We have not had any mosquitoes this spring or summer. It's probably because we've had zero rainfall but I know the little buggers are just waiting in the shadows for a little bit of ditch water to revive them.
INSOMNIAC CLUB A.K.A Day of the Night Owls
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We have not had any mosquitoes this spring or summer. It's probably because we've had zero rainfall but I know the little buggers are just waiting in the shadows for a little bit of ditch water to revive them.
I haven't seen any mosquitos yet either. Maybe it takes a little longer for them to grow and hatch.
I have more of a reverse insomnia. I can get to sleep just fine at say 11pm but awake really early and then can't get back to proper sleep.
I remember a few years ago I was in London to watch a gig with a friend and his brother. I've known the brother since he was like six or seven but he was all grown up. Anyway, to save costs we share a hotel room as my friend is with his gf (two single beds - I have trust issues) and we are going to bed when he tells me that he has to take medicated sleeping pills and that means he is hard to wake in the morning and very groggy so not to worry if he doesn't seem with it. Anyway, about to turn out the lights when I hear this 'psst' sound. I turn around and he has opened a litre bottle of diet coke (the caffeine heavy one). I ask him what he is doing and he says he always drinks a full bottle of diet coke before bed. I ask him tactfully if he his insomnia started about the same time he started drinking the coke. He said yeah but there is no link then turns the light off.
I couldnt sleep that night either - I was laughing too hard.
I remember a few years ago I was in London to watch a gig with a friend and his brother. I've known the brother since he was like six or seven but he was all grown up. Anyway, to save costs we share a hotel room as my friend is with his gf (two single beds - I have trust issues) and we are going to bed when he tells me that he has to take medicated sleeping pills and that means he is hard to wake in the morning and very groggy so not to worry if he doesn't seem with it. Anyway, about to turn out the lights when I hear this 'psst' sound. I turn around and he has opened a litre bottle of diet coke (the caffeine heavy one). I ask him what he is doing and he says he always drinks a full bottle of diet coke before bed. I ask him tactfully if he his insomnia started about the same time he started drinking the coke. He said yeah but there is no link then turns the light off.
I couldnt sleep that night either - I was laughing too hard.
I'll send you two some of the ones driving my dog and I crazy.
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And then the eternal weekend void. It's gonna be weird.
This posts made me feel better. Just wanted to let you know this. I often think I am lazy for not getting up at 7 am and start to work. Seems I should accept it and start later and work till 1-2 am at night. I don't have any courswork anymore. And the reading and prepairing stuff I can do better later the day. Although when I am writing I can start at 9 am. This project I am working on is really stressful for me at the moment, my time is running out.
It happens sometimes when our lives are more pressured than we're used to. Sometimes that pressure lasts a long time, like when we're a student, sometimes a much shorter but more intense period. We have no choice in either case but to allow our minds to focus primarily on the task at hand and get it behind us. There's no other way to move forward - that is moving forward. I wish you the best per getting your project done and done well.
It sounds like you're not a morning person. Morning people actually look forward to getting up in the relatively early morning. My dad was like that, up at 5a every morning, asleep by 7p. We have own biorhythmic setup which we can't do anything about except as much as possible schedule ourselves around what we naturally are. But life demands we misbehave sometimes and go against our natures, and this is needfully stressful until we get beyond the demand. So, git 'er done!
I am not a morning person. I've had people tell me once you get your body used to it, you adjust. Uh, yeah. No. I can get up when I have too, but I would prefer not to. When I had an 8 to 5 job, I did it but I have since realized that I would probably be better suited for a night job.
I believe it's not something we can change in ourselves. Yes, a person can get used to working a job which conflicts with them biorythmically but it's more stressful and harmful than for someone who's actually compatible.
Our town needs a new vampire if you're interested.
I should re"vamp" my night job comment.
I should work 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift. That's my most productive time.
It's a nice shift in many ways. Often less labor intensive with fewer hassles of all kinds. It's hard on the bod, though.
Well, we do need one. The other one pulled up stakes and left.
Who'd want to be a vampire anyway. If you're not in bed by a certain time you're doomed!