Saturday 9

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How Do You Sleep?

1. How long do you sleep each night?

Depends Sometimes I sleep like the dead. Sometimes I wake up and spend hours sitting on the couch reading or doing crosswords before I can fall back to sleep. Sometimes I can't get to sleep at all until 2. I no longer wig out about it like I used to. As long as I get at least 3 hours or so, I can function the next day. Doing that more than a couple of nights in a row, though, is begging for trouble.

2. Do you fall asleep easily?

Sometimes. Actually, I usually have no trouble getting to sleep.

3. Do you fall asleep at times not in your bed?

I crash on the couch semi-regularly. When I'm really sick, I will camp out in the spare room.

4. Do you listen to music or use "white noise" to sleep?

I use earplugs. Awesome!! During the day, I can sleep with the TV on; it's more like a heavy doze.

5. Do you sleep through the night or get up a couple of times?

Most of the time, I get through the night in one chunk, but insomnia is an old friend. I know what to do about it when I wake up, and I no longer get overly stressed about not sleeping.

6. Do you have trouble sleeping away from your own bed?

Sometimes. I used to never be able to sleep the first night I was away from home, but I'm so tired anymore that nothing keeps me awake. ;-)

7. Do you need an alarm clock to get you up?

Yeah, though I can wake myself if necessary. I just won't sleep as well if I need to do that.

8. Do you ever take medication to help you sleep?

Yup, but only Tylenol PM. Or Benadryl straight.

9. Do you/have you slept with pets?

Our dog slept with us...till we figured out that I'm allergic to dogs. Duh.