I've been MIA lately, mostly because I have nothing interesting to say, but also because I've been deeply engrossed in important things--like sleep.
I have a love hate relationship with sleep. I love to sleep. It's awesome! I have to coolest (read: disturbing) dreams. However, I also hate sleep because 1.)I always have to wake up, and 2.)There are so many things I want to work on, but would rather sleep instead. What a delemma!
Not only that, I have no consistant sleeping pattern. Sometimes I'll go to bed at 7pm, only to be wide awake at 1am. Other times I'll go to bed at 12am and be totally refreshed by 7am. And on the rare occasion I actually do sleep 8 to 10 hours, I'm usually bone tired by the middle of my day.
I can't win.
I think my messed up sleep habits has something to do with me prefering to be awake during night-time hours. I'd much rather go to bed at 5am and wake up at 10 or 11am, then the normal 9pm to whenever the hell I get up. It's a running joke at work that sunlight will make me melt. I'm not sure if I should be offended or not, but that's besides the point.
Anyway, I'm getting laid off work soon (next couple weeks or so) and am looking forward to it. Happens every year. No big. But my sleep patterns drastically change during this time. I become semi-nocturnal. Waking up late morning, taking a nap in the afternoon, then being wide awake until 4 or 5 in the morning. It's nice.
Night time is so quiet. No annoying phone calls (I friggen *hate* talking on the phone), no one bothering me, no kid demanding my attention, nada. I can play videogames, work on projects, etc., without interruption. Very cool.
So I'm eagerly awaiting lay off. Being tight on money always sucks, but I rarely leave the house this time of year, so I won't be tempted to spend what I don't have.
Let's hear it for seasonal jobs! Yay!
Posted by Zoso at October 28, 2005 10:27 AMWe're almost exactly the same. I have no idea why this is but when I'm awake during the day time I always feel tired and sluggish, I have no energy whatsoever, even though I go to sleep early, around nine, on the weekdays. But when the evening rolls around, that's when I get energetic. It is a habit of mine to work late into the night on my fiction nowadays since it is the only time of the day where there is absolute calmness in my house. I can relax and concentrate on the matter at hand without any unwanted interruptions.
Posted by: gamma at October 28, 2005 05:27 PMMy sleep patterns are changing as well. I used to get like 10-12 hrs a night. Now I am getting like 5-7 hrs and feeling just as good. That could have something to do with living in a dorm. Banging my lamp on the ceiling no longer makes the people on 3rd floor shut up. I swear, sometimes it sounds like they have a cow jump roping up there at like 1am. OHHH! And when I am trying to sleep and something wakes me up I turn "Super Bitch" Like my face seriously scared the hell out of my roommate. Sleep is very important.
On another note, Zoso, did you know that working at night or in a dimly lit area can actually make you have some form of nightvision? My cousin had that from working 3rd. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Mia Hoshifaia at October 28, 2005 08:09 PMMia, perhaps a pistol through the floor would get them to shut the hell up? Kidding...that would get you in trouble. *heh* I'm a bitch too when I get woken up. If it's not important, don't bother me or I will eat your face off...'nuff said.
I like the absolute quietness of the house at night too. I can work on stuff without interruption, which is very, very cool.
However, my vision at night is BAD. Really, really, really bad. Consider me blind at night.
Posted by: Zoso at October 29, 2005 02:48 PMEhh. I'm perpetually sleepy. I always figured it was in my nature.
Posted by: J00kst3r at October 29, 2005 09:00 PMLMAO!
perhaps a pistol through the floor would get them to shut the hell up?
Even if it doesn't get them to shut up, it sure would be satisfying to scare the hell out of them. Maybe then they would get the hint?
Posted by: Mia Hoshifaia at October 30, 2005 01:48 PMEither that or you'd get a nice, quiet jail cell. Ha ha!
Posted by: Zoso at October 31, 2005 06:44 AM