And then In Bizarro World.
So We all know by now that I'm a chronic insomniac. It's at least, for me, better than a lot of folk, because it's an on again/off again condition. I can usually get three or four *SOLID* hours when heavily medicated, and I'm supposed to be okay with that.
One of the things that is advocated in general for insomnia, and as I read more about the fibro, specifically, is a really good eye mask.(google fibro + alpha eeg anomaly, it's fascinating stuff, but the basic gist is your brain never enters deep sleep, and often keeps acting like it's awake, light blockage helps.) Now, I have an eye mask. I've had it for years. the elastic is shot to shit. Even when it wasn't, it let in a lot of unnecessary light. It was a better eye mask than something pretty you'd pick up at a sex shop, or something you'd grab at one of those mall shops trying to sell you new-age cures to everything. Still, it was mediocre when I bought it four years ago, and it totally sucks ass now. And I WHINE about it. A LOT. Because I come to bed, and he's still working on stuff, so the light's on. "turn off the light!" then, he's still working on stuff, so he's got both pc monitors going and he's watching TV, so the room's got that awful poltergeist glow, plus GOD FORBID someone has left the bathroom light on, clearly they are FUCKING WITH ME ON PURPOSE. I get really, really whiny when I can't sleep. Like, little kid whiny. Also, the sleep mask is not NOT an option when sleeping next to other people, because it A) freaks them out, and B) is dangerous for your eyeballs which I found out when Jason was little and scratched my cornea in his sleep.
and the sleep mask wasn't doing shit. and that was getting more and more hellish, because, you know, I NEED SLEEP, especially with my face all smashed up and all. Anyway, I've been coveting this really lovely tempurpedic one, but HELLO, it's $35. Before Shipping. and realistically, it *is* a little piece of pillow that you wrap around your face at night, so I couldn't really justify it.
So I go to bed last night. Late, because I was putting it off until I couldn't put it off any longer, and I was *miserable* and exhausted, and kind of out of it, because, hello, face still hurts. And I get into bed, and I'm adjusting my lousy-ass sleep mask, and gene's like,
"Oh yeah, my package came today!" and starts fumbling around between the bed and the computer.
and of course, I'm looking at him like he's an ass, going, "Why the hell do I care about your Package?"
"Dude, *everyone* cares about my package! (yeah, he's twelve) But you gotta open this one."
So he throws a box at me. and inside the box is the tempurpedic eye mask. and I went, but?!?
and he was all, "Ebay. It was ending quietly and for less than it should have, and I had the cash. Put it on!"
And let me tell you, boys and girls, this thing is a gift from the gods of heaven and science. It presses really firmly on your under eye area, which relieved a lot of the sinus pressure that makes it harder for me to sleep and breathe at the same time. I slept for four hours without *moving*, and then got up, had a drink, and slept for two more. There was NO light. lights on, lights off, whatever. I couldn't tell the difference. no freaky misty-eyeballs peeking out the edge. throughout the night, it didn't *budge*.
I told him last night it was one of the most thoughtful gifts he's given me...pretty much ever.
Next stop, earplugs! (which I don't think I'd actually feel safe sleeping with, but it's a nice idea)
One of the things that is advocated in general for insomnia, and as I read more about the fibro, specifically, is a really good eye mask.(google fibro + alpha eeg anomaly, it's fascinating stuff, but the basic gist is your brain never enters deep sleep, and often keeps acting like it's awake, light blockage helps.) Now, I have an eye mask. I've had it for years. the elastic is shot to shit. Even when it wasn't, it let in a lot of unnecessary light. It was a better eye mask than something pretty you'd pick up at a sex shop, or something you'd grab at one of those mall shops trying to sell you new-age cures to everything. Still, it was mediocre when I bought it four years ago, and it totally sucks ass now. And I WHINE about it. A LOT. Because I come to bed, and he's still working on stuff, so the light's on. "turn off the light!" then, he's still working on stuff, so he's got both pc monitors going and he's watching TV, so the room's got that awful poltergeist glow, plus GOD FORBID someone has left the bathroom light on, clearly they are FUCKING WITH ME ON PURPOSE. I get really, really whiny when I can't sleep. Like, little kid whiny. Also, the sleep mask is not NOT an option when sleeping next to other people, because it A) freaks them out, and B) is dangerous for your eyeballs which I found out when Jason was little and scratched my cornea in his sleep.
and the sleep mask wasn't doing shit. and that was getting more and more hellish, because, you know, I NEED SLEEP, especially with my face all smashed up and all. Anyway, I've been coveting this really lovely tempurpedic one, but HELLO, it's $35. Before Shipping. and realistically, it *is* a little piece of pillow that you wrap around your face at night, so I couldn't really justify it.
So I go to bed last night. Late, because I was putting it off until I couldn't put it off any longer, and I was *miserable* and exhausted, and kind of out of it, because, hello, face still hurts. And I get into bed, and I'm adjusting my lousy-ass sleep mask, and gene's like,
"Oh yeah, my package came today!" and starts fumbling around between the bed and the computer.
and of course, I'm looking at him like he's an ass, going, "Why the hell do I care about your Package?"
"Dude, *everyone* cares about my package! (yeah, he's twelve) But you gotta open this one."
So he throws a box at me. and inside the box is the tempurpedic eye mask. and I went, but?!?
and he was all, "Ebay. It was ending quietly and for less than it should have, and I had the cash. Put it on!"
And let me tell you, boys and girls, this thing is a gift from the gods of heaven and science. It presses really firmly on your under eye area, which relieved a lot of the sinus pressure that makes it harder for me to sleep and breathe at the same time. I slept for four hours without *moving*, and then got up, had a drink, and slept for two more. There was NO light. lights on, lights off, whatever. I couldn't tell the difference. no freaky misty-eyeballs peeking out the edge. throughout the night, it didn't *budge*.
I told him last night it was one of the most thoughtful gifts he's given me...pretty much ever.
Next stop, earplugs! (which I don't think I'd actually feel safe sleeping with, but it's a nice idea)