Dog Days of Summer

Insomnia in The Dog Days of Summer

This is the second blog, thou a little late in posting… I didn’t write sooner only because I didn’t think this problem was going to be such a problem. But it has and I’m coping the best way I can.  It has come down to sleeping every two days.

What do I do when I can’t sleep? Well most of the time I click on Facebook and look at the postings then repost what I think you would like to read... not everything gets in, though an awful lot does. I read every article before I post it so it can take a long time to go through the day’s worth of mail.

I have tried all the things prescribed in the insomniac manuals or advice offered by doctors but nothing seem to work..  When I am sleep deprived I can’t concentrate on writing articles.  I know I could sell them if I had the confidence and knowledge to post them on line.  I can’t read the many books I scheduled for the summer so I haven’t finished my ‘Summer reading list. I’m so behind on that subject… So… I find other things to do. 

What do I do to occupy my time? Sometimes play plain solitaire or Spider solitaire… They are time wasters but I get a shot of endorphins every time I win… I’m getting pretty good at it so I guess I may be getting addicted.  It does waste time with my hope that I may fall asleep around three or four in the morning.  But past that I know I’m pretty much in for the whole night and following day.  

Sometimes I try to watch TV but last year when I only had the “basic” part of Comcast or Verizon I saw mostly the Paid Programs… That was a terribly depressing time in my life.  I really think it is disingenuous that the History, Discovery and the other good program channels have to have the Paid Infomercials on late at night/morn.   Even the Syfy channel stops producing movies at five every morning… Do they think we don’t like Syfy movies between five and seven?… Don’t we, insomniacs, count too? 

We now have A Dish TV and we are getting a lot of movies on the HBO channels but I know that too will disappear in time. And, to add insult to injury, only after we signed on for two years did Dish TV offer a decent price for all the three program package… At the time we only wanted TV but had we waited a month we could have had the telephone, TV and computer service ,for a very reasonable price that “would NEVER change”...  Will wonders never cease? Well we are locked in for two years now… I just have to wait.   I do get to see movies IF I can find them… There are two or three areas where the movies are located.  The channels repeat at higher numbers and they incorporate other channels in the mix that are not at the lower end so it becomes very confusing.

I also found a neat channel that has research lectures on it… Very exciting for a nerd like me.  Also there are the government channels and Book TV that C-Span provides… 

But what I miss the most is Channel 6 from Providence that had adult programming after 12 noon everyday and my town's access tv, MCTV, a local channel that I’m  a member of.  The MCTV channel, 14, deals with local politics and other matters and is often the most bizarre show on the tube.  But Dish TV is inexpensive and I can afford it.  

Back to the insomnia… It has become worse since we last spoke. Why is it that I sleep every two days?   Last night I slept until 11 PM and have been awake ever since. 

It is now twelve noon. I feel good for the time being, though I had a msoigraine most of the morning.  My heart started running fast (I have Atrial Fibulation) and I couldn’t find my pills… After searching my room for most of the morning, I found them down stairs in my son’s room…don’t ask. I did take one but thought I might have to take another… and I might still.  I just managed to take my morning  pills with my headache meds…so that should do me for a while. 

Here I sit at 12 noon… again no sleep… the temperature out side is the better part of 95 F degrees. 

When at seven AM, I spent a measly five minutes outside, checking on my potted plants, I quickly became covered in sweat.  

For me, today is an in-day and so I write…

Have a nice day if you can bare it… 

Sleepy Sally Sandman