Tag: sleep
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Turning The Lights Off
Every night before I go to bed I turn off most of the lights in the house. It’s usually a few at a time until the last ones are off and I can try to sleep. In the morning Ben turns all the lights in the house back on except for the two in my…
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Quiet Night
The boys are in bed. I logged out of No Man’s Sky. I’ve taken my meds and need to eat. At 11p my phone shuts off for the night. That is also when Forge of Empires changes to a new day, so I stay up a little past my bedtime every night to put the…
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White Noise
I detest white noise. There is almost always a fan on somewhere in the house. Everyone was gone for a few hours today and I turned all of them off. I sleep better the more silent the room is. Ben sleeps with a fan. When his door is shut I can barely hear it. Stephanie…
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Reset
My life is going into reset. Little things that I have counted on for decades are vanishing. I am finding out for instance that this house is a one man job. I am missing the fact that I don’t have a car and don’t know how to drive even if I did. Small comforts are…
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Nap
We went out for errands that I needed to do myself. When we came home Stephanie’s mother was in the house visiting from Iowa. I crashed. I fell asleep for about six hours. I’m more awake now but I took my night meds and hope to go back to sleep after I eat. The house…
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Comforters
In the winter I sleep with two comforters because the heat and the weight helps me sleep. Last night I was so hot and sweaty that I threw one of them on the floor and slept with just the remaining one. At one point or another the kids all used to sleep with actual weighted…
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The Z Monster
In my part of the USA a colloquial term for sleeping is getting some Zees (ZZZ). In Basic Training we didn’t have the opportunity to sleep well if at all. Sleep was just another enemy to be conquered. We battled the Z monster. If the monster won and we fell asleep when we shouldn’t, there…
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The Tyrant
Stephanie and I are exhausted and Ben has been a tyrant today. He asked for a bath and when I told him he had to wait he screamed and attacked Alex. He has been demanding and sometimes getting soda all day. He has had enough soda so now we are answering No. He is not…
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Sick Day
Just kidding. I don’t get sick days. I am on call for the boys 24/7 regardless of whether I’m feeling lousy. I got some extra sleep but my mouth is still cooked and my nose is still running. I am not in good health today. Hopefully I can get some more sleep tonight and wake…
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My Valentine 26
Stephanie let me sleep today. I have only been awake for three hours and it’s already time to blog. Not much has happened yet. I didn’t get her a Valentine’s Day present. Perhaps I should do better.
