Sleep- We Have a Problem

Since Wednesday night I have been taking my Tylenol Simply sleep.  To my surprise I was falling asleep early (around midnight- one at the latest) and naturally waking up around 8 a.m.

Well last night I skipped taking it because it was rather late....The last time I remember seeing on the clock was 3 a.m. when I was setting my alarm.  I set it for 8 a.m. because I still want to maintain a normal sleep pattern.  Well...I naturally woke up around 6:45 a.m. Are you kidding me?? I tried to fall back asleep. No dice. I got up and relieved myself.  Maybe I needed to do that in order to comfortably fall back asleep. Yea...no. So around 7:15 a.m. I decided to just get up. 

So here I am.

Awake.

After less than four hours of sleep.

I'm convinced my natural sleeping habits aren't normal.  I'm going to mention this to my doctor and see if I can get a sleep study done or something because my body needs to get better rest.  I felt so much better when I was getting full nights of sleep than I did when I was only getting a few hours...

But since it's a new month I have decided to not waste time.  That means no laying in bed for two hours trying to fall back asleep. I'm going to get up and be halfway productive until I get tired and then take a nap.

Let's see what I accomplish.

I Feel Good.

I think I've gotten myself back onto my good sleeping pattern.  I stayed up until about 10:30 last night and didn't set my alarm and my body woke up naturally at 7 a.m.  Now that's more like it! I decided to go back to bed for an hour or so to try to get a little extra rest so I can see if I need a nap and I woke back up at 9...I feel good.

I'm up and ready to attack some school work, make some phone calls, get some errands accomplished and maybe make a few YouTube videos.  The light in my apartment SUCKS though. 

Toodles!

You Know *I* Am Tired When....

As you know I spent a little over a week at my parents house. I returned to my apartment around 1:30 p.m. I forced myself to unpack my car (the content are currently strewn across my living room) because I knew I wouldn't want to do it later...it was like 84 degrees outside!  All I remember after finishing is taking a quick cold shower (hate being sweaty...hate getting into a bed sweaty even more) and telling my mom that I was going to take a quick nap.  That was around 2:30 p.m.  I set my alarm for 3 and crashed out.  Wow.  I didn't realize I was so tired.  My alarm went off and I must have rolled over and shut it off. I guess I decided to not force my body that extra little bit and allow myself to sleep even though I had things I needed wanted to accomplish today.

You know I'm tired when I have several packages waiting for me in my apartment complex office and I just don't feel like getting them. Shoes and makeup and everything I love. Yea, it can sit there another day.

You know I'm tired when I don't even check my mailbox knowing there are things in there.

You know I'm tired when I just don't feel like going to the store.  I have plenty of food to get me through the next several weeks...but I need to replenish my Diet Coke stash.

You know I'm tired when I fall asleep around 2:30 p.m. and wake up around 3 a.m. Wow.  That's a lot of sleep I needed. lol.

And yes, I woke up at 3 a.m.  I decided to be slightly productive and get a start on organizing all of this stuff.  I managed to get my bed up on the risers.  I managed to figure out what I'll be doing with the area under my bathroom sink (now I need to figure out what I'mma do with all of the stuff that no longer has a home.) I managed to make a little bit more room in my kitchen and figure out how to make even more space available (double woot- my kitchen is too small for four people.) And that's it. 

So now I'm going to bed.

Night!

Exhaustion. I haz it.

Mentally. Physically.  I'm exhausted.  And I know, I'm only 24. I'm too young to know what exhaustion is.  But unfortunately I do. 

Maybe it's because I've been sitting up late most nights trying to study and finish papers.  Thank goodness this quarter will officially be over for me tonight so I can start sleeping. 

I actually kind of enjoy going to bed early. And by early I mean 11 p.m. or midnight....going to bed relatively early means I'm also awake relatively early and I think I'm more productive during the day...only when I've gotten rest though.  If I'm awake during the day and tired I'm a complete potato. 

Maybe it's because I can't get any solid sleep for numerous reasons lately. I dunno.  I'm trying to remove stress from my life but just as quickly as I remove it, new stress finds it's way in. 

I dunno. But I need a nap.