Should you have the misfortune of peering into my bedroom window at around 11:30 PM you would see what looks like a male and a female Ganesha (a Hindu deity with the body of a human and the head of an elephant) sleeping side by side. It is, in fact, my husband and myself adorned with our CPAP masks pumping oxygen into our lungs thus keeping us from sleep apnea.
My husband rests comfortably all night soothed by the gentle exhalation of the tiny leak in his air pump. I, on the other hand, hear this sound as the Niagara Falls right next to my good ear. I am awake. Very, very awake. My sleep doctor’s advice is that I should get up and go to another room and read something boring for 15 minutes.
I am very bad about following instructions and so I sit in front of the computer and get really involved in my many online activities. Soon it is 3:30 AM and I know I have to work in the morning. I force myself to go back to bed. I make the mistake of turning on the TV (on mute in respect to my husband’s sleep) and surf to find just the right thing to lull me to sleep.
I have seen Blade: Trinity 7 times. I have seen the soft porn movie Bikini Chain Gang once — but I see that it is on at least once a week. QVC is always on so if they are selling anything except Dell computers or pressure washers I will watch. Soon it is 4:45 AM. I normally get up at 5:00 so I turn off the TV and close my eyes for 15 minutes.
I average 3 1/2 to 4 hours sleep a night. With my extra time I sew, do dishes, vacuum, do laundry, surf the Net, and read. I used to snack as well but I have put a stop to that. My attempts at sleep have included sleeping pills. They don’t change anything except to give me dry mouth. Perhaps I should give up trying to have a normal sleep schedule and accept the fact that sleep deprivation is normal for me.
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Sam // March 26, 2007 at 9:18 am |
Hi,
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