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[owlmoose]

(One more round of new lines.)

My sleep schedule is all out of whack these days. We were up late last night, playing games and enjoying friends at R&S's, and I completely fell asleep on the drive home. Then after less than 4 hours sleep, I was up at 5:30. Poked around on the computer for about half an hour, went back to sleep for a couple of hours, then was up again. Then I fell asleep in the car again on the way down south for a birthday party, was a bit draggy throughout the event, almost conked out yet again on the drive home, then slipped into an hour nap.

It would be one thing if this were a one-time event, but it's gotten to be typical -- I wake up early almost every morning, sometimes go back to sleep for an hour or two and sometimes don't, and end up tired all day. Functioning on six hours sleep or less is pretty much normal for me now; I suppose I'm getting used to it, but I probably ought not to. I've tried going to bed earlier, but I just wake up earlier. Plus T is such a night person, and I hate to give up the extra hour or so with him each night. I used to be a night person, too; what happened?

Comments

[yuna-flowering.livejournal.com]

You sound like my friend, (also) T. He doesn't go to bed until the wee hours of the morning, wakes up after a few hours of sleep, then stuffs himself with coffee every morning. By lunchtime he's always tired. He's even pulled a few all-nighters, and we're not even out of High School! The worst thing is I think he does it sometimes just because he knows I'll scold him :)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Sounds like your T is getting a head start on the college student lifestyle! I knew people like that in high school but almost everyone I knew kept to that sort of schedule in college.

It's true; men of all ages will do silly things to get the attention of the women in their lives.

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I went through a period like that some time back. They seem to be a part of the process for some people. This has been an unsettling year in so many ways, 'the time is out of joint' for many I know. I have no advice, just sympathy.

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[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Thanks. When forced to search for a cause, I point to job stress, because this schedule started around the same time I started working again -- first about the fact of working at all, then about the various issues I have with the place. For the most part, that has settled down (I may complain about the job, but I'm basically content for now), but the sleep pattern remains. I am a creature of habit and I have a hard time breaking a pattern once set, even if it's one I don't like.

It has been a stressful year, hasn't it? Beyond world events, I know many people, both close and distant, who have gone through all sorts of upheaval. Perhaps 2006 will be better.

[anzubird.livejournal.com]

I was wondering why you kept posting so early in the morning... I am usually just making it to work and already there is something there from you.

I find it hard to sleep well when I am not getting enough physical excercise or spending enough time outside (the biting bedcats don't help either, but they are cute :)). My mind is tired, but my body still feels like it has energy it needs to burn.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Now you know... The lack of exercise is a possible point. I walk around the office all day and get a workout lifting books, but otherwise I haven't done much physical lately -- all my current hobbies are sedentary. At the moment my shoulder limits how much I can do, but once that's sorted I should really get more active. Good thought, thanks!

[anzubird.livejournal.com]

yeah, I cansee how the shoulder might limit physical activity, and make it difficult to sleep. good luck!