When the Night Closes In
When I was just a wee girl, I fought going to bed, as do most children. I'd come up with things I just had to do, anything just to stay up late. Now that I'm on my own this week, without GC to remind me to go to sleep, I've returned to my old ways. I started cleaning the bathroom last night at 10 pm. I didn't clean the shower, but I did mop the floor. I pondered lifting weights, then decided that increased heart rate and a rush of adrenaline would only keep me awake longer, so instead I did some paperwork, added music to my fauxPod, put away things that have been sitting on the guest bed for weeks, Swiffered the hardwood floor under my desk and watched the taped episode of Desperate Housewives that I missed last Sunday (which was a repeat, so I didn't really miss anything). Luckily, I didn't have to leave for work until 9:45 this morning, but a 3 am bedtime doesn't make for much sleep! How did I get this way? At some point, I think maybe in college, it became cool to brag about how much sleep you got, and typically I get a lot of sleep. But then, of course, I go and get myself on this weird sleep cycle that usually results in several nights of insomnia. Well, there's always the shower to clean when I start looking for something to do at bedtime tonight!
Getting to Know All About You: How many hours do you sleep on a typical night?
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I have to get up at 4:30 a.m. every morning, so typically go to bed about 9 p.m. I really am one of those people who need about 8 hours to feel truly rested. This week I got in a snit about something just before bedtime and couldn't sleep. I didn't go to bed until about 1:30 in the morning. Man, I thought I'd never get through the next day...
Posted by: Chartreuse BLT | January 31, 2007 07:30 AM
I also need that 8 ours, but typically get about 6 or 7 (depending on if I watch the two reruns of Sex in the City at 11).
I attempt to make it up on weekends.
Posted by: Purple Fried Okra | January 31, 2007 07:41 AM
6 hrs or so is typical...
I have a tendency to go and go with very little sleep... and then just crash... there will be days I come home and just go to bed til the next morning...
Crash and burn for the "tired little butterfly" :)
Posted by: Blue Grilled Cheese | February 2, 2007 11:20 AM