Ah, Sleep

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Finally got some natural sleep - still have to walk the pups and do the bootcamp for the day , but it's 2130 (9:30P) and I'm "fixin' to get ready". Now, I hope I'll be able to sleep some tonight, instead of staying up all night and trying to get things done in the daytime ...


Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.
Anonymous


Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. Evan Davis


Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... without the satisfaction. Lynn Johnston

  

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VICIOUS421 1/18/2010 1:04AM

I love sleep it just seems my body wants to do it at the wrong times like when I am suppose to be getting ready for work or at work! LOL Someday I will get my sleep times right! Report Inappropriate Comment

BATTY30 1/17/2010 11:47AM

Sleep is listed as one of my hobbies! Report Inappropriate Comment

TOMWDCSKC 1/17/2010 2:52AM

Sleep is good. Report Inappropriate Comment

Arrgh - the Computer is Fighting Me

Saturday, January 16, 2010

I have a bunch of cute pictures I wanted to put in my blog, but the computer here at work isn't letting me upload them. Keeps telling me I'm not connected, although I am, darn it!

Anyway - I was Sooooo tired when I got home in the morning, I took sleeping pills. I knew if I walked the pups and did the bootcamp workout first, I'd wake myself up. Set my alarm for 1630 (4:30 P) - reset it for 1700 then 1730. Jumped (OK, crawled) out of bed, harnessed the pups and away we went. Did the upper body with ball workout. Had dinner and sucked down coffee - showered and off to work. The trouble with sleeping pills is they leave me loggy.

I'm off tomorrow, and I plan to sleep as soon as I can when I get home - I usually stay up on my turn-around days. I think that's what's been messing me up lately. I can walk the pups anytime tomorrow, and do the bootcamp workout in the evening. No rush!

  

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MKPQ51 1/17/2010 10:00PM

Hope going right to bed worked out better for you. When I used to work those types of hours, I didn't (or couldn't) go right to bed; I had to unwind a bit first. By then, I was either wide awake or overtired; either way, I couldn't sleep for a few hours. Kat Report Inappropriate Comment

TOMWDCSKC 1/16/2010 4:09AM

Not to certain about those pills, don't seem natural. Report Inappropriate Comment

VICIOUS421 1/16/2010 3:35AM

Have a great day off!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

Sleep - I Want It!

Friday, January 15, 2010

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. ~Dale Carnegie


Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. ~Author Unknown


Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ~Clifton Fadiman


The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. ~Wilson Mizener


I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. ~Rene Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy"


There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. ~Author Unknown


Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. ~Author Unknown


The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald


I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake. ~Author Unknown

  

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SKMCHALE 1/18/2010 4:43PM

I have read several of your posts and they are so fun with the pictures. I am a big dog lover and our schnauzer is better than any alarm. I don't sleep much but am a big fan of Simply Sleep when I need it. Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 1/15/2010 9:39AM

You are just so creative with your pictures. I love reading your blogs. I hope you can get some sleep soon. It's not just cats that wake you up for breakfast. My lab Abigail makes sure I'm awake at 6 am every morning! Report Inappropriate Comment

DAYHIKER 1/15/2010 6:57AM

Fun post! Some mornings I wake up to a hungry kitteh without a snooze button! We have a new (stray) Itty Bitty Bobtail Kitteh who has taken a first floor unit with a view of the food dish in the two story cat tower by the chimney! JUST what we needed...another cat. Report Inappropriate Comment

TLSPEARS1 1/15/2010 3:56AM

Thanks for the comment on my blog. Stay warm and try to get some good sleep. Good luck on your journey to a healthier and happier you! Report Inappropriate Comment

VICIOUS421 1/15/2010 1:41AM

I am sorry you are not sleeping well. But these pictures and quotes are great!!!!! LOL Report Inappropriate Comment

Back to Work

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Still having trouble sleeping - I hate when I get in these cycles.

Even took sleeping pills this morning (I don't usually) so I could sleep until noon.

Did the "watch me fall off the exercise ball" workout. Walked the pups. Went to the gym fo rthe treadmill and circuit training workout. Shopped for cat litter (gotta make sure you have that!)

Now I'm at work, wishing I were home sleeping. No justice in the world!

  

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3CHIHUAHUA 1/14/2010 8:55AM

LOL fall off the ball I'll post a pict of the ball last week at my house let me go find it.... here is a clue a dog is involved Report Inappropriate Comment

VICIOUS421 1/14/2010 3:49AM

I have issues sleeping too! It is no fun! Report Inappropriate Comment

TOMWDCSKC 1/14/2010 2:59AM

Sometimes it seems all turned around. Can't sleep when you want to and can't stay awake when you need to. Could be worse though. You could be sleeping all the time. Report Inappropriate Comment

MKPQ51 1/14/2010 1:52AM

Sorry you're having trouble with the sleeping; like you, I hate it when those times come. Lately I've been having difficulties getting to sleep too. I do hope both of us get our acts together and soon! Kat Report Inappropriate Comment

Twilight Zone

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

No, not the vampires. The original series!

I was lost somewhere yesterday. On Sunday, I tried to sleep in the afternoon, but couldn't stay asleep.
Finally got up, fed the critters, staggered around for a while, and walked the pups like I said in the last blog.
Thought, "no problem, I'll sleep tonight!" Nope. Up until 02 (2 AM), slept poorly until some idiot called me at 0645 - once again, I fumbled getting it out of the pouch, and no message. ARGH!!


Did NOT make it to the gym before my massage. Went to lunch afterward, thought I'd get a simple soup and sandwich at a nice restaurant. Minestrone soup - yum. Chicken southwest salad sounded good - it was HUGE!!! OMG! - ate 1/4 of it and took 3 of the take-home clam shells full of salad with me. I mean, really, how about a warning? Like, "will your friends be joining you for the salad? Would you like a half salad? How hungry are you, anyway?"
(I'm still eating it today)

Got the dog and cat foods. Went home and slumped. Managed the bootcamp workout, then decided to take a nap. Promised the pups I'd get up and walk them - but I never made it. Slept, tossed, turned, slept - and it was midnight. Hadn't recorded nutrition or exercise, blogged ... got up and fed and pottied the critters and went back to bed at 0300.


A little better today - still beautiful weather outside. Walked the pups wearing jeans and a sweatshirt this afternoon. No hat, no gloves, no jacket. It's January!! (Not that I'm complaining - I don't like being cold)

  

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VICIOUS421 1/14/2010 3:54AM

Great blog!!! Loved the pictures! Hope the sleep thing gets better! Report Inappropriate Comment

PONSELLE 1/13/2010 8:38PM

I loved your pics and comments. Sorry you didn't get a goodnights sleep but your blog was fun to read! Report Inappropriate Comment

MKPQ51 1/13/2010 12:39AM

Sorry you had so much trouble getting a good night's rest. Glad the weather warmed up a bit for you! Kat Comment edited on: 1/13/2010 12:45:06 AM Report Inappropriate Comment

3CHIHUAHUA 1/12/2010 10:13PM

yep it was 70+ here today rode bike to work in jeans and t-shirt like top 8 mile round trip don't know how them folks drive in the snow Report Inappropriate Comment