Ugh, this insomnia is such torture. I was only getting to sleep past four in the morning, and of course Little Girl us up at eight. So of course, not resting, I haven’t been getting better, so am still sick, for crying out loud. It pisses me off to be missing one of the last weeks of weather warm enough for swimming. Last night I drugged myself up so at least I was able to get to sleep at a reasonable time. It’s just been miserable. Being exhausted and yet not being able to sleep is just inhumane, and it was my own mind doing it to myself.
And what have I been up thinking about? There’s been all the anxiety and obsessive planning related in various ways to the move. Duh. There’s general daydreaming, pretend conversations, things I should have said, things I shouldn’t have, to go over, to rehash, to process. And I had been reading some amazing, complex novels that totally had me preoccupied: if I wasn’t reading them, I was wishing I were, and wondering what I was missing. (Check out Tana French and Stieg Larsson if you, too, wish to cease sleeping.) Now I’m off books and on drugs, and I hope one day not to be ill anymore. It’s a humble dream.
I don’t know, maybe you can tell, but I already took my NyQuil and I bet if I talked to you I’d be slurring. Buenas noches.

1 October 2009 at 8:59 pm
Hope you get some sleep. I’ve been trying to get more sleep too, but the earlier I go to bed, the earlier I pop awake in the morning.
1 October 2009 at 9:03 pm
My poor friend. I hope you’re feeling better soon.
2 October 2009 at 6:17 pm
You poor thing. My sympathy is SKY HIGH. I wish I had any advice for you. I take Unisom, which is over the counter and it’s benedryl, so aside from drying you out, it’s safe and non-addicting. Good luck and I hope you start sleeping soon.
4 October 2009 at 12:07 am
I can only read young adult novels at night because most of them aren’t complicated enough to keep me awake. There is nothing worse than not being able to sleep when you want to (except that plus being sick!) so I totally sympathize.
18 October 2009 at 4:45 pm
I’ve been wanting to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – you’re pushing me in that direction! A friend highly recommended The Likeness by French. But I have this thing about reading books in sequence so I’m feeling like maybe I should read In the Woods first. Argh!