The new day job continues apace. Last two days I went into the office with a stomach virus, and boy howdy let me tell you it's no pic-a-nic ( Read more... )

Of late, I've been tickling the frontiers of vivid dreams.

I tend to hear things before the dreams commence.

Sometimes reality gets blurred, which is quite disconcerting for me.

Frustratingly, these oddities tend to be forgotten

Wife asked me how I slept a few minutes ago. I responded, "On my right side with my eyes closed. I had to adjust my pillow a few times."

"Why?"

"I need neck support so I don't get headaches."

"You want a new pillow?"

"No. This pillow's fine. I don't want it to go away."

Now I'm all teary-eyed over a pillow.

Fell asleep around 9:30-ish, didn't wake up because of headaches. Just had to piss. Got up for good 'round 7:30 this morning.

Whenever I am sleepy, but wish for a few moments more of wakefulness, I'll start nodding off. In this limnal state, I'll hear voices. Indistinct voices, like people are gathered around me.

What's worse, I become very moody and it colors my world.

Right now I'm neck-deep in it. Probably precipitated when the sad bunny video song came on the radio. ( Read more... )

The promised blizzard fizzled out into a windy rainstorm. Everyone stayed home, used their milk and bread, waiting for it to blow over. I braved the steady rain and wind into Manasquan ( Read more... )

Ever sleep someplace new and wake up tired the next morning? In new places, it takes time for one's mind to dial down the vigilance for real rest. A cite  for the needlessly skeptical and those whose purpose is to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

Same thing happens with meditating. For me at least.

The exercise is about emptying one's ( Read more... )

Never buy a memory foam mattress. It's an expensive gimmick. Over the past year I've had issues sleeping in my own bed.
If you're wondering, a grand tour is trying to sleep in the master bedroom, migrating to the couch, then winding up in the guest room.
I dreamt of encountering the super-fat Vito Spatafore in a hospital basement. I wanted to avoid ( Read more... )

My mattress is from Tempurpedic, and I haven't been a fan for some time. Being a gigantic fellow the mattress's foam does compress quite a bit, leaving me stuck in a literal depression making necessary tossing and turning a challenge.


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