My weekend is coming to an end...well, it's sort of over already. I didn't do much, sleep mainly, watch a movie or two and a little time on Hive. I don't mind though, sometimes sleep is exactly what's needed.
I've often thought it might be cool to have a cats life and, more specifically my cats life. She sleeps a lot, gets loads of cuddles and very well looked after; as well as a cat ever could. She even gets carried (by me) to her dinner spot each night. I know, that's pretty pathetic of me, but she looks at me with those eyes and I can't deny her anything. She pays me back with love though, and I'd be totally lost without her.
I'm an active guy but also love to sleep. I don't often get a great sleep though and envy Cleo's ability to sleep anytime, anywhere and in just about any position. I used to be able to do that but life happens, my brain thinks too much, and now I have a broken sleep each night mostly, if I sleep at all.
I've had that virus thing and have been coughing, had breathing issues and pretty bad headaches among other things. During the day I've done little else but sit on the couch watching shows and movies but have done a greater amount of sleeping. A nap here, another there, drink some water, watch half a movie, sleep again, wake up and have a cheese sandwich, sleep again... That's been my life for the last several days, more asleep that awake, and I'll admit, I felt like Cleo. No one carried me to the dinner table though.
Come bed time, after all the sleep I've had during the day, I didn't think I'd be able to sleep but I have managed it; sure, it's not a consistent sleep, but it's sleep nonetheless.
It's known that sleep is a great healer and I guess the body knows when it's required. The body also goes into a deeper sleep after one has failed to get enough, that's how people manage on very little sleep - when it comes, they sleep deeper. I think that's what my body has been doing lately, taking sleep where it can and healing me. I think it's working as I'm feeling better, a little anyway.
I don't think I could ever sleep as much as Cleo, as much as I'd like to, but over the last several days I feel the sleep I've gotten has taken me a long way down the path to feeling better and getting healthy so...I don't mind that I've been sleeping like a cat.
It's Sunday night here, bed time. I'm actually laying in bed typing this on my phone right now. Cleo is at the end of the bed, already sleeping, and I'll not be far behind. How about you? What's your sleep pattern like? Do you work off little during the week and catch up on the weekends? Do you have a solid eight hours each night? Are you a heavy or light sleeper? Are you a cat and sleep for 22 hours a day? Feel free to share below in the comments.
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Hello, @galenkp I'm glad you're recovering, I'll tell you that a variant of this virus lodged in my body at the beginning of the year, but I was lucky that the only strong thing that happened was sleeping too much, so much so that sometimes I miss it because sometimes I wake up at night and have a hard time getting back to sleep
Yep, I've avoided it for so long and finally it caught up with me. I'm lucky not to have it too badly, although haven't felt good at all. Sleep is one of the best healers and so I've been doing a lot of it, as you did also.
As much as I'd love to be Cleo, I can't and it is very sad
I wish I can just give life problems a doe eye as Cleo does to you.
If I could turn into a cat I would.
I'm with you bro. I certainly would.
comfortable bed,
Indeed.
You are kidding me? I am off on a househunting excursion for a few days and I come back to a sick G-dog? No way! :(
I am sorry to hear that and I hope you are on the mend. Get all the sleep that you can, you never seem to get enough. Did anyone else at your work get sick?
I can go for a long while without good sleep and then one day, I may be so overwhelmingly exhausted, that I will go to bed before the sun goes down, not to wake until it comes up again.
I would carry Cleo if she were mine. No denying how cute kitties are. Especially if they are purring and sleeping on my lap. Feel better, Galen!
Yeah, the old unbreakable g-dog has been stretched to breaking point but...not yet broken.
No one at my work (in my State) is sick. I think it happened in on of the petri dishes, I mean airport somewhere. That'll teach me for licking the windows huh? I'm ok, on the mend and I learned a valuable lesson, I have very little patience or tolerance when I have covid-19. Lol.
I saw that you were house hunting, I assume for a move to somewhere quieter? I look forward to hearing some more about it. Cleo wants to also.
Keep on stretching, you will be able to reach the other side soon! It will take more than a little virus to break you!
I was going to say something about the airport/metro/cruise ships being the largest points of contact so far, but, let it go. But, yes! I am pretty sure you licked something while you were there. Dang it, man! Keep that tongue where it belongs and you won't have that problem.
I do hope you feel better soon. Sounding like you are over the hump. Poor Cleo. All she wants to do is sleep and now she has to mind you. :)
I am househunting. You assumed correct. With leaving the job, there will be no reason to be this close to the action, or the problems. I will still keep the shore house, so it makes it easier to not have to focus on being near the water, my happy place. I love the views I found. It has secret doors in the house. Cleo would love it. :)
I figured. A slow down, a change of location to support it...Sounds like a damned good plan Swigs. You know I'm jealous, but also really happy for you. Cleo is too.
Well, I'm excited to travel more. Getting to that place of fisncial freedom in these times is something I am hapoy about. My kids too. :) Its not a done deal, but definitely don't need the city. I still need to visit it enough.
You are not jealous! You love your life and the excitement it brings. I am just lazy. Lol
I'd like a slow down Denise, I've worked hard all my life, done some uncomfortable things. I'm tired you know? I just want a cottage in the hills somewhere and the time to do nothing. I have to grind it still though, and so I will. I hope you find what you're looking for and enjoy a little rest and relaxation. You have clearly earned it.
I am not so much about slowing down and doing nothing. I have my family and I enjoy their company, have spent many days vacationing and investigating the world. I think the setting is beautiful and it would work nicely.
I (like you I am sure) have worked toward financial freedom for a long time, but, have enjoyed the journey too. Travel has been wonderful and I expect more, but, it will definitely feel different. The world does. One of the reasons to move far and away from the DC area.
Everyone has been saying that to me. Do I seem that tired? :) I cannot see you slowing down, but, then when you do, you are so chill and relaxed. So perhaps I am wrong. I get the feeling of tired. I know that I am always running out of time, but, even when I am not busy, I feel occupied.
Soon. I can see it from here.
My library has a book called Sleep Like a Tiger. I don't think it's quite the same as your post though. And I, too, envy the cat's ability to snooze at a whim anywhere, any time.
My cat has an amazingly comfortable life or being cared for and pampered, and I'd do more for her if I could. She's a cutie.
Thank goodness you are getting better @galenkp
Are you a light or heavy sleeper?
My sleep is very light I think, and I am trying as much as possible to minimize the excess of information that comes to me through different digital channels before I sleep....
I watch programs that make me laugh, comedy or read light books but only for an hour, I drink my cup of lavender tea and sleep, if it is intermittent I constantly wake up in the meantime and go back to sleep.
During the day I take a 15-minute nap, no more. And at night, I don't go to bed until I'm not sleepy (do the test).
I admit that it is hard for me to fall asleep. I would love to sleep like Cleo, I have my cat Molly, and she sleeps the same way for a long time.
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It seems you've got a nice routine worked out. I try to instill a routine bilut my brain thinks too much and so I have trouble sleeping. It's not all the time, but probably 80% of the time I'm a problematic sleeper. I'd not make a very good cat. 😊
The same thing happens to me, my friend @galenkp in spite of my elaborated routine that I put into practice after seeking professional help and not having to take sleeping pills ,it is what I do to be able to relax.
It is my limitation or my strength, but I usually think too much with too much my mind does not stop and among the recommendations is not to go to bed until you are not sleepy so while that happens I do the tea, reading a book, a warm bath, until I go to bed, and I say "Janitze to sleep you must rest" I turn off my night lamp and I sleep it has not been easy, but it is working for me.
I sometimes think to much as I said earlier, but I like what you say here...It is both a strength and a limitation and has been good and bad for me. Clearly you understand.
I'm pretty lucky about sleep. When my eyes close, my computer shuts down. 😄 I teasingly say that I sleep well because of the lack of a guilty conscience. ha ha
I don't think I sleep too light, but light enough that if there is an unusual noise, it will wake me up, but if determined everything is ok, I fall right back to sleep. Sure there has been a rare night or two through my life where I didn't sleep well, nothing is 100%, but is was normally because of some unusual circumstance.
My average night's sleep is around 7 hours. I maybe get 8 on the weekends and I seem to function fine on 6.
After hearing so many stories of folks that have issues with sleeping, I count myself lucky.
No guilty conscience? You've not been trying hard enough! 😀
You're lucky that you sleep well. I tend to have trouble falling asleep and have bad dreams that wake me up and then I don't want to go back to sleep. It's a lamentable cycle. Eventually I get so tired I sleep, but it's generally a struggle. I used to sleep so well, I mean, I could sleep anywhere anytime, but I guess life sometimes changes things and now...well, I take it where I can.
I don't know how people function without enough sleep. If something (or someone) keeps me from sleeping a couple of nights in a row (and not for a good reason ! ha ha)... .I become a bit grumpy myself. Sleep is essential for a pleasant Jacey.
No guilty conscience ! That is because I have justified every thing I ever did. LOL !!!!
There's a grumpy Jacey? Really? I'd never have thought it. But then again, after several days of bad sleep grumpy G-dog is a thing, so I get it. I'm good at getting grumpy too, although I work hard not to be.
LOL! Hmm on average, I sleep 6 hours on weekdays and 8 hours on weekends, which I suspect is more than the average of city dwellers. Definitely a heavy sleeper for sure.
You're lucky to get that much, and be a heavy sleeper. But...have you ever been carried to dinner? 🤪
What?? Hahahahaha...
Like I said I do with Cleo...in my post that you're commenting on.
Yeah found it funny! Haha.. Am probably too heavy to be carried 😝
Me too, doesn't mean we don't want it.
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First of all, I've got to comment on that cat of yours!! She looks soo adorable! I have a set of gingers myself, who are pretty much the same. I envy cats and their sleeping abilities..
As for me, sleep is like a mistress who rarely pays me attention. As a night owl, I can never close my eyes before three. So I basically run on solid willpower and a lot of caffeine...
Ahh, the struggles of student life and all that.. 😂
Hope you feel better soon. Even I'm down with one hell of a fever now, so I feel your pain.
I love cats, especially my own. Cleo is such a nice little thing, affectionate and all. She's funny too. I'm biased of course.
A student? Yeah, I know y'all have to stay up and study and all and so probably get used to operating with a lack of sleep. Coffee helps huh?
I hope your fever dissipates. I had one too a few days ago but am on the mend fortunately.
We are all biased about our own cats 😂
And yeah. Uni life is hard but nice too. Coffee is a lifesaver, even though I'm more of a tea person in general.
My own fever has gotten down a bit. Hopefully I'll be better by this week. Thanks!
As is the real world, life after university. One just has to navigate it as best as one can.
Well, if that ain't me hahaha. I can sleep for 10 hours a day if I want, especially if it's rainy outside, but I'll also work for 12 hours straight if I have to.
Work hard, play hard, sleep hard huh? 😊
YESS SIRRR ☕️
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Haaaa... Irony
Just got done pulling over to nap another hour as I could not keep this Prime Mover true and straight. We share the crappy sleep patterns as well as a love for our kits.
Now I am off to see if this big truck will be easier to keep between the painted lines... "Yaaaawnnn scratch scratch..."
Someone has to keep those big wheels rollin' mate. Keep the shiny side up.
This used to be me many years ago before responsibilities kicked in. I couldn't even sleep as much as I would like to again. I sleep late most times and wake up late too, just to compliment it. It's not easy to sleep that deep especially when the brain is always thinking of so many things.
The body indeed knows when to demand for sleep after we have been deprived of sleep for too long. I guess your body needed that reboot but I wish it's in a different circumstance and not with that thing.
I wish you more strength and quick recovery sir. My thoughts are with you sir.
I'm going well mate, on the mend, I'll be back to some semblance of normal by the weekend I think, and am back at work now, from home, so feeling more productive. I'm playing nursemaid to someone though, but that's ok, I don't mind.
I'm so happy to hear you are taking your mind off it with work. That helps. Well done sir.