What Do You Do When You Can't Sleep

Moi

[colorcountry]

Have at it.

[Ceewrighter]

Why waste time? Use it to do the work that you won't have time to do tomorrow 'cause you'll be too sleepy. All your work must be done on site, you say?

Here's a few alternatives: Read a good book. Continue writing that book. Start your family tree.

There are really tons of things to do besides alternating between porn sites and this post, dude.

[mmercier]

I get up.

Never been able to sleep properly, night terrors. Had a bad one yesterday and was afraid to fall asleep last night.

I drank a half dozen margaritas and caught four hours though.

[The Phantom FReeper]

In your night table, store a CD player and a CD with speeches by John Kerry burned on it. When you get insomnia, just start listening to that, and you'll be in blissful, coma-like sleep for hours.

[colorcountry]

Well, thanks for the reply. By the way I'm a dudette. Reading is always a good thing...already finished my book last night before I went to sleep. Didn't want to re-read something. Sometimes I peruse the Bible.

It can be hard to find things to do when everyone else is asleep in the house. I think it would be a fine time to vacuum, but I'm not sure it would be appreciated.

And what's a porn site, dude?

[colorcountry]

Hmmm, margaritas. Know THAT is a suggestion.

[RightOnline]

FReep. Do emails (biz and personal).

[colorcountry]

LOL....John Kerry. I could also play a Bill Clinton CD. He seemed to have a way of mesmerizing wimmin.

[mtbopfuyn]

Dust quietly.

[colorcountry]

Freep, is what I usually do, then I'm doomed...I can never get back to sleep after reading news/activism.

That's why I switched to chat. Once I get up and turn of the computer, I'm hooked on Freep.

[mware]

In the words of Bing Crosby, in White Christmas,

When your troubled and you can't sleep,

Just count your blessings instead of sheep.

And you'll go to sleep counting your blessings.

[colorcountry]

I've tried that. I leave too many streaks in the dark, and I bump in to stuff. Ouch!

[paudio]

Watch some TV, read a magazine, drink a glass of warm milk, take a shower, put some relaxing music. The last thing you want to do is starring at your monitor screen, hoping for new 'exciting' posts on FR.

[colorcountry]

Thanks for the reminder. I have a ton of blessings to count.

God, Family, Country, Friends, FreepFriends, Wealth, Fame, Looks, Brains.............I'm getting sleepy.......

(Okay, so the last few are a bit of a stretch...what's the line? ..."say it, claim it.")

[irishtenor]

I'm at work, so I nap.

[jennyjenny]

Usually when I can't get to sleep (or back to sleep) it's because I'm thinking of all the things I have to do the next day or two. So, I make a list of things I have to get done. For some reason getting them on to paper and off my mind helps me relax and go back to sleep. If that doesn't work, I turn on the golf channel.

[mware]

During my college years I used my economics text book as a sleep aid. It worked every time.

[colorcountry]

I should ask you what you do in the middle of the DAY and you can't sellp.

[colorcountry]

sellp sleep (or spell)

[irishtenor]

I just get up. If I get 4 hours a day, I am ok. (And I can spell SLEEP under those conditions :>)