June 16, 2010
Sleep is a lying filthy whore.
For the last 7 weeks I've been working 7am - 3:45pm. This means I would wake up @ 5am, get dressed and be on my way to the big city by 6am. Training ended and my permanant assignment was delivered to me as a Monday-Friday 4:15p - 1am shift. This shouldn't be too bad considering for the last 2 years, I've lived this as pretty close to my default poker/grind schedule.
This weekend I slept as late as possible and stayed up as late as I could.
Monday. I go to asleep at 2am and wake up at 9am. Take a 3hr nap between 11am-2:30p. This isn't so bad.
Tuesday. Uh Oh. I get home from work at 2am and go to sleep around 2:30am.... and wake up at 4am.... and 6am.... and then I don't sleep until I end up using a PTO day and sleep from 4pm to around 7pm.
Wednesday. I stay awake all night from 7pm until 6:25am. Finally I fall asleep, but wake up at 7:15am. I am awake straight through except for around 30 minutes around 1pm. Soccer couldn't put me asleep. Reading economics textbooks didn't put me asleep. I even tried questionable things to my body. I still didn't fall asleep.
What can I do? I only have now two sick days left. This isn't a job I can do without sleep. 1) I have to drive 1 hour each way. 2) It requires I be sharp to do it well.
Sleeping Pills / Drinking isn't an option.
GRRR.
2010
2 Comments:
Posted By Lysistrata on June 16, 2010 at 22:49 PM
1) Absolutely no naps. Get someone to slap you awake until the sleepiness passes.
2) Pull out the big guns and use melatonin. (I wouldn't count it as a sleeping pill because it's more "natural" or whatever.)
GL!
Posted By bferst on June 16, 2010 at 23:18 PM
rethink your diet before you sleep
i LOVE powerade, i drink it all the time, but i find that when i drink it before im planning in sleeping i have a hard time sleeping.
drinking milk always helps me sleep.
when i cant sleep ill read fmylife.com or textsfromlastnight.com on my phone and eventually ill get more tired. better then having a light on and reading a huge textbook imo.
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