Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Sleep

There is a philosophy that I have heard more often than once. I will sleep when I am dead. I wish I could live by this belief. It makes so much sense. There is so much to be done, all the time. We only have such a short time here, we never know when that time will be up. It could be in an hour, a day, a week, or in 80 years, who knows. We have to squeeze in what we can while we can, make the most of it all.
What do I do with my spare time? I sleep. What do I do when I have no spare time to sleep? I make spare time of course. Stupid isn't it. I mean I sleep because I am purely exhausted all the time. I do not know why. Could be I have a dog who's bladder is the size of a walnut and has to go out every 20-30 minutes all night long so I never get a proper night's sleep? I just don't know, some days are worse than others. I can wake up, get the kids off to school, come home, and sleep until it is time for them to come home. That is simply not normal of course. I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, in circumstances your "normal" person does not sleep in.
Anyway I need tips for being less sleepy. I don't think there is a medical reason for my sleepiness. I have tried the usual things like coffee, exercise, etc. I can drink coffee and go to sleep. I can exercise, eat and go to sleep. These things should be having the opposite effect on me. I am a strange bird. I have tried that little 5 hour energy drink and it does seem to help, but I don't like having to depend on something like that, and besides I would need 3 of them to get me through a day. Maybe it is all a mental thing, now THAT would make sense.

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