Saturday, November 13, 2010

Internal Alarm- please snooze

For as long as I can actually remember, I have been an early riser. Saturday mornings in our house started around 9am, compared to all my friends who slept in until 11, 9 might as well been the crack of dawn. Even in college, no matter how late I would crash, my internal alarm would go off around 9 am.
I am now having an issue. My internal alarm is now set at 6:39am, and this just will not work for me. My mom's days start around 5 am- and I can already see how my sleeping habits will progress. As the years go by, my internal alarm is going to get earlier and earlier- until there are permanent dark circles under my eyes and getting only 4 hours of sleep will suffice. How can this horrible trend be stopped? I will find this answer and no the answer will not be with ambien or any other type of sleeping aid (they really scare me). Maybe its the bed I am sleeping in now or maybe there are too many things on my mind- or maybe I just don't need sleep (I am positive beyond belief that this is NOT the correct answer), whatever the cause- I will find a way to fix it.... someday.

Last night, I went to an open bar with a few friends to watch the Indiana basketball game, we hung around for a few hours after the game and around 11ish, I decided it was time for my long haul back to queens. I crashed into bed around 1 am and expected to sleep until at least 10... Yea that didn't happen- which is why I am writing this blog into the void in the first place, because I am awake.
My eyes opened first at 6:39- a minute before my regular alarm goes off during the week. I reminded myself that it was Saturday and went back to sleep. Around 7:39, my little eyes opened again- and again, I cursed myself and reminded myself that it is Saturday and fell back asleep... for 20 minutes. On the third time my eyes opened, I had enough, so now I guess that the day has begun. At least its going to be 63 and sunny today- maybe my body just doesn't want me to miss the day, or is trying to torture me- I just can't decide.


Question to be solved:
How am I going to get some sleep???

Peace, Love and Internal Alarms,
B

1 comment:

  1. http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/teachers/fameslp.html


    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/unlocking-the-secrets-of-short-sleepers/

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