Beyond the Valley of Sleep

[andrewducker]

Monday night: Was about to turn off the computer at 11pm when I got frantic email from nICk because Outlook Express had crashed and lost all of his email. Fortunately this is a problem I know of, so I could retrieve it all for him. Still, finally crashed out at half past midnight. Had to be up at 6am to get a train to Glasgow (due to train strike).

Tuesday night: got home at a half reasonable hour (10:30) and was actually in bed by 11:15, leading to feeling almost human on Wednesday.

Wednesday night: Mulholland drive started later and lasted longer than expected, got home from Glasgow at 12:30, went to bed by 1am, phoned by GF at 1:05, managed sleep by 1:30. Alarm went off this morning at 7:00 and I was sooo close to just going back to sleep. Tonight I have no plans except "get to bed early and be snoring by 11pm"

If only my eyes will stay open until then...

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[rahaeli.livejournal.com]

I have days like that all the time. I work graveyard shift, three days a week -- 19:00-08:00 Wed-Fri. I live an hour from work. (Not by choice, but it's the closest area where I can afford to rent.) I have precisely enough time to get home, check my email, and fall into bed if I want to be able to haul my sorry ass out of bed to be at work on time, and some days I just plain old don't make it.

Last week one night I woke up, hit the alarm, made a noise that could be transcribed as "gnnkkkkkkh", called in dead, and went back to sleep for two hours. I'd feel guilty about it, but my supervisor regularly rolls in that late with no call and no apology. :)

When people asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, I said "a good night's sleep".