Sleep. Ahhh...to get some sleep. Sometimes the night comes before the body is ready to sleep. Other times, the body is sound asleep before the night comes. Who regulates the sleep clock?
Who knows? Please...do you know who, or what, regulates the sleep clock? I have no idea. Sleep is that illusive thing that is supposed to happen around 10ish or so. Sometimes it does, right in the middle of a good television program. The other night sleep arrived right in the middle of a dish of ice cream. I was enjoying my delicious ice cream and I fell asleep, jerking awake up when I felt something cold on my hand. Come on...what's going on here? I love ice cream. Why would I fall asleep over a dish of ice cream?
Is sleep a LOL geezer problem? None of the LOM geezers I know complain about sleep. Almost every LOL geezer does. Is it from listening to the house to make sure everyone is safe? Houses make strange and wonderful and weird noises at night, and every LOL I know hears every one of them. When there's overnight company, LOLs never get enough rest as they hear the slightest sound. I think, it's a protective instinct. Gotta make sure the babies are sleeping well...only now there are no babies to worry about. Why is sleep so illusive?
If you can't sleep at night, should you take a nap during the day? Will the nap harm a good night's sleep? Again, who knows the answer to that conundrum? Some of my geezer friends contend that taking a nap during the day will kill all thoughts of sleeping at night. Therefore, stay awake during the day and go to bed as soon as you can after dinner. Are they right?
As I lay awake, the geezer beside me is sound asleep. He's peaceful. He has a slight smile on his face. He's completely relaxed. He's the most hateful person I know at that point in time. WHY can he sleep and all I can do is toss and turn and toss and turn again? I try changing rooms...maybe I can sleep on the living room sofa? Maybe I can sleep on the chair in the den? Maybe if I fiddle around the house, I'll get sleepy? Maybe if I listen to a book I'll fall asleep? Maybe If I turn on the TV I can crash before the flickering screen? (I mean that works at 9 PM, why not now?) Finally, I fall asleep. It seems like I've been asleep for 10 minutes when my geezer wakes up and asks if it is time for breakfast. This is not fair.
One thing I learned a long time ago is some things are not fair. Fair has nothing to do with sleep. One of my friends does not put any covers over her until she gets very cold, then she covers up and falls asleep. I tried that and it kinda works. Something I need to remember more often when the sleep fairy passes me by.
Another friend only goes to bed when she's sleepy. If she's sleepy at 7 PM, she goes to bed. If it's 130 AM, then she goes to bed. In the meantime, she stays awake. Wide awake. Why?
Sleep. The restorative that our bodies need. The magical calming balm that is so difficult to attain. The great cure all. Sleep. If you know how to get to sleep and stay asleep, please let me know. Remember, we're all in this together.
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