Apparently, if you don’t get up at like 5 in the morning on weekends, Dustin gets up before you and posts. Which means that weekends, for the rest of this here blog-off, will probably belong to Dustin. Whatever, I like my sleep.<\/p>\n
Dustin has decreed that today’s topic is “dreams,” which is actually quite difficult when you take into consideration the fact that I can’t remember when I last had a decent night’s sleep. Seriously. It’s like my internal clock decided that it would be really fun to repeatedly hit the snooze button. I can’t fall asleep until well after midnight. When I do finally fall asleep, I wake up several times during the night. And then, when 6am rolls around, I’m wider awake than a trucker hepped up on no-doz. I finally start to get some meaningful rest right about the time that I should be getting up for the day.<\/p>\n
I think that the best sleep I had all week was when I hit “off” instead of “snooze” (it was an accident, I swear!) and overslept by about an hour. I was an hour late to work but, sweet sassy molassy, it was so worth it.<\/p>\n
It’s like I’m becoming some sort of vampire. Quick! Look at my skin! Am I sparkling? I think I might be sparkling. Please tell me I’m not sparkling! Or maybe that’s just some leftover glitter glue from my latest craft project. False alarm!<\/p>\n
Some people might argue that this whole not being able to sleep thing is a manifestation of some sort of anxiety. That I’m actually more stressed out about the holidays than I let on, even to myself. Perhaps this is true, but I think that its far more likely that it’s all due to cold season and the fact that Kristian snores like a lumberjack when he’s stuffed up. Also, stormy weather does all sorts of weird things to me. And have I mentioned how hard it is for me to sleep when someone is snoring?<\/p>\n
Furthermore, all of those naps that I’ve been taking are probably doing nothing for my ability to fall asleep at night. But they sure are nice in the moment.<\/p>\n
I think that it’s time to go back to my “I have a fucked up sleep pattern” regimen. No food after 9pm (this will also be good for my “don’t put on a shit ton of weight in December” regimen). Plenty of exercise (see: weight, not putting it on). A nice hot shower right before bed. Some aromatherapy lotion aimed at sleep. And decongestants for Kristian. Lots and lots of decongestants.<\/p>\n
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