Yano Van Winkle
After a fitful night of sleep, and many many dreams that I actually remember (I’ve been dreaming a lot lately) I decided to wake up.
All week I’ve been waking up at around 8 or 9, just naturally. I was pretty bummed about it since I’m off of work and my body should at least let me sleep in until 10 or something.
So today, I grumpily woke up, knowing once again that I was waking up early in the morning.
I looked at the clock and it said 4:50.
“dammit, the power went out again!” I thought to myself.
However, the light wasn’t blinking. “Hmm…Dave must have hit the time button or something.” I reasoned to myself.
So I got out of bed and went to the table where my watch was. It read 4:50. “WTF?” I’m thinking. It’s 5 in the morning and I’m awake? And if so, where the hell is my husband? He was there when I went to sleep!
So I rise out of bed and wander into the house, and it’s a cloudy, hazy day, and I wonder to myself, “Is the sun this bright at 5 in the morning?” I find my cell phone and it reads 4:46pm. WHAT?!?!?!?
Then the realization comes to me that I’ve slept the whole day through. Wasted a day of “Law and Order” and internet surfing. Missed 2 doses of eye medication. Missed breakfast and lunch. But the weirdest thing is that my body allowed me to sleep for, uh, 15 hours. (Went to sleep at around 2 am, watching TV with the father in law and bro in law)
And the crazy thing is….I’m still sleepy!
that happened to me one day…i slept late, only stayed up for three hours, and slept the rest of the night. the next morning i was still tired. i bet anything it’s because of your eye, like maybe it’s taking a lot of energy from you to heal.
Sleep is often the body’s way of healing. I wish I could sleep more: never past 4:30 a.m. or more than 6 hours a night. Comes of being hyperactive I guess. Take advantange of that now
SusanG
That’s pretty funny, but isn’t it the most disorienting feeling in the world? That always happens to me when I take naps. I wake up and feel so strange. What times is it? What day is it? Where am I? Who am I?
Your body was telling you it needed rest. You have been through a lot and I’m glad you have taken it easy. I hope when you start back to work it won’t be too much or you. Take care!
wow! 15 hours! your body is telling you to rest, surgery is hard on the body, and you’ve been thru so much lately…..I’m glad you were able to sleep….
Yup, I’ve done that. Good thing we have Tivo, there are at least 6 episodes of L&O or L&O SVU sitting for us to watch at all times. oh yeah.