Counting Sheep
January 23, 2003 |
I’ve not really been sleeping well lately. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s my turn for a bout of insomnia again. Who knows? But it has some interesting effects. Take for example my dreams. Sometimes I’m not really sure if I’m dreaming or if what’s going on in my head is actually happening. And no, this is not some crazy Fight Club fantasy, it’s really happening to me. The other day I was napping and someone was knocking on my door… but it might have been in my dream. I really can’t distinguish between the two anymore.
Also, I’m now functioning on very minute amounts of sleep a night. Last night I tossed and turned and my damn head kept thinking crazy little thoughts like “I wonder if I locked the door to my roommate’s car the last time I got out of it” and “I wonder if this girl is ever going to speak to me again” and “if goats could fly, where would they go?” It’s like a never ending cycle. I lay in bed quote un quote thinking for an hour or more and then drift off to… sleep? Well, maybe, maybe not. I kind of drift in and out of consciousness and dreamland and then all of a sudden it’s 6:30 am. You see at exactly 6:30 every morning a large metal trash truck comes plowing down the alley next to my window and slams down a dumpster or two. The sound is bad enough with the windows closed but you see, FSU Housing has this policy that treats it’s tenants very harshly and likes to keep our rooms at around 85 degrees so thus, we sleep with the windows open which wouldn’t be a problem except for the afore mentioned truck. So it’s now 6:30 and I again attempt to fall asleep until my alarm goes off at around 9 or so. All in all I’d say I get about maybe 5 hours of sleep a night, give or take. But who really knows. All I do know is that I’m not tired anymore, well during class periods and such I am but at night, when I should be thinking about going to sleep, no. Not tired at all. Makes no sense. My mom says I’ve returned to being a baby again and have my nights and days mixed up and you know maybe I do. But for now, at least it seems to be working. I mean, I’m not dead or anything.
kyle
January 24th, 2003 | 10:10 am
maybe you should try taking a sleep aid before going to bed at night (just as long as you dont have an early class the next morning).
Shannon
January 24th, 2003 | 11:38 am
You know what? If you really want to count sheep, I have these glow-in-the-dark ones (like those glow-in-the-dark stars people have)that you can have and you can put them on your ceiling and count them at night.
Jenn
January 24th, 2003 | 1:12 pm
Uh oh, not insomnia again. I remember those days from last year ;). Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll wake up to 100 messages of random thoughts from the mind of Justin again. You know I love those!