For the last couple of years I've had trouble with sleeping through the night. Sometimes it's for pretty benign reasons. However, I think I can attribute most of it to grad school. When the pressure is on and I have an assignment due, it keeps me up at night. I usually fall asleep just fine but then wake up around 3 am, unable to get back to sleep until around 6 am. Anyone who's either got a job or kids to take care of or any other normal responsibilities understands that's just no good.
For months now, I haven't had any problems with it. I didn't really think about the fact that I wasn't having my wee hours-wake ups. And then the pressure to get going on my final push for grad school began. Guess what? More insomnia. It's so frustrating.
Today I worked for hours to get the product part of my project ready to email to my advisor. I finished and emailed it at 11:59 pm. (I'd originally promised it on Friday and then repromised it on Monday.) I was glad to get it turned in--just in the nick of time. I considered waiting to send it until tomorrow (TODAY actually) so that I could have someone look over it for me. But Nooooooo, I was getting to anxious to have it in my advisor's inbox. So I sent it.
I had to unwind for awhile so it was about 1 am before I headed off to bed. And then Marley had a nightmare. (Remind not to let her watch any Harry Potter movies for a long, long time.) I had just barely drifted off when she came in to tell me about her bad dream. (David Tennant as Barty Crouch, Jr. was the culprit.) Great. Now I was awake and trying to get back to sleep. What thoughts drifted in my head? A sudden realization that I maybe hadn't explained aspects of my project. Did I really turn in a curriculum handbook that didn't have all the information in the instructor notes? I think I did.
Crap.
Yes, I said CRAP on my blog.
Now I can't get back to sleep. It's 3 am. and I'm surfing the internet, playing Word Challenge on Facebook, exhausted as can be. Sleep just slithers right on by me.
So I reckoned, if I had to suffer through it, you might as well suffer reading about it.
I'm probably going to regret this when I get up--if I ever manage to get to sleep.
Sincerely,
Morose, possibly inept, seriously sleepy, Mary-LUE
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Ugh. I'm hoping you're wrong, that you did actually do everything right and you've just forgotten :)
And I am doing this training which means I have to catch an 8 a.m. train which means leaving the house by 7:25 to catch a taxi, buy a ticket, etc. So I need to get up 1/2 an hour earlier than normal. So what time do I wake up? 3:30. Sigh. Because I am worried about sleeping in. We are insomniatic sisters :)
Ugh. I'm hoping you're wrong, that you did actually do everything right and you've just forgotten :)
And I am doing this training which means I have to catch an 8 a.m. train which means leaving the house by 7:25 to catch a taxi, buy a ticket, etc. So I need to get up 1/2 an hour earlier than normal. So what time do I wake up? 3:30. Sigh. Because I am worried about sleeping in. We are insomniatic sisters :)
I'm feeling lucky for 4 hours of sleep--that's my norm.
I do hope the brain was able to shut off and allow you some rest time.
*hugs*
Pretty sucky ordeal to have to handle over and over and over again......
Fortunately, insomnia is never a problem when faced with a deadline. Unfortunately, I suffer from stress induced narcolepsy so while I'm not up worrying, I'm also not up being (possibly) productive.
Hope everything worked out!
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