Sleep

[oceantheorem]

I don't know what is wrong with my sleep schedule. It's always been odd; I usually am most comfortable going to bed around 2 or 3am and waking up around 11. I do my best writing between about 10 pm and 2 am, and I seem to have the most energy then as well.

In the last couple weeks my body has rebelled further from the societal norm of going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7. I now collapse, exhausted, around 2 am, hoping to sleep until 10, and instead wake up after four hours. And I can't go back to sleep! So I get up and putter around for an hour and then go back to bed, and instead of sleeping another four hours, I'll sleep for something ridiculous like nine hours, straight through any alarm I've set, and wake up with the day completely wasted. I don't understand this.

But here I am again. It's 6:30 in the morning and I've had four hours of sleep. I think today I will not allow myself to go back to bed for fear I'll just sleep through until Thursday. Body, I will beat you into submission. If you won't sleep a continuous eight hours when I want you to, then you will have to suffer the consequences and stay awake all day.
Mwa ha ha.

In completely unrelated news, one of my KnitPicks Options needles broke (tragedy!!). If I weren't leaving for Michigan tomorrow I'd call them up and demand they send me a new one. Should I call them up and demand they send a new one to Michigan? I kind of need it to finish the hat I'm working on....

Comments

[crazypumpkin.livejournal.com]

My body is exactly the same. I usually really wake up for the day around 9pm, get a lot done and am ready for bed around 1:30 or 2.
Crappy societal norms.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

Seriously! You'd think there would be less pressure for everyone to function perfectly between 8 am and 10 pm.

Sadly, I've kept myself awake for the last four hours knitting. But I've started two new projects instead of working on existing projects. My brain isn't meant to be awake at this time on a Sunday!!

[crazypumpkin.livejournal.com]

I was reading up on sleep stuff yesterday and think I might also be a sleep phase delayed person. My body just doesn't seem to work on a 24 hour schedule.
I think my body's broken.

[krisology.livejournal.com]

Panda didn't break your needle, did he? Dang cat.

Also I totally hear you re: sleep. Most days I get up at 7 after 4 hours of sleep, stay up entertaining the Beast for a few hours and then go back to sleep till noon-1ish. It is a vicious cycle, because then I am tired all day but I can't get to bed before midnight. Le curse.

[oceantheorem.livejournal.com]

No, it was actually broken sometime Friday afternoon. I can't find the splintered piece, either. :-(

What is this four hours of sleep rubbish!
I am determined not to nap today.
There will be lots of tea involved in this endeavor.

[krisology.livejournal.com]

Long Island tea! bahahahahahhahaha

[amagi82.livejournal.com]

I hear you on this; I have like no internal clock. Typically I operate best on about a 26 hour day, and I wake up or fall asleep at bizarre times. My system gets really screwed up if I try to wake up and fall asleep at "normal" hours.