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azurelunatic) wrote2002-11-08 06:11 am
azurelunatic) wrote2002-11-08 06:11 am
Sleep, or lack thereof:
Tonight was not a good night for sleep. I hit bed sometime after one, and then woke up in the late minutes of 0400 to the sound of a neighbor (or transient)'s noisy bout with vomiting.
I may in fact sleep with my eyes open, in some cases, because I wake to find my eyes far drier than they ought to be. It makes a difference whether I sleep with the fan on or off. On means the eyes are drier, and in some cases I have to splash my face with water in order to get my eyes wet enough again.
In order to wake Votania safely, touch her feet to wake her. In order to wake me safely and sanely, and not leave me in a potential panic, touch my leg or my arm or my shoulder -- not my feet. I'm very sensitive about things messing with my feet while I'm asleep. Entangling my feet in blankets is a bad move. Pulling the blankets over my poor exposed feet while I'm asleep stands you the chance of me waking up in panic at trapped feet, or waking up in panicky discomfort at overheated feet.
I can't stand being too warm while I sleep. This can get to be a bit of an issue in Arizona, as this is November, almost the coldest time of year, and the apartment complex's cooling-temperature-regulation is off (How do I know for sure? The condensation-problem has stopped dripping.) and with the windows closed at night, sleeping under just a sheet, I can still overheat. The only way I've found to keep my body temperature exactly the way I like it is to sleep with my feet exposed, perhaps even with lotion or water for evaporative cooling (needed that tonight, even with window open), so my body can dump its excess heat out through them. If I get cold, I can pull my feet back under the covers, and poke them out again when I overheat.
Darkside cannot sleep with any noise whatsoever. I can tune out certain varieties of predictable noise. Doors slamming, dishes clashing, and kids wailing are not predictable noises, in my sleeping patterns. Especially not noisily barfing neighbors. Certain music at a more or less even volume is predictable; noise of computer or fan is predictable; most of the noise of the wave-sound recording on my alarm clock is predictable, with the notable exception of the occasional static, which wakes me up as it resembles the crackling noise of fire. Unexpected fire-noises jerk me out of sleep, and that's one thing I wish to never desensitize to.
I have an hour and fifty minutes left before I need to wake up again. Maybe I can get some sleep? I hope so.
I may in fact sleep with my eyes open, in some cases, because I wake to find my eyes far drier than they ought to be. It makes a difference whether I sleep with the fan on or off. On means the eyes are drier, and in some cases I have to splash my face with water in order to get my eyes wet enough again.
In order to wake Votania safely, touch her feet to wake her. In order to wake me safely and sanely, and not leave me in a potential panic, touch my leg or my arm or my shoulder -- not my feet. I'm very sensitive about things messing with my feet while I'm asleep. Entangling my feet in blankets is a bad move. Pulling the blankets over my poor exposed feet while I'm asleep stands you the chance of me waking up in panic at trapped feet, or waking up in panicky discomfort at overheated feet.
I can't stand being too warm while I sleep. This can get to be a bit of an issue in Arizona, as this is November, almost the coldest time of year, and the apartment complex's cooling-temperature-regulation is off (How do I know for sure? The condensation-problem has stopped dripping.) and with the windows closed at night, sleeping under just a sheet, I can still overheat. The only way I've found to keep my body temperature exactly the way I like it is to sleep with my feet exposed, perhaps even with lotion or water for evaporative cooling (needed that tonight, even with window open), so my body can dump its excess heat out through them. If I get cold, I can pull my feet back under the covers, and poke them out again when I overheat.
Darkside cannot sleep with any noise whatsoever. I can tune out certain varieties of predictable noise. Doors slamming, dishes clashing, and kids wailing are not predictable noises, in my sleeping patterns. Especially not noisily barfing neighbors. Certain music at a more or less even volume is predictable; noise of computer or fan is predictable; most of the noise of the wave-sound recording on my alarm clock is predictable, with the notable exception of the occasional static, which wakes me up as it resembles the crackling noise of fire. Unexpected fire-noises jerk me out of sleep, and that's one thing I wish to never desensitize to.
I have an hour and fifty minutes left before I need to wake up again. Maybe I can get some sleep? I hope so.