Sleep! That is all on my mind right now. Born to an insomniac mother, I've always embraced my ability to sleep well and soundly as a blessing. My mom has recently started a love affair with sleep after having given up her 10-cups-of-tea-a-day habit. So now she is forever napping; every time I call her (and that is like five times a day at least if there's nothing much happening), she's napping or just woken up from sleep or is just preparing to doze off...
Well, all that is besides the point. What's happening to me is that I can't sleep! For the last three days I have been up until two in the morning (watching inane movies on TV; like Wild Things 3, beat that!) and even then I am wide awake. Not even a teeny bit drowsy. Maybe it's the side effects of the medicines I am having (I am on an antibiotic course for some crazy, out of the blue infection), maybe it's a lack of exercise... whatever it is, I am not liking this one bit.
I mean, we all go through those days when we just can't sleep. But you know, you still feel tired and drowsy at the end of the day and you probably lie in bed tossing and turning or like my husband does, watches the TV on mute and promptly dozes off! I have tried all the tricks in my book... reading, playing card games on my mobile and like I shamelessly admitted, watching stupid stuff on television! But my body just refuses to take the hint. I even tried counting sheep last night. No luck! And the sheep were running all over the place; couldn't even count them well.
And it's like I don't even feel tired. Not at night. I wake up at 7 am nowadays; quite late considering that I am a 5-5.30 kinda person. And then I feel drowsy for like 10 min. But that's it! There's no snoozing or anything happening after that! Maybe I am turning into Shah Rukh Khan; he wants more hours in a day to do more. Well, I have got plenty of hours now. He can borrow some! Maybe I should try tweeting him. If he isn't sleeping too, maybe we could chat or something.
One problem I see with this scenario (my sleepless nights, not SRK's) is the appearance of puffy, tired eyes. I see all the signs already and I suppose a few more days like this and then I'll look a wreck. My appearance is the least of my worries though. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that insomnia is not somehow passed down the gene line. Nights are not that fun when you are the only person up and chirpy!
Let me know if you come across any tips to get better sleep. And before you ask me, I only have two cups of tea a day!
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Eyes wide open!
Sleep! That is all on my mind right now. Born to an insomniac mother, I've always embraced my ability to sleep well and soundly as a blessing. My mom has recently started a love affair with sleep after having given up her 10-cups-of-tea-a-day habit. So now she is forever napping; every time I call her (and that is like five times a day at least if there's nothing much happening), she's napping or just woken up from sleep or is just preparing to doze off...
Well, all that is besides the point. What's happening to me is that I can't sleep! For the last three days I have been up until two in the morning (watching inane movies on TV; like Wild Things 3, beat that!) and even then I am wide awake. Not even a teeny bit drowsy. Maybe it's the side effects of the medicines I am having (I am on an antibiotic course for some crazy, out of the blue infection), maybe it's a lack of exercise... whatever it is, I am not liking this one bit.
I mean, we all go through those days when we just can't sleep. But you know, you still feel tired and drowsy at the end of the day and you probably lie in bed tossing and turning or like my husband does, watches the TV on mute and promptly dozes off! I have tried all the tricks in my book... reading, playing card games on my mobile and like I shamelessly admitted, watching stupid stuff on television! But my body just refuses to take the hint. I even tried counting sheep last night. No luck! And the sheep were running all over the place; couldn't even count them well.
And it's like I don't even feel tired. Not at night. I wake up at 7 am nowadays; quite late considering that I am a 5-5.30 kinda person. And then I feel drowsy for like 10 min. But that's it! There's no snoozing or anything happening after that! Maybe I am turning into Shah Rukh Khan; he wants more hours in a day to do more. Well, I have got plenty of hours now. He can borrow some! Maybe I should try tweeting him. If he isn't sleeping too, maybe we could chat or something.
One problem I see with this scenario (my sleepless nights, not SRK's) is the appearance of puffy, tired eyes. I see all the signs already and I suppose a few more days like this and then I'll look a wreck. My appearance is the least of my worries though. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that insomnia is not somehow passed down the gene line. Nights are not that fun when you are the only person up and chirpy!
Let me know if you come across any tips to get better sleep. And before you ask me, I only have two cups of tea a day!
Well, all that is besides the point. What's happening to me is that I can't sleep! For the last three days I have been up until two in the morning (watching inane movies on TV; like Wild Things 3, beat that!) and even then I am wide awake. Not even a teeny bit drowsy. Maybe it's the side effects of the medicines I am having (I am on an antibiotic course for some crazy, out of the blue infection), maybe it's a lack of exercise... whatever it is, I am not liking this one bit.
I mean, we all go through those days when we just can't sleep. But you know, you still feel tired and drowsy at the end of the day and you probably lie in bed tossing and turning or like my husband does, watches the TV on mute and promptly dozes off! I have tried all the tricks in my book... reading, playing card games on my mobile and like I shamelessly admitted, watching stupid stuff on television! But my body just refuses to take the hint. I even tried counting sheep last night. No luck! And the sheep were running all over the place; couldn't even count them well.
And it's like I don't even feel tired. Not at night. I wake up at 7 am nowadays; quite late considering that I am a 5-5.30 kinda person. And then I feel drowsy for like 10 min. But that's it! There's no snoozing or anything happening after that! Maybe I am turning into Shah Rukh Khan; he wants more hours in a day to do more. Well, I have got plenty of hours now. He can borrow some! Maybe I should try tweeting him. If he isn't sleeping too, maybe we could chat or something.
One problem I see with this scenario (my sleepless nights, not SRK's) is the appearance of puffy, tired eyes. I see all the signs already and I suppose a few more days like this and then I'll look a wreck. My appearance is the least of my worries though. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that insomnia is not somehow passed down the gene line. Nights are not that fun when you are the only person up and chirpy!
Let me know if you come across any tips to get better sleep. And before you ask me, I only have two cups of tea a day!
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Go the left side corner of your life for the day. There is a button called start. Shut down the brain for the night. If you still can't, try CNTRL + ALT + DELETE.
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