstop. I cannot describe what it is about the language that grabbed me. Poetic but not poetry?
I enjoyed cross referencing the names of the characters. I learned a lot about Greek mythology.

I loved Madeline Millers writing style. The pleasure of reading and the beauty of her writing style is beyond my ability to describe. I will read more of her books. She is possibly the most skilled writer of any books I’ve ever read.

I slept good last night, perhaps because i didn’t get harassed half hour before the alarm?

Happy FRIDAY!!!

Turn Off Upcoming Alarm?

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Most mornings, I notice my watch buzz inappropriately. This morning i discovered it was my phone asking me if I wanted to turn off the upcoming alarm! Is it just me, or is that a moronic question to ask? Waking me up to tell me i have to wake up in half an hour, do I want to turn off the alarm? The answer is not only no, but hell no! And furthermore, If i wanted to be awakened a half hour earlier than the time for which I set the alarm, I would have set the alarm for a half hour earlier!

Needless to say, today I will figure out how to turn off this rediculous notification.

Sheesh.

Happy Thursday!

Slow Runnings

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I slept pretty good last night. Feel pretty good this morning. The dogs got a long walk and the only disadvantage of my abs app is the sessions seem to get longer. So in short, I’m running a little behind this morning.

Heres a couple sunrise pics from this morning. Usually I’m well inside by sunrise. But the days are starting earlier this tima year!

Have you a wonderful day!

Planets Collide

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Tomorrow evening, as soon as the sun sets, if you look and if it’s not cloudy, you will see a very bright light in the West. It is Venus and Jupiter, lined up, seemingly as one. Over the past several days, they have been getting noticably closer and closer to each other every day. Tonight they will be very close together. Tomorrow, they will seemingly meet and then start moving apart.

It should be pretty cool.

I slept good last night for a change. I just went to bed and woke up and it was light. A non event, as I guess it should be.

Have a great day!

Turnaround

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I slept good last night, I went to bed a little early and was instantly asleep. I didn’t even get to get my watch off the charger (my watch has the sleep monitor built-in.) I’da liked to have seen that one!

In more sleep news, I believe I’ve mentioned awareness and negative thoughts while sleeping, and while I remember the negativity and persistence, i seldom remember the specific content. So, I put a pen and notebook by the bed. Since then, the torturous self destructive where I’m asleep, telling myself bad things about myself have stopped. I’ve had nothing to write down. Which is good!

Luckily, many problems vanish instantly when confronted. The hardest part seems to be becoming aware of them. By the way, yesterday’s post about not sleeping was from a different source than this mental stuff I’m talking about now. I didn’t go to bed because I was upset about something else.

It seems that I’ve been meeting a lot of people who have trouble sleeping similar to mine. It seems our little quirks (MY little quirks I maybe should say), magnify into larger personality disorders as we (I) get older..

It’s almost the weekend! Bring it!