This is clearly the post of a sleep-deprived person.
I haven’t really slept well lately. I don’t think I’m under an usual amount of stress and there’s nothing life or death about the things I think about. I just can’t shut my head off and get some rest.
Here’s a rundown of my night.
10:00 p.m. Totally exhausted so I climb into bed and sink into my comfy mattress. I prop my pillows up behind my head and watch TV for a few minutes until my eyelids feel so heavy I can’t hold them open.
10:15 p.m. Turn off the TV, turn off the lights, settle into bed and close my eyes.
10:17 p.m. Doze off.
10:20 p.m. Wide awake. Make a mental reminder to grab my iPod in the morning so I can take it to work.
10:21 p.m. Speaking of work, did I remember to send that e-mail before I left? Think about what I need to do when I first get into the office.
10:35 p.m. Think about how much traffic there’s been in the morning and wonder if I should get up a little earlier.
10:36 p.m. Get cranky about having to wake up earlier and vow to just get ready faster in the morning.
11:00 p.m. Remind myself to grab that book before I leave for work because I need to use it as reference for something I’m working on.
11:05 p.m. Realize I will never remember to grab it in the morning, get up, find it and put it by my keys.
11:20 p.m. Let the dog out.
12:00 a.m. Let the dog in.
12:10 a.m. Remember to pay the power bill tomorrow (which is now today).
12:30 a.m. Roll over and pull a pillow over my head to block out Bill’s snoring.
12:50 a.m. Take pillow off my head because it’s hot.
1:00 a.m. Get irritated because I’m still awake and can’t go to sleep.
1:01 a.m. Wonder if it’s too late to take a Tylenol PM. Maybe just one? Probably not a good idea.
1:02 a.m. Will myself to sleep, but the more I do that, the more awake I become. Maybe I should take up meditation? Or yoga?
1:04 a.m. Wonder when I would ever find the time to do yoga since I barely use my gym membership.
1:05 a.m. When did I go to the gym last?
1:15 a.m. Wonder when I’m going to find time to go to Target this week.
1:16 a.m. Mentally make list of stuff I need to get at Target: toilet paper, paper towels, hardwood floor cleaner, soap…
1:17 a.m. Contemplate getting out of bed to write up my target list. And maybe a grocery list.
1:19 a.m. Wonder if I have enough toilet paper to last through the weekend if I can’t get to Target during the week. Maybe I can go Thursday night?
1:21 a.m. Nope. Not Thursday. I have to take Gracie to agility that night.
1:22 a.m. Wonder why the special leash and collar I ordered for Gracie to wear for agility hasn’t shown up yet. Wonder when I ordered it. Hmmm, should be here by now. They usually send orders pretty quickly.
1:30 a.m. Wonder if it’s too late to take shot of NyQuil to knock me out.
1:40 a.m. Let the dog out.
2:00 a.m. Let the dog in.
2:15 a.m. Maybe a half shot of NyQuil?
2:20 a.m. Frustrated because I can’t sleep. Think about everything I have to do this weekend. Things that don’t involve sleeping in. Or even being home much.
2:30 a.m. Hope I get off work on time Thursday night because I have to drive home, pick up Gracie and drive her 40 minutes away to agility.
2:35 a.m. Plan what I need to take to agility. Make backup plan in case new leash doesn’t show up.
2:40 a.m. Doze off.
3:30 a.m. Hear Bill wake up and go into the other room because he can’t sleep.
3:31 a.m. Wonder if my not sleeping is keeping Bill from sleeping.
3:35 a.m. Listen to the coffee pot grind the coffee and wonder why that damn machine makes so much fucking noise.
3:36 a.m. But damn, it makes some good coffee.
3:48 a.m. Do I have enough dog shampoo to bathe Gracie on Friday night? She has a show on Saturday and I have to groom her.
3:49 a.m. Do I have all of her dog show stuff together? Do I need to wash her bowls? Where is her lead?
4:45 a.m. Let the dog out.
6:40 a.m. Let the dog in.
6:50 a.m. Alarm goes off.
7:10 a.m. Get out of bed, totally trashed from not sleeping.
8:25 a.m. Leave the house late. Again. Too tired to get ready on time.
Is it just me or is anyone else—other than Bill—stressed to the max over nothing at all?
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