When I was younger, I could sleep hard. I slept all the time and it was hard to wake me up. I slept through the worst thunderstorms. Also, fun family events. Sometimes outdoors. Exhibit A: Exhibit B: (This one is from the Derby Festival’s Great Balloon Race one year and I obviously was real intoContinue reading “You think I’m sleep? I ain’t sleep.”
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The Tale of Laura and The Ghost Lizard
If you follow me on Twitter at all, you know that I tend to Tweet exponentially more when I can’t sleep, which unfortunately for me but fortunately for y’all has been happening a lot more often lately. Part of it’s some changes in my balance of chemicals but for a while, it was attributed toContinue reading “The Tale of Laura and The Ghost Lizard”
Breathe in, breathe out
Three hours after I was supposed to be sound asleep last night, I wasn’t. I hadn’t even come close yet. Instead, I laid there (lie there? I never know the right tense) and stared. I stared at the closet door and then I rolled over and stared at my bookcase. I stared at the lightContinue reading “Breathe in, breathe out”
Two eight
Tuesday night I didn’t fall asleep until well after 2 a.m. And it wasn’t for lack of trying. I read before bed, I didn’t go anywhere near the computer after work, I watched 10 minutes of the Weather Channel. Nothing helped. And so I laid there. Staring at the ceiling and then the wall whileContinue reading “Two eight”
Not sleeping is not a good thing
For a good portion of my adult life – I’m counting mainly after college – I’ve had trouble, off and on, with insomnia. A little over a year ago, when my anxiety was at an all-time high, it was probably the worst it’s been. Lots of late-night TV and Internet roaming for this lady. DuringContinue reading “Not sleeping is not a good thing”
Ode to a channel/Why I need to get a life
I probably should just leave the TV off before I go to bed. I’d probably sleep better. Or I could at least put it on the History Channel. That’s usually guaranteed to put me to sleep, unless of course they’re showing “Gangland” or something – because I’m not about to not learn how to surviveContinue reading “Ode to a channel/Why I need to get a life”
Yeah…this pretty much sums it up right now.
A bit of a time-out, if you will
In the interest of keeping SOME things private – but not too much, I mean, I’ve told you some weird stuff – I’ve been kind of quiet here on the ol’ blog for the past couple weeks. I’ve posted stuff, of course, but it’s been things I’d already written a while ago, or for somethingContinue reading “A bit of a time-out, if you will”
Mind full
RANDOM THOUGHTS Words in all caps make me feel like they should be shouted. I’ve gotten e-mails in all caps before. It makes me feel like I’m being yelled at. I have insomnia. I wish I could turn the air off but I’m paranoid that the stupid Ticketmaster tickets with their new printing that makesContinue reading “Mind full”
Ode to insomnia
Oh insomnia, you keep me awake when I really need to be sleeping. You make me watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S. at 11:30 and midnight, even though I’ve seen every single episode, several times in fact. You make me need/want to take naps at odd times of the day – like 7 p.m. I can’t turn my brainContinue reading “Ode to insomnia”
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