When Sugar Fails

I just wrote a whole thing here and it went kaput. I can't possibly recreate it, but since it probably wasn't all that great to begin with it won't kill me to start over.

I suffered a rare bout of insomnia on Thursday night. I was babysitting overnight at a co-worker's house and found that I don't "overnight" well anymore. I don't sleep well without my husband, plus the sheets were scratchy, their heat was VERY dry (electric compared to our old-fashioned oil heat), and I had a lot on my mind regarding school and work.

No sleep makes me f'ing hyper. Seriously--mad chattering mania with jerky movements and breathless intensity. I'M uncomfortable around me when I'm like that, but there is no stopping it. Since I try so hard to get ample sleep (in order to avoid situations like these), I'm not usually out-of-control punchy at work. I just hope I kept it under control enough that I don't get an HR intervention for suspected drug use or Red Bull overdose.

So...yeah. No sleep (also known as insomnia) makes me hyper until about noon, wherein I crash miserably, becoming irritable, brainless, and lethargic. Yeah. So...I hope I don't get "interventioned" or fired. I try to keep myself as milk toast and PC as possible, and if I'm all-of-a-sudden going to have quirks other than the Shatner obsession, it would be nice if it was a cooler quirk...like spontaneous x-ray vision or telekinesis. I guess we really can't choose our vices.

New week, new start. I read somewhere that inconsistent sleep patterns can cause headaches, so I'm going to try to regulate my sleep. I am going to try to go to bed at 10 every night and get up at 6 every morning. Exactly 8 hours, with nap options on weekends. Rome wasn't built in a day.

When Sugar Fails

I barely slept a wink Thursday night. I was babysitting at a co-worker's house about a half hour from my house, and I couldn't sleep. I didn't have my husband next to me, I was in a strange bed with scratchy sheets, they have electric heat (quite dry compared to our old-fashioned oil heat), and I had a lot on my mind regarding school and work.

As a result of my insomnia, I was f'ing WIRED Friday morning. Seriously, I'm not sure that I won't be "interventioned" at work because they'll fear that I'm on happy pills or drinking before work. No sleep does that to me. It makes me hyper. Until about noon, when I crash hard and feel sleepy and am distracted, brainless, and irritable. Thus perpetuating possible rumors about my crazy rock and roll lifestyle and illicit drug use.

Of course I feel it necessary to reiterate the fact that I am NOT on drugs, I just don't react well to insomnia. It makes for a bad day for me.

Lesson learned? Don't sleep anywhere different from where you live unless you absolutely can't help it, and if you do happen to suffer from insomnia you should call in sick. Unfortunately those aren't always viable options. So, you motor through and hope you don't come off as a complete whacko.