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| Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| I can't sleep. |
Rachel is visiting her family to meet our first nephew, her brother Isaac's son Elijah. I'm excited for them, and Rachel is beyond words.
She and I are, still, very close. That sounds strange from a married man talking about his wife, but we really do still have many of the hallmarks of a relationship still in the "honeymoon phase" - four years into the marriage. We sometimes chide each other for being codependent (and frankly it's a fair cop); I wouldn't eat without her and I don't know what her finances would look like without me. We still balance well, and that's largely because we're still good at communicating, even when we're angry (at each other or just in general).
I've heard from many sources that the first wall is at seven years, but I'm comforted, in a way, knowing that even when she's only gone for a day and a half, sleeping isn't something that's likely before complete exhaustion.Labels: family, insomnia, love, Rachel, sleep |
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| Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| Methods for Madness #1 |
Last night, I blogged about how I couldn't sleep. Instead, I worked from about 10pm to about 4am on graphic design. I got a lot done, actually, and I have no regrets.
But at around 4am, I decided I was tired enough to go to sleep. I had also noticed that there was a precipitation-free hurricane going over Tucson. Wind speeds of around 45-50 miles per hour (!) have been sweeping the city since around midnight last night.
That's fine. I like the smell of fall wind. And the weather's been nice and cool. I dig.
That's before I tried to sleep. Normally, I don't mind a little wind, but my patio has a tin roof. That tin roof has a palo verde tree next to it, and I'm the only one who's trimmed the thing in years and years. There are a lot of branches that sit on top of the patio roof. Normally, this isn't a problem. But when there's 40 MPH winds, the tree drags itself up and down the tin roof.
It sounds exactly like running fingernails down a chalkboard, and it has been going on for 13 hours straight as of 1pm this afternoon.
I can't hear it from the other end of the house, and I eventually realized this at around 8am to catch a few hours of sleep before work.
Think about it for a second, though - I listened to and attempted to sleep to the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard for six hours. Between that and the sleep madness, it's amazing I'm coherent enough to type.Labels: madness, sleep |
| posted by Steve @ 12:43 PM |
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| Can't sleep |
I've about given up on my sleep schedule.
XKCD has a wonderful take on the problem, suggesting a 6-day week of 28-hour days. I'm seriously considering it.
I spend a ton of time trying to focus. A lot of time trying to wake up. Then I want to go back to sleep. If I don't, I can't focus; if I do, I won't sleep at all the next morning.
This is getting very frustrating, and I'm looking into really bizarre solutions.
Even if Harvard does think I'll go crazy. Crazier, anyway.Labels: sleep |
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