or, why I was awake when the earthquake happened.
My sleep cycle used to go: aim for bed before 11pm, change Charles first, read a bit, go to sleep fairly quickly, wake up by alarm at 6am if voracious toddler has not already awoken me, get out the house by 7:45 for work. 6-7 hours sleep is not really enough but it's good enough to do a fair imitation of a productive worker until 1pm when I go and fetch the toddler, who makes me tired in entirely different ways to work. I can just about imitate a good mother for him most days, and I cheat and use tv or toys or take advantage of Unka Jonny when I can't.
Occasionally I would either nap in the afternoons when Charles did, or fall asleep early in the evening when putting him to bed. Some days I would miss my <11pm deadline and then always for some reason end up wide awake until gone 1am, but still have to wake up at 5-6am. My imitation of a productive worker slips rather on those days, so I try not to do it very often.
Then about last Monday I started consistently falling asleep when I put Charles down, then waking fully-dressed some hours later, often hungry and/or thirsty and quite annoyed by missing out on my productive evening hours. By the time I've done all the going-to-bed faff I will often then be insomniac for another hour or so before finally falling asleep sometime after 2. I get 6-7 hours of sleep, but broken by an hour or two in the middle, which is even harder to cope with. And this has happened nearly every day since last Monday. I have started getting into pjs etc when I put Charles to bed, if only to cut down the necessary faff when I wake again at midnight.
I was being insomniac the other night, having been awake since 11:30ish, and would much rather have slept through it all.
Tonight Charles went to sleep earlier than usual and I just managed to avoid falling asleep with him, and have therefore had something more like my 'old' evening routine, getting a few things done. As it's Thursday there is little point in trying to sleep now as Tony gets home from the pub shortly.
My sleep cycle used to go: aim for bed before 11pm, change Charles first, read a bit, go to sleep fairly quickly, wake up by alarm at 6am if voracious toddler has not already awoken me, get out the house by 7:45 for work. 6-7 hours sleep is not really enough but it's good enough to do a fair imitation of a productive worker until 1pm when I go and fetch the toddler, who makes me tired in entirely different ways to work. I can just about imitate a good mother for him most days, and I cheat and use tv or toys or take advantage of Unka Jonny when I can't.
Occasionally I would either nap in the afternoons when Charles did, or fall asleep early in the evening when putting him to bed. Some days I would miss my <11pm deadline and then always for some reason end up wide awake until gone 1am, but still have to wake up at 5-6am. My imitation of a productive worker slips rather on those days, so I try not to do it very often.
Then about last Monday I started consistently falling asleep when I put Charles down, then waking fully-dressed some hours later, often hungry and/or thirsty and quite annoyed by missing out on my productive evening hours. By the time I've done all the going-to-bed faff I will often then be insomniac for another hour or so before finally falling asleep sometime after 2. I get 6-7 hours of sleep, but broken by an hour or two in the middle, which is even harder to cope with. And this has happened nearly every day since last Monday. I have started getting into pjs etc when I put Charles to bed, if only to cut down the necessary faff when I wake again at midnight.
I was being insomniac the other night, having been awake since 11:30ish, and would much rather have slept through it all.
Tonight Charles went to sleep earlier than usual and I just managed to avoid falling asleep with him, and have therefore had something more like my 'old' evening routine, getting a few things done. As it's Thursday there is little point in trying to sleep now as Tony gets home from the pub shortly.
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