Woke at 3:40 today so I thought, right, I won’t just lie here for once, I’ll get up and do something.
Went down to the kitchen, made a cup of Valerian tea – removed cat from table – wrote half a page in my journal – removed cat from table again – watched last week’s Dr Who (which I hadn’t got round to playing back) –and the opening of last night’s, which I missed - removed cat from tea cup – removed cat from my shoulder. (Note to subzzz – when dogs’ eyes look like that, is it because their pupils are dilated? I always thought they just had big black eyes. Never really looked into a dog’s eyes for donkey’s years though - since I was discovered by cats, I’ve never been quite the same).
Went back to bed about 5:10, but of course, I still couldn’t get back to sleep, by then my head was buzzing too much. Finally got back to sleep some time after 6 – till just before 9.
The conventional advice on insomnia usually includes something like – ‘don’t go to bed until you’re ready to go to sleep’ – but how do you know when you’re ready to go to sleep, this has always puzzled me. I can be totally exhausted and still lie there for a couple of hours completely unable to drop off.
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Insomnia update
by husbandorcat
@ 23 Apr. 2006 - 11:49:42
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Can sympathise - see today's entry - I haven't sussed out trackbacks yet 'cos I'm new to this blogging lark...
Can sympathise on many counts actually: the insomnia, the aspiring writer, the cats, and the temptation... ;-)
Hope you got a better night's sleep last night...
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