February 21, 2004

All I want is a good nights sleep

The universe is conspiring against me again. For about the past week I seem to have been rendered incapable of getting a full nights uninterrupted sleep. Either I've been mysteriously springing awake at random moments throughout the night or my flatmates have been going bump in the night loudly enough to stir me. I've tried to remedy the situation by going to bed earlier but it doesn't seem to have helped any and I'm fed up with it now. I thought last night, a Friday night, would at least allow me a chance to lie in and rest. But no, it wasn't to be - not only did I waken several times during the night (again!), but just as I finally thought I was getting the hang of the whole sleep business once more, my flatmate returned home at a very silly time of the night without her key and had to bang on my window in order to get me to let her in. On the plus side, when I wake up in the middle of the night I usually remember my dreams, which is always pleasant. One of them involved bungee jumping over mirror smooth lakes in a place that was almost New Zealand but wasn't quite. And in another I was reading a book, which is unusual for me, since normally when I read in a dream I usually come to realise that I'm dreaming very quickly (most times I'll glance up the page a little and discover that what I'd just read isn't there anymore). But this time I read on for quite a while. It was an interesting story and it vexes me that I can't remember it now.

I'm tired and I want to sleep. I'm going to bed now. Please don't wake me.

Please?

Thought iMark at February 21, 2004 11:18 PM | TrackBack

Comments

You mean that "Mark Doll" I brought off that strange old woman actually does something? She said that if ever I get bored, just shake it a little. Darn! I thought it was broke! It did NOTHING! At first I'd just shake it incessantly.. nada. Then, whenever I passed through the livingroom on the way to the kitchen. At what point do I admit it fell to the floor and I started kicking it round whenever I passed.. hmmmm

Have a thought for you... call me! Time difference means that I'll alaways be a awake, and happy to chat until you feel sleepy again.

Take care and sleep well

Posted by: Matthew Brown at February 22, 2004 12:58 PM

Dear insomniMark,

Just a strange and random thought... check your room for strange, intermittent noises. Even quiet ones. I frequently awake in the night when the house (or wherever) develops a new noise: wind shifting the building, rain for the first time in a new house (a sound always unique to eachj house), mice in the walls, cat snoring a little differently from normal.

Also, anything that goes "nureek" "ratoot" or "hununga." Heaven help you if there are any "squirnookels."

Posted by: Kevin at February 22, 2004 05:46 PM

wat does ratoot mean???????????

Posted by: rebecca w at May 18, 2004 09:26 AM

'Ratoot' and friends are all references to Red Dwarf episode "Duct Soup," in which one of our intrepid crew has trouble sleeping in the guest cabin as the cooling system serenades her in a veritable cacophony of comedy.

Posted by: Kevin at May 24, 2004 05:37 PM
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