Reuben bright and cheery in the morning. He prefers to wake up at 5 but we won't get him out of bed til 6.
I'm still sick and its thrown my circadian rhythm on the fritz. If I lived in a wholly natural and wild state I would sleep 4-6pm or 5-7pm every afternoon then 2-7:30am. Since I live in a civilized state and enjoy seeing my loved ones I usually sleep 11-6 (Reuben is responsible for that 6am wake up. It used to be 7.)
BUT this bug has brought on another round of insomnia. I'm sleeping 3-6am. When I do fall asleep I have terrible nightmares. The rest of the day I'm a waking zombie. I'm exhausted, can't think straight but when I lie down all I can do is stare at the ceiling.
I have a hard and fast rule that I don't let myself do anything while I'm trying to fall asleep. No reading, no working, no drawing, no planning, no eating etc. This is because I am naturally nocturnal and will remain nocturnal until I reroute my malfunctioning CR. So I lay in bed, with the lights off and try to get sleepy.
To pass the time I've made up little games where I do math problems, think of an animal for each letter of the alphabet, think of an aquatic animal for each letter of the alphabet, think of historic battles for each letter of the alphabet, think of five books which contain a selected object. That last game I had so much fun with that it was completely counter productive. I even tried to wake Aaron up once to have him help me think of a work that had a rat in it. He refused.
We've started playing this game during the day and it's a good time. The rules have evolved so that we try to think of five examples. The person who picks the theme alternates. The person who gets 3 out of 5 wins but we still play til 5 for every topic. Here are two we did yesterday.
Egg
1. The Hobbit - An egg is the answer to the riddle in gollum's cave
2. Les Miserable - Marius is described as eating an egg for breakfast as a poor student
3. The Talking Eggs - American folk story which revolves around talking eggs
4. Higgity Piggity My Black Hen - "She Lays Eggs for gentlemen"
5. Gulliver's Travels - Lilliputians are divided by how to break an egg - big enders vs. little enders
Rose
1. Scarlet Letter - A rose grows outside the jail door
2. Dante's Paradisio - Levels of heaven are compared to a rose
3. In the Name of the Rose
4. Briar Rose
5. Romeo and Juliette - A rose by any other name...
9 comments:
Wow. This game would be beyond me. I might have read the books, but I certainly wouldn't remember the details like that. Sounds like something Dean would be good at.
I used to have the want-to-stay-up-all-night & never-feel- like-going-to-bed thing, but the strangest thing has happened. Now that I sleep better because of the CPAP, I get tired at night! I'm even finding myself falling asleep while reading or watching TV at night and that never happened before.
Looks like you're not sleep deprived enough yet that it's affecting your memory if you can compete at the game you described. That was one of my main symptoms...
And Reuben is so cute!!!!!
You two are unbelievable. That does sound like a fun game.
What about exercise...I sleep better after I exercise.
I usually can't sleep because of worrying...I used to lie in bed and just obsess. During school I learned a new trick that works for me. If I am that worried, I wake up, go into the bathroom and make a list in my journal. I outline everything I am worried about. Why does that help me? I don't know.
The nightmare thing used to keep me up, tho. Those are my times when I have the worst insomnia. I will tell you that my nightmares have decreased significantly as I have gotten older.
Reuben's transitioning. He's beginning to look like a little boy, and less like a baby. He sure is cute! Good luck with your weirdness and sickness ;-)!
Katy, you win the prize. I don't think I can even name ten battles of different alphabet letters. I keep getting stuck at "Antietam. Bull Run. Um......" Way to go.
I hope the sleeping gets better, though!
C...Carthage
Sorry, I couldn't resist :)
I'm sorry you are having trouble sleeping. That is not fun, especially when trying to keep up with work and caring for a baby. Let us know if you need a break!
Merilee
I hope you feel better soon.
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