Hope she's ok... hope she comes home... and if not, hope somebody kind takes her in and loves her.
Yay - Cleo came home at 5:30 EST.
Good kitty.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Cleo....
Poor Miss Cleo went missing yesterday. Dottie said she probably got out while some workmen were in her condo... she gets scared by strangers.
Hope she's ok... hope she comes home... and if not, hope somebody kind takes her in and loves her.
Hope she's ok... hope she comes home... and if not, hope somebody kind takes her in and loves her.
Monday, June 25, 2007
My car is sick...
I could take a nice cruise for what it's going to cost me to fix it. Or I could fly to Vegas several times. Or I could buy myself and my four closest friends new iPods. Or I could buy that new computer I so desperately need. And a printer too.
Now I feel sick.
Now I feel sick.
Friday, June 22, 2007
JUSTIFIED!!!
It's on tape now. And a zillion medical readouts. For years I've been telling people I don't sleep. Seriously, I can probably count on one hand the number of times in my life I've slept 8 hours straight through. I go through periods where I don't sleep at all - nothing, not a five minute cat nap. At one point a couple of years ago I went through a two week period completely and utterly sleepless, and I mean NO SLEEP!!!
A typical night it takes me at least an hour to fall asleep. I wake three, four, five times a night. If I sleep three hours in a row I feel I've accomplished something. I do all the crap you're supposed to - no caffeine after 2pm. No strenuous excercise before bed. I've tried medications, melatonin, warm milk... Reading, meditating, relaxation tapes. I go to bed at the same time every night. None of this works. I've tried a number of prescription medications, and none of them helped. Oh - one did, but it's so addictive that Blue Cross would only pay for three pills a year. Three nights sleep out of the entire year. Thanks Blue Cross.
When I tell people about my sleep problems they nod and go, "yeah, I have insomnia sometimes too." No, you don't. You have no idea. NO FRIGGIN IDEA!
My doctor decided I must have sleep apnea, so he finally sent me for a sleep study. I filled out the paperwork, described my problems and what a typical night is like for me. They hooked me up and sent me to bed... Where I proceded to have... a typical night. They expect you to stay for 8 hours. (Did I mention I never, ever, ever sleep 8 hours?) I went to bed around 11pm. It was probably after midnight before I fell to sleep. I woke up around 3:00 am. Tossed, turned. Got up and went to the bathroom. Went back to bed. Tossed, turned. Around 4am called the tech in. Needed to get up and move around a bit. He told me watching me sleep was like "torture." Asked if I wanted to call it a night... decided to give it one more try. Laid in bed until 5am, at which point I decided to stop torturing the tech and go home.
He said at most I had a couple of hours of true restfull sleep. Wished me luck, told me he hoped this would finally convince my doctor to do something. Then he said the magic words - "I don't know how you function."
Yes - finally, somebody gets it. It's not normal. This guy sees people with sleep problems ever night of his working life, and I'm not even in left field. I'm not even playing in the same ballpark.
This may not solve my issues, but at least I know there's one other human being out there who understands.
Oh, and I don't have sleep apnea.
A typical night it takes me at least an hour to fall asleep. I wake three, four, five times a night. If I sleep three hours in a row I feel I've accomplished something. I do all the crap you're supposed to - no caffeine after 2pm. No strenuous excercise before bed. I've tried medications, melatonin, warm milk... Reading, meditating, relaxation tapes. I go to bed at the same time every night. None of this works. I've tried a number of prescription medications, and none of them helped. Oh - one did, but it's so addictive that Blue Cross would only pay for three pills a year. Three nights sleep out of the entire year. Thanks Blue Cross.
When I tell people about my sleep problems they nod and go, "yeah, I have insomnia sometimes too." No, you don't. You have no idea. NO FRIGGIN IDEA!
My doctor decided I must have sleep apnea, so he finally sent me for a sleep study. I filled out the paperwork, described my problems and what a typical night is like for me. They hooked me up and sent me to bed... Where I proceded to have... a typical night. They expect you to stay for 8 hours. (Did I mention I never, ever, ever sleep 8 hours?) I went to bed around 11pm. It was probably after midnight before I fell to sleep. I woke up around 3:00 am. Tossed, turned. Got up and went to the bathroom. Went back to bed. Tossed, turned. Around 4am called the tech in. Needed to get up and move around a bit. He told me watching me sleep was like "torture." Asked if I wanted to call it a night... decided to give it one more try. Laid in bed until 5am, at which point I decided to stop torturing the tech and go home.
He said at most I had a couple of hours of true restfull sleep. Wished me luck, told me he hoped this would finally convince my doctor to do something. Then he said the magic words - "I don't know how you function."
Yes - finally, somebody gets it. It's not normal. This guy sees people with sleep problems ever night of his working life, and I'm not even in left field. I'm not even playing in the same ballpark.
This may not solve my issues, but at least I know there's one other human being out there who understands.
Oh, and I don't have sleep apnea.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
One of them quote thingies...
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
- Augusten Burroughs
- Augusten Burroughs
Thursday, June 07, 2007
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