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Woohoo, just made some good progress on the purse (I think… I'm still cutting the pattern (making it up as I go along) and cutting the material and fastening it together and ironing that stiffening stuff on the back of it, etc)
So the proof will be in the pudding – in assembling all the bits and hoping they fit… hmmm…
If it doesn't work, I think I'll just go and buy a really crap, cheap purse for 4.99 € somewhere, haha.
I ended up having a bit of an intense day in the end. A friend came by and I'm helping her with the paperwork of starting her own business and that sort of stuff is so complicated and confusing and emotional (cos so much depends on it) and even though it went well (better than expected, even) I'm still a bit, I dunno… kerfuffled up inside… I guess my brain just keeps on running in that “furiously concentrating” mode… even tho I've “decided” it's now time for bed, my brain is raring to go, saying “Gimme some book-keeping to do!! I'll have it done in a jiffy!!” 🙄
Which could be good, I gues… I have a large-ish pile of my own undone book-keeping/ accounting sitting in my office… :wacko:
But nah, who wants to spend the night doing accounting, ffs?? (Yeah, well, apart from my brain…!)
See how I go I guess… Not sure my brain realises we have another 6am wake-up ahead of us… 😛
I was thinking earlier that I'm intrigued that Martin's insomnia solution seems to be not so much “fixing” the not-falling-asleep, but rather not getting so upset about it and managing better with the consequences of it (next-day-tiredness)…
So, I guess in that sense it's not what I had “hoped” for (yet?) in that I'm not really falling asleep any earlier (yet?) but *am* feeling much better overall and more relaxed and less like my sleep (or non-sleep) is *controlling* me and my life… I guess the (non-)sleep issue isn't as dominant for me now, as it used to be… which is GREAT! (Thank you Martin!!!)
At the same time, I guess I'm still “hopeful” that something aking to “earlier sleep” or “easier falling asleep” will set in sometime down the track… tho I guess if this is a long process of teaching my brain new habits (when it's spent a life time learning the “opposite” ones…) it's going to take a while and I suppose I don't mind giving it, say, 6 months… You know, try sleep hygiene rules (for me most importantly UP EARLY and NO NAPPING) for 6 months and then seeing if my sleep times slowly start adjusting and improving…
But the prospect of facing the next 6 months or so with little/ irregular sleep doesn't feel as threatening and exhausting as it used to…
In fact people have been commenting in surprise how “fine” I look when I tell them things like “I only got 3 hours sleep the last 3 nights running” and am looking quite cheerful and relaxed while saying it… haha. That's making a nice change!! Guess I might not get those frown wrinkles 😡 quite so soon after all?!?! HAHA
…Oof, now I've paused mid-ramble and forgotten what I was talking about…! Pffft.
Probably a good place to sign off for the night then!!
Have a good start to your week and wishing you an easy day…
XXX Groggy (who did a lot of dancing again this morning and is not sure her neighbour appreciated the semi-loud radio at 7am on a Sunday… but tough luck, why should I have all the insomnia – I figure she can have a bit of mine… aren't I nice, sharing like that?!?!) 😆
Hello there!!
I was busy working all day – well most of it – I did have a 2 hour nap this afternoon, but I think it was a “good” kind of nap – where you're a little sleepy from working all day, have a brief snooze and then keep carrying on…
Not the bad kind, where I get all sooky and cranky and sleep for ages and then am often still cranky and sooky! Ugh!
So I got a lot done today, but not much time to frivol away on the internet… poop… haha…
Can't believe you are writing a book! This has obviously unleashed a flurry of creative activity in you!!!
Well, I'm currently totally indecisive of what to do – I'm sort of in a sleepy patch, but still need to do a few things before nodding off, by which time I won't be sleepy anymore… yada yada yada…
Have a lovely Sunday night!!
🙂 Groggy
Oh, oh, sleepy patch….
Just had a hot bath, as the lure of the sofa and bed were becoming too much to bear…
Back at the kitchen table now, having some breakfast while I work…
It's about to go 9am – so I have a whole 9 hours to go, before I'm allowed a “nap”/ snooze…. Waaaaahhhhh!! 🙁
That's a long time!
Maybe I will do my nice exercise/ relax video in a bit… just have to be careful not to fall asleep at the end of it – have to be VERY VERY careful – as they do a lovely relaxy bit in it…
Well, I figure if I get desperate and the sleep sirens start lulling me in with their song, I will come here and post my insomnia madness, in a desparate attempt to stay “UP”….
Have a lovely Sunday,
from Groggy, who is currently VERTICAL – and plans to stay that way!!!!
XXX
Right, so I am shifting sewing projects for a bit, cos the next bit I have to do on my purse is so tricky. Can't quite work out how to do it yet, so I will need to give it some more thought and then try cutting and sewing those bits when I am in a patient/ awake mood…
I think if I continue with these creative insomnia-nights projects long-term, I will definitely have to have some “dumbbell” creative tasks to do, for those wee hours in the morning when your brain just can't cope with anything more complicated than “put part A here” then “put part B here” now “put part C here” and repeat. You know what I mean – tasks that you actually DON'T need a functioning brain for…
XXX G
Right, well, it's 20 mins to 1am here, and I'm officially putting all work stuff away for the day…
But as insomnia is bound to visit with me tonight, I've gotten out my sewing, to see if I can make some progress on that purse…
Plus I've got another sewing project to finish, and a jumper to finish knitting, if I should happen to be up half/ all night…
Sweet dreams Tired Tedsy
Groggy
Hey there, Tedsy…
Yeah, I know I seriously don't want a hysterectomy… except on the 1st day of the monthly curse where I'm like “chop off whatever part of my body is producing this pain!”…
It's settled down again now, thankfully, so I'm doing better.
I did have a rather enormous sleep-schedule disaster today tho… So much day-time sleep, that I can't really work it all out…
I know I ended up falling asleep somewhere between 3:30am and 4:00am, when the pain med kicked in… Then I slept through til 1pm lunchtime, tried to get up, but didn't make it, curled over and got some more Zzzzs. I can't work out quite til when – sometime mid-afternoon is all I know – I'm guessing 3 pm…
So given that, I had about 12 hours of sleep – all at the totally wrong time… But I'm figuring that my sleep schedule needs to incorporate things like major pain, or gettin a flu or things like that… I just have to establish a system where not every little cold/ sniffle/ sooky moment qualifies as a “let's throw this sleep schedule to the wind” moment…
So I guess “first day of period” qualifies as a “if in pain and sleeping helps, then sleep” day to my mind….
If I can't sleep tonight, I'll just do my work and then get straight back to the 6am wake up tomorrow…
Hope you're doing well!!
And I hope to write some more later… just sneaking in a quick “hello” now, before getting stuck back into work…
XXX Groggy
Hey there,
I'm still up unfortunately – the pain is spiralling a bit, which is not sleep-condusive, obviously.
I've decided to get up and to try and do some work, tho I have some doubts re ability to concentrate, hmm.
See how I go, I guess.
I'm also thinking of doing an all-nighter, if I should happen to still be up at 5am, cos I find getting up after just an hour's sleep even more difficult than just trying to stay awake…
Just took a pain med, so I hope that will help and kick in soon.
So tempted right now, to get a hysterectomy myself, but I have researched it in the past and worry that the results may not be what I would hope for.
I guess this pain never lasts for more than 48 hours, so I should be positive and tell myself only 40-odd hours to go…
Right… gonna try and do some of that work now.
Hope you're having nice slumbers!
XXX G
Hey Teddy,
I ended up falling asleep on the sofa this afternoon, but I'm not bothered by it, as I was really wrecked from period pain/ tiredness/ work etc. I didn't check the clock when I fell asleep or when I woke up, but I'm guessing it was 2-3 hours of sleep that I got.
I guess it's not perfect as re my sleep schedule, but it certainly helped on the pain front – and seeing as pain (back pain/ period pain/ migraines) can be a big factor in increasing insomnia, I figure it's a healthy response for my body to have sought a break.
I'm doing quite well with the job that came in today… making better progress on it, than I expected, but it's still going to be a lot to do over the next week or so. Guess it'll be just working and sleeping then… including working if and when insomnia strikes…
I'm going to take a little break and do some gentle Yoga, to see how that cheers me up.
Wishing you a peaceful night
XXX
Groggy
Hey Teddy-that-lunches,
do you mind if I just have a brief insomnia-related grizzle here?
Cos I'm feeling very sooky and hence very NAP ATTACK prone…
So, apart from obviously having had TOO LITTLE sleep, I have also gotten my monthly curse today, which means I am in pain and feeling sorry for myself.
I also just had a 3 hour work meeting in which basically NOTHING got done….
Which means I have sat there, in pain, tired and sooky for 3 hours for no good reason at all, while a HUGE pile of work is waiting for me (cos a big job came in today) so I will be slaving away with overtime for the next 10 days straight…. 😮
Is it just me, or is that reason enough to be sooky? 🙁
And is it also just me, or does a nap not seem like the appropriate form of escape from all that….?! -_-
Not that I even have TIME for one…!
If only I'd been able to nap surrepticiously in that 3 hour meeting!!
Hmmm, right. Okay, thanks for hearing me on that! 🙄
I am gonna try and be a good Groggy and stick to my plan – cos this sort of combination of annoyances is what usually will have me throwing my insomnia plans to the wind…
So I will be very vigilant and at least make sure I don't fall asleep before 6pm…
From Groggy, who is feeling a bit 😕 right now
XXX
Haha, starting the day grooving away to the Bangles “Walk like an Egyptian” on the radio… love it!!!
Oh Teddy, you are the funniest insomniac I know!!
Just writing you a quick note to say (to prove!!!) I am UP 🙂
Got up a 7am again today and feeling very proud of myself… It's getting a tiny bit easier with each passing day, it seems…
Not exactly in “enjoyable” territory yet!!! But starting to reach the “there are worse forms of torture” territory, so thank the Sleep Godess for thath, huh?
Well, I will try to kick start the rest of my sorry excuse for a brain into gear and report back later when fully conscious 😮
Great idea with the novel!!
Groggy Grogz
