Waking Up Mid Sleep

My sleep pattern has gotten goofy. I'm tired and fall asleep early, but lately I keep waking up. Generally I fall back to sleep quickly...but it's a bit annoying.

Recovery

I'm not young, however, I'm not old. I do have some, relatively minor, health issues and they sometimes impede my ability to do things...or at least do things comfortably and well. Due to a back injury I have a time limit restriction at work. While I can, and do, do everything my job entails, I can't work more than 12 hours a day. That shouldn't be a problem as my shift is 8 hours...but I work for the state. The state that wants you to work 16 hours is not enough people for the following shift show up. Or they want you to attend mandatory training. Such was the case yesterday. I had to go to CPR training. I was overdue and nobody caught it-so I had to go. I got home from my regular shift about midnight and had to be back for training at 8am. Training ran longer than projected, so I didn't get out til 1:30pm. I ran home, (eating a sandwich on the way) let the dog out, and returned for my regular shift. I got to leave at 9:30 (that 12 hour limit), grabbed something more to eat on the way home (still hungry even after eating another sandwich at work). I tried to catch up on the computer-but was too tired and went to bed. Now comes the recovery bit. I slept well, and a bit longer than usual. I still woke up exhausted...and my back hurts. Like I said, I'm not old...but I'm sure not young anymore!

April Fool's Day

My body played an April Fool's joke on me. It kept waking me up. I went to bed...3 hours later I woke up. A half hour after that I was up again. Another hour or two...up. An hour before my alarm...awake. Of course, when I finally had to get up... I didn't want to. Now I'm fairly certain I'll be sleepy at work today. Sigh. I'm ready for vacation!

Lousy Night's Sleep

I had a lousy night's sleep last night. I woke up, thinking I heard my alarm go off (it's set to the radio) but it was dark out. I looked at the clock. I'd only been in bed an hour! This same thing happened repeatedly throughout the night. Then I dreamed about Vikings. Too much Eric Northman, I guess.

Waking

Why is it I can awake in the middle of the night and feel rested, then wake up again, before the alarm and feel good to go, but since it's too early I go back to sleep, but when the alarm goes off, I can barely drag myself out of bed. I got a late start again today so I didn't mow the lawn...again. Tomorrow is another day.

Get Up!

It's hard enough to get up from my nice comfy bed, but when I know I need to clean when I get up...I stay that much longer. Ugh. So much for getting a lot done before work.

Still Asleep

Why is it that sometimes when you wake up, certain body parts are still asleep. I tried hitting the snooze button, but could barely move my arm and couldn't feel my hand at all!

Adjusting

I'm still adjusting to switching shifts. I must say, I don't like it! Right now I should be waking up (well, in an hour or so) to start my weekend, instead I'm waking up and have to get ready for work. My body is confused about time too. I'm still tired most of the time-my body isn't sure if it should be awake or asleep. I'm sure it'll all sort out in a bit...but it's still a rough go at the moment!

New Schedule

Today I start a new schedule. I have to work Evening Shift for a while. So now I have to readjust my life, including my sleep schedule. We'll see how it goes!

Ring Ring

Is it any wonder that people who work night shift can get grumpy and tired due to interrupted sleep? 5 phone calls today. Fortunately, the first one came before I went to bed. It was an important call too. The bank is done with their part of the refinancing and I should expect a call from the title company to arrange for closing. Then I go to bed. Sound asleep. Phone rings. This too, was an important call. My mechanic said my vehicle was ready and I could pick it up at any time. OK. As I try to go back to sleep, phone rings. It's former president Bill Clinton reminding me to vote. Well, a recording of him. As I'm still trying to sleep-phone rings. My OB/GYN's office reminding me of my appointment next week. Forget it! I get up, walk over and get my car, then back home and back to bed. At this point it's only like 3 PM. I'm sleeping good...phone rings. There's silence after I say hello-so figuring it's another stupid election all, I hang up. 7 minutes later my alarm goes off. Needless to say I pressed snooze...a lot! How would you like it if you got multiple phone calls between 1 and 5 AM? That's the equivalent of what we night shifters have to put up with!

Weird Sleep

I'm still trying to get a good days sleep. I'm not sure what's going on. My body has a new game. I go to sleep, sleep for an hour and then wake up. Every time I've gone to sleep, for at least a week now, I've woken up an hour later. Doesn't matter if I'm sleeping in the day, sleeping at night, or taking a nap before work; I'm up in an hour. Oh I go back to sleep, and sometimes I sleep the rest of the night, but, so far not the day. I've been waking up almost every hour or two; which is very unusual for me. Usually, I have no problems sleeping. I don't know if I've got too many thoughts and ideas running through my brain or what, but it's getting exhausting!

I Don't Get It

I don't get it. I went to bed, then woke up...I mean wide awake woke up. I looked at the clock-it was only 3 hours since I went to bed. Sigh. I lay there, eventually dosing, but waking every once in a while. At one point I read a chapter of my book, then tried to sleep again. I did fall asleep, but when my alarm finally went off and I was exhausted. Now, why couldn't I be wide awake when my alarm went off?

AM/PM

Aughhhhh. I woke up and it was dark. Not good in summer. I looked it was after 9PM. What happened to my alarm?!?!?! Stupid AM/PM. I missed my programs, so much for my gnocchi with garlic scape pesto. Now I'm rushing so I'm not late for work.

No Cuddles

The warm weather is here and with it the departure of a sleeping companion. Aleister, my big black cat sleeps in my bed with me. He loves to snuggle close to my side, sometimes moving to the pillow I have for the cars on the bed. However, he only sleeps with me in cold weather. Once it gets warm-he sleeps by himself. Aleister has stopped sleeping in my bed for the season. The girls, Seneca and Calumet, still join me, but I guess Aleister thinks it's too hot to cuddle.

Sleep

Today I slept. I went to bed early and slept. I woke up thinking it was close to time to get up...only to find an hour had passed. This happened twice more. Of course, when my alarm really did go off I was tired and didn't want to get up. I could have slept longer. Too bad I have to go to work.

Confusing

I had a very confusing night...er day...well, sleep. I kept waking up and wondering if I should be up, if I was late for work, if I could sleep...I'd look at the clock and wonder what it meant. Then, towards the end I was having a very interesting dream. Boy, I wish I could hook up my subconscious, I'd have great TV shows coming out! Then the alarm went off. I snoozed for a while. All in all, it was a very restless sleep. I know I'll be tired at work tonight!

6 Word Monday

Nightmares and weird dreams, horrible night.

A Few Snoozes Too Many

I am annoyed with myself. I worked last night, but I'm off tonight. Therefore I just want to sleep a few hours, so that I can accomplish a bunch of stuff I need to accomplish today and sleep tonight. I set my alarm giving myself 4 hours...not much, but did I mention I have a bunch of stuff I need to accomplish? So, I'm sleeping, phone rings...important call, short, back to sleep-I have about an hour left. Alarm goes off-press snooze, cats cuddle closer. Keep pressing snooze, so tired. I knew I'd be pressing snooze for a while-that's why I set the alarm for 4 hours, not 5. Well, by the time I finally got out of bed it was after 2PM?!?!?! Ugh. And I'm still tired. The new snowplow guy is coming over about 4:30-so I can't do any running around til later. Hopefully, I'll have enough energy to go out and ride Harley. In the meantime I'll try to work on all that stuff!

Tired

I'm still tired. Although I've been back on night shift for over a month, I still haven't fully adjusted. I seem to need more sleep, and then I'm still tired. I don't accomplish anything aside from work, and on my first day off I'm still recovering. Hopefully I'll get back in the swing of things before too long!

Interrupted Sleep

It is fairly rare that I receive phone calls. Today was an annoying exception. I stayed up til about 9AM as I wanted to call a place I found about washing horse blankets and I didn't want to call too early. I got a machine, left a message, and went to bed. The ringing phone woke me from sleep, I expected the horse blanket woman...it was Walgreens-my prescription is ready for pick up. Back to sleep. Phone rings...Defender's of Wildlife thanks me for my gift-but can I give monthly donations, sorry, no. Back to sleep. Phone rings. Horse blanket lady. Arrangements made. Back to sleep. Phone rings. Are you kidding me? A reminder about my doctors appointment on Thursday. Needless to say I didn't get very good sleep. Sigh.