Sleep Don't Fail Me Now
This is getting ridiculous. I've slept 23 hours this entire week. I CANNOT sleep during the day, apparently. This third shift job is taking its toll.
I fell asleep around 8 this morning, only to wake at 9:49. WTF? I've done everything I can think of to sleep. Blindfold, bubble baths, Benedryl, reading, yoga, writing. (At night when I try to write I always fall asleep.) Nothing works.
I don't understand it. I've never, I mean NEVER, had trouble sleeping. I'm known for my ability to sleep anywhere. What is wrong with me?
The funny part of all this is, my supervisor asked me last night how the hours were working out. I told her the truth: it's been a big adjustment. She mentioned putting in a request to change to second shift. We'll see what happens. She's been VERY complimentary of my work. "You've been very focused," she said. And while that's true, I don't think the price should be me feeling so exhausted and, as a result, getting NOTHING else done while I'm at home. I'm sure popedave6 feels like he's living with the world's biggest slob right now. It's an accomplishment anymore just to load the dishwasher.
I'm only bitching because tonight I have to work all night and then stay awake until 1pm to teach tomorrow. If I don't get some shuteye today, I'll be up for the next 24 hours (so about 30 all told).
And my actual sleep feels different. It used to be when I woke up, I could remember the blackness (I don't remember my dreams much anymore). It felt like I'd slept for 8 or more hours. Now I wake up and it's like I was literally unconscious or in a coma. There's no sense of the passage of time. And I don't feel rested. Sigh. I think this weekend I'll ask popedave6 to help me put an extra blanket up over the window in my room.
Well, I'm going to try to go back to sleep. Think I'll take a bath and hope for the best.
Keep your fingers crossed for me to get switched to second shift. (2pm -10pm)
I fell asleep around 8 this morning, only to wake at 9:49. WTF? I've done everything I can think of to sleep. Blindfold, bubble baths, Benedryl, reading, yoga, writing. (At night when I try to write I always fall asleep.) Nothing works.
I don't understand it. I've never, I mean NEVER, had trouble sleeping. I'm known for my ability to sleep anywhere. What is wrong with me?
The funny part of all this is, my supervisor asked me last night how the hours were working out. I told her the truth: it's been a big adjustment. She mentioned putting in a request to change to second shift. We'll see what happens. She's been VERY complimentary of my work. "You've been very focused," she said. And while that's true, I don't think the price should be me feeling so exhausted and, as a result, getting NOTHING else done while I'm at home. I'm sure popedave6 feels like he's living with the world's biggest slob right now. It's an accomplishment anymore just to load the dishwasher.
I'm only bitching because tonight I have to work all night and then stay awake until 1pm to teach tomorrow. If I don't get some shuteye today, I'll be up for the next 24 hours (so about 30 all told).
And my actual sleep feels different. It used to be when I woke up, I could remember the blackness (I don't remember my dreams much anymore). It felt like I'd slept for 8 or more hours. Now I wake up and it's like I was literally unconscious or in a coma. There's no sense of the passage of time. And I don't feel rested. Sigh. I think this weekend I'll ask popedave6 to help me put an extra blanket up over the window in my room.
Well, I'm going to try to go back to sleep. Think I'll take a bath and hope for the best.
Keep your fingers crossed for me to get switched to second shift. (2pm -10pm)