Foo - insomniac? What's keepin'you up at night?

This isn't a thread about curing insomnia, I'm just curious as to what's keeping people up at night. I go through bouts of insomnia. It's usually caused by thoughts of work. Thinking about lists of things I need to work on the next day.

What's your reason(s)?

Rotating shift work sucks!!!

Usually thoughts about my kids, the future...blah blah blah. Sucks

Fear. Check out my Jack Russell Thread.

Couch

A 2 week old baby. Though he is keeping my wife up more than me so I should not complain.

If I have to much coffee or beer I'm afraid to go to sleep.

Zombie apocalypse.

Zombie apocalypse.

No worries. That's not till 2012.

The psycho circus clown in my closet keeps me awake on weekends.

He likes to party.

This clown ?http://www.darkbunny.com/images/dbf10.jpg

I'm naturally nocturnal.

school assignments.
i don't sleep too much. I always wake up before 7 otherwise I feel unproductive.

I always take a nap in the late afternoon. I think the nap offsets my usual "wake up" that comes around 1 or 2 in the morning. Sometimes I go right back to sleep. Other times I stay up for a while. I really love that quiet time. If I don't have work the next day, and sometimes when I do, I might stay up for an hour or so and read or watch TV.

Thoughts of randomness.

Sometimes cats and bikes.

South Park is starting at 12:00 so I can't go to bed now :)

Actually, I tried going to sleep an hour ago but I can't sleep. I've had a awful time sleeping since the beginning of the year. If it continues, I'm going to go see a specialist about it. Sometimes I sleep six hours at night but I had a wonderful string of four hour nights last week. Last night I may have slept three hours. Tonight isn't looking good for me as well and I have a meeting early in the morning. Yay me!

Couch

the midnight thread over at the epilepsy forum

Last week I had really bad toothache and tried to hold out until I could get an appointment with my regular dentist.

it is quiet, and distraction free, and my favorite time to sew

Tonight I blame the dogs with their small bladders. 4:10am and they need to pee :rolleyes: Really hoping I can fall asleep again :twitchy:

***** GIRLFRIEND... OR SHOULD I SAY, EX-GIRLFRIEND?

changing facebeek status??

***** GIRLFRIEND... OR SHOULD I SAY, EX-GIRLFRIEND?

changing facebeek status??

Oh that's always pleasant.

The hydrocodone wore off.

I worry about the pending alien invasion..

Mind numbing TV. Kids go to bed, and the wife and I hang out for an hour or two. Wife goes to bed, and usually reads, so I do not go back to bed then, as I do not want to ruin her reading time. I tell myself that I need to watch just a bit to unwind and soon it is midnight or later.

I think this is self induced insomnia.

Bizarre, freaking dreams!
Sometimes I'm back in the Army barracks.
Sometimes the whole world is flooded and I'm swimming around in my speedo past all the drowned/bloated/smelly corpses and debris. In a mall, (and I haven't been inside a mall in this millenium.) I'm also swimming up and down staircases, which is pretty cool.
Sometimes flying, but not like superman, more like I'm swimming freestyle to pull myself through the air.
And sometimes I'm copulating on the moon with a girl in a space suit joined to mine 'down there', looking through the bubble face-shield trying to see who she is.

Just glad I amn't sleep walking anymore. For four months, I was unable to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time due to a popped disk in my spine. Even on worrisome med levels, I'd have to walk around until the pain subsided, then go back to sleep. But after the second surgery was finally successful and I was able to sleep through the night, I continued to get up, walk around, and I'd wake up walking in the street at 2am! I finally stopped this by stacking coins on my doorknob. Coins'd clatter, I'd wake up, have a good laugh and go back to bed.

Last night I was arrested for drunk driving. This was one of the worst dreams I have ever had. In the dream, I could see my goal of becoming a police officer disappearing...

:roflmao:

That little white ghost keeps poping up in the sheets:eek:

i'm still scared of the dark

That little white ghost keeps poping up in the sheets:eek:

Just be glad it's not two little white ghosts.

Just be glad it's not two little white ghosts.

no doubt:thumb:

Next time I'll have the Louisville Slugger ready.

Just be glad it's not two little white ghosts.

Put on these special UV goggles and you shall see a myriad of ghosts.

Just glad I amn't sleep walking anymore. For four months, I was unable to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time due to a popped disk in my spine. Even on worrisome med levels, I'd have to walk around until the pain subsided, then go back to sleep. But after the second surgery was finally successful and I was able to sleep through the night, I continued to get up, walk around, and I'd wake up walking in the street at 2am! I finally stopped this by stacking coins on my doorknob. Coins'd clatter, I'd wake up, have a good laugh and go back to bed.

Didn't the local police issue an alert to watch out for you a while back?

Put on these special UV goggles and you shall see a myriad of ghosts.

Vom

I love when I'm falling asleep in my chair and as soon as I climb under the covers, my eyes instantly pop open and I feel like I've just downed a pot of coffee.

Didn't the local police issue an alert to watch out for you a while back?

"the naked coin jingler"

I love when I'm falling asleep in my chair and as soon as I climb under the covers, my eyes instantly pop open and I feel like I've just downed a pot of coffee.

lol. +5
or -5 as it would be.

Yep. Apparently the most strenuous possible exercise is walking thirty feet to climb into bed.

:lol:

And on that note, as I'm typing this trying to keep my eyes open, I'm off to stare at the ceiling for approx. 2 hours.

I had a dream about jsharr last night. It involved x136 and chipcom. I need help.

Couch

Thats disturbing enough to keep me awake for a while^^^^^
Thanks

Mom decides to walk in and share to much sometimes.
tonight was one of those times. "I got this scar from ironing naked." "I cook naked." I would have rather heard about her years of kung-fu training than the fact she is way to comfortable when i am not around

I got this scar from ironing naked.
Oh, mothers. :lol:

Can't sleep...clowns might eat me...

For a long time now, I've had to go until I just drop; stepmother passing didn't help that, either (end of Jan). It's less impactful now, since I'm on vacation this week (during SUCK weather!), but I still don't like being up half the night, then falling out for a nap in mid/late afternoon. Almost always wake up grumpy, and the kids don't deserve that.

Less of an issue in warmer weather, as I wear myself out more on the bike.

What is keeping me up ?

Ass kicking pain killers.

My funkay ass work schedule. Days, nights, days, nights. No wonder I'm all messed up.

Didn't the local police issue an alert to watch out for you a while back?

I don't think so. The nice driver saw my Homer Simpson pajamas and stopped in time, tooted his horn, which woke me up. That was the last time, because I decided I had to do something about it.

BUT we do have an old-folks home kitty-corner from where I live "with special neighborhood for the memory impaired." Every once in a while one of them makes it over the wall and gives the Carlsbad Police Department something to do. They've had HELICOPTERS looking for these guys twice, with the loudspeakers giving the escapees description, clothing, etc.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rx_JPCdivlM/TMw4l_kNWCI/AAAAAAAACGQ/sE2IWvaGVdU/s1600/great+escape+2.jpg


Last night's dream was about a weird snake in an inflatable kiddy-pool in the yard. All five of the dogs were gathering around barking at it, and I was trying to keep them away from it. The snake was going after them and the house was locked so I couldn't put the dogs inside. They wanted to get at the snake just as badly as the snake wanted to get at them. I couldn't find any stick or weapon or anything, but I had a collapsible television antenna in my pocket, so I used that to dispatch the weird snake. And since the stupid antenna was so flimsy, it took a long time to kill the snake; it kept collapsing, so stabbing wouldn't work, and it was too light to do any damage if I swung it like a stick. I felt bad about killing that snake, but it felt like I didn't have any choice.

Last night's dream was about a weird snake in an inflatable kiddy-pool in the yard. All five of the dogs were gathering around barking at it, and I was trying to keep them away from it. The snake was going after them and the house was locked so I couldn't put the dogs inside. They wanted to get at the snake just as badly as the snake wanted to get at them. I couldn't find any stick or weapon or anything, but I had a collapsible television antenna in my pocket, so I used that to dispatch the weird snake. And since the stupid antenna was so flimsy, it took a long time to kill the snake; it kept collapsing, so stabbing wouldn't work, and it was too light to do any damage if I swung it like a stick. I felt bad about killing that snake, but it felt like I didn't have any choice.

Stop pooping in the pool ;)

Stop pooping in the pool ;)

It's no big deal...
http://www.theblackninja.com/images/movie/caddy/caddyshack_bill_murray_big_deal.jpg