Sleep Part I
I've been meaning to write about this for a while, but never really go around to it. It usually crosses my mind whenever I'm with someone, and they nod off and fall asleep against any will of their own. This event is always an amazing thing to witness because I have never experienced it myself.
I guess I'm a finicky sleeper. Either that or I'm just not very good at it. I can't just suddenly fall asleep if I'm feeling tired. Sleep only happens when I make the decision to go to a certain location and attempt it (and I'm not always successful).
Just to give you an idea, here are the things that usually have to happen in order for me to finally sleep:
1. I guess I have to go to a bed.
2. A fan must be on, no matter what time of the year. At least at home, because I found a comfort zone between having the fan on and a certain blanket/sheets.
3. I have to wear socks. 95% of the time I wear socks to bed because I can't sleep without them. The other 5% of the time is when I can't sleep with socks on, and must take them off. If that's not picky enough, they can't be the same socks I've worn all day, because they're all stretched out and flappy.
4. Now that I'm actually in the bed, I must sleep on my stomach. No, I can't sleep on my side or back. If I do, I'll just lay there or fall asleep for short periods of time. Again, if that's not picky enough, here's what usually has to happen in order to fall alseep:
Just like pretty much any other sleeping position, you can obviously perform it to the left or right. For me to sleep, I must first try to fall asleep facing the right. When that doesn't work, I switch to the left, which never works, and then back to the right, where I fall asleep.
5. Three pillows are required One for my head, one to lay on top of, and one to hold onto. Simple enough, except for this other requirement:
6. Pillows are noisy. Yeah, you heard me. They make enough noise in my ear to drive me insane. Luckily I found the flattest, oldest, crappiest pillow I could find. It's not as noisy (more noisy while laying to the left side), and works a bit better.
If all these things take place, it should be about a half hour before I actually fall asleep. I'm usually not that lucky, especially these past few nights, where I've barely slept. I've taken to sleeping on the floor (It sometimes does the trick), at least for an hour or two and then getting back into my bed.
Does this seem normal to you?
I guess I'm a finicky sleeper. Either that or I'm just not very good at it. I can't just suddenly fall asleep if I'm feeling tired. Sleep only happens when I make the decision to go to a certain location and attempt it (and I'm not always successful).
Just to give you an idea, here are the things that usually have to happen in order for me to finally sleep:
1. I guess I have to go to a bed.
2. A fan must be on, no matter what time of the year. At least at home, because I found a comfort zone between having the fan on and a certain blanket/sheets.
3. I have to wear socks. 95% of the time I wear socks to bed because I can't sleep without them. The other 5% of the time is when I can't sleep with socks on, and must take them off. If that's not picky enough, they can't be the same socks I've worn all day, because they're all stretched out and flappy.
4. Now that I'm actually in the bed, I must sleep on my stomach. No, I can't sleep on my side or back. If I do, I'll just lay there or fall asleep for short periods of time. Again, if that's not picky enough, here's what usually has to happen in order to fall alseep:
Just like pretty much any other sleeping position, you can obviously perform it to the left or right. For me to sleep, I must first try to fall asleep facing the right. When that doesn't work, I switch to the left, which never works, and then back to the right, where I fall asleep.
5. Three pillows are required One for my head, one to lay on top of, and one to hold onto. Simple enough, except for this other requirement:
6. Pillows are noisy. Yeah, you heard me. They make enough noise in my ear to drive me insane. Luckily I found the flattest, oldest, crappiest pillow I could find. It's not as noisy (more noisy while laying to the left side), and works a bit better.
If all these things take place, it should be about a half hour before I actually fall asleep. I'm usually not that lucky, especially these past few nights, where I've barely slept. I've taken to sleeping on the floor (It sometimes does the trick), at least for an hour or two and then getting back into my bed.
Does this seem normal to you?