So I got home from work today and hung around, had a shower, breakfast, all my regular morning rituals and then I went to bed and fell almost instantly asleep.
And then it was only three hours later and I couldn't sleep at all. How frustrating. It would be fantastic if I didn't have to work tonight. So after trying to fight it for a while, I got up, had something to eat, checked my emails and all that and read my book, Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman. And then I went back to bed only to lie awake for two hours... finally I took half a sleeping pill and now I'm drinking tea and waiting for it to hit me. Nothing yet.
if you're waiting for something to hit you ... i can help you with that.
ReplyDeletehaha..
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what the ethical/greater implications are of using prayer as a sleep aid, but I confess that I've done it, and it rarely fails.
ReplyDeletehi Patrick, try melatonin strips they work fantastic, trust me!
ReplyDeleteYou get them at the pharmacy and they come in a cute little dispenser and they taste like chocolate. You can put two of them on your tongue...
but you need to trick your body into thinking it's night time so when you leave work, you wear dark shades and keep them on when you get in the house... don't drink coffee with your breakfast, have a very light snack, hot bath or shower and perhaps a steaming cup of chamomile tea or hot milk.
I am taking all this from Dad's cousin Julie Pope who works as a nurse at the hospital. Love you xox
the sleeping pill worked after i watched an episode of ugly betty with janelle. then i got about three more hours sleep and headed to work. needless to say, it wasn't a great night. thankfully, though, it wasn't super busy and i got plenty of work done. apparently i impressed my boss.
ReplyDeletesunday morning for breakfast i had some taco soup and went straight to bed. i slept through most of the day, but was awake again in the afternoon, so i had some soup and went back to bed and slept without having to use a sleeping pill.
i worked sunday night, but had monday night off. i went to bed in the morning, expecting to wake up in the afternoon and take advantage of not having to work by staying up and hanging out with janelle. i woke up, surprised that it was so dark... it was 8:30, my day was gone, janelle was gone to work and i was quite disappointed. also surprised that janelle didn't haul my butt out of bed. she was too nice. i stayed up and hung out with janelle when she got home, we watched some tv and then went to bed. i went with her and slept again until about 4am, when i got up and worked on potamus publishing's new webpage for a few hours... then made breakfast for janelle and i and got her up, and then we went for a walk downtown and then i dropped her off at school and came home. now here i am. :)