How do you sleep at night?
So just how do you sleep at night?
'I find it so romantic when you look into my beautiful eyes and lose control.' - Who Let You Go, The Killers.
Is it ritual cups of tea, reading books, plumping pillows, having the blanket just so, having the blind down just right?
How many pages of Miranda July's new book do you read before you switch off the light? Do you have a glass of water next to your bed?
Is it Ambien, meditation, acupuncture, homeopathy, talk therapy, stress relief, no coffee after 12, running 5 km a day, lying staring at the ceiling, turning the pillow over and over to get to the other, fresher side? Is it lying awake not watching the clock while you panic that tomorrow you need to function, need to work, need to be awake?
Is it 12 pm and you know you can't sleep so you don't go to bed because you know you can't sleep and if you went to bed you'd just lie there not sleeping?
Is it a journal by the bed to write down the things that bug you and make you wake at 3 am, heart pounding, adrenaline rushing while you remember dreams you'd rather forget?
So tell me, just how do you sleep at night?
Unfortunately at the moment I fall a sleep on a matress in my almost 3 year old girls room because she is in a major sleepregression. There is however something comforting in lying there hearing her breathe..
I love Miranda July.
For me, it's a cup of tea and two Unisom Extra Strength capsules. Every night, for going on years, now. It's a habit I really need to stop. Maybe if I'd cut out the daily dosage of caffeine, I could.
Jennifer: Maybe I should be doing that to avoid the 3 am adrenaline rush :) Thanks for stopping by :)
Mijk, ah, I remember those days. It will eventually stop, you know that? And then you will miss it.
I loved listening to them breathe and that milky smell they have when they are little.
I'll tell you a secret - my little one slept with me until he was four, and he breastfed all that time too. I miss it.
I fall asleep at my computer... well not always. If I'm tired I can fall asleep quickly, otherwise it takes me a while.
Lately I've been sleeping pretty well, aside from the very strange and vivid dreams I have, which tend to affect my mood during the day! I think it's important to read a few pages before switching off the light, just to relax.
Nicky, when I was on Prozac I had that! Such vivid dreams that I would wake not knowing if they were real or not.
Stu, when I was a groupie (way back when) I could fall asleep on a bass speaker at a concert. Alas, that particular talent has left me now...