I have a sleeping problem. I have had it for about a year now. It is the most stupid thing I ever heard of, but, it is what it is.

I have a coffee cup bigger than the one shown above,in fact mine looks more like a bucket.

I seem to go on with about 2-3 hours of sleep for several days then have what I call a "crash" day. That is the day that I basically stay in bed all day. I normally sleep all day and though the night then the next day I seem to get up early with the alarm for my daughter who has to be ready for the bus at the unbelievable time of 6:30. I do NOT remember having to go to school that early. How do they expect the kids to learn anything and things are soooooo different now.

Anyway, kinda wandered off subject. My specialty.

I have never been a morning person. ever. All but one of my jobs were at night when I worked.

It's like fighting an invisible monster. Anything that I can't see, or don't understand I have a difficult time fighting.

I have meds that would knock an elephant to his knees. But, I am afraid to take them cause I may sleep through the alarms. All 6 of them running at full volume. How many people do you know that takes 6 alarms, oh and the  cell phone making this shrilling noise that should alone wake you from the pain of your ear drums bursting.

My personal record for staying up all night and day is 5 days in a row (not chemically induced, just couldn't sleep).

OK, here is the stupid problem. I WON'T let myself lay down. Sounds stupid. Sounds stupid to me, but, that is the truth.

So, I am asking for anyone that reads this if they have any suggestions and not "just go lay down" Cause if I could do that, I would have done that by now and I wouldn't be writing this!!!!

This is serious. Really. Sleep does so many things that from keeping your heart healthy to your weight and everything in between.

I know that I wrote about this once before, but no one know me really and I guess that I need to post more with certainly more interesting things to say

So, please, any suggestions (and there isn't such a thing as a stupid one) please share it with me.

Thank you to all and I am going to try and post more often with more interest things. The posts that I read, you all could be professional writers!

But,there isn't a day that goes by that something weird don't happen or at least funny!! So, time to try.

Thanks again!

Hello, can we please have some common sense and common courtesy here, please!!

I have never met the perfect person. (Maybe a few that thought that they were) . That being said, I am far from perfect. So how do you try and "teach" your child to be honest, truthful and in my case, not to be the A1-worlds biggest slob.

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade her in for the world... she is 10. That probably says something right there. These days, that kinda makes her a  younger 17 year old with an attitude. That just don't fly.

After a couple of  YEARS of asking, threatening, begging, pleading with no results on trying to stop her "perfecting the word and the image of a slob" I found this little "joke" (which really isn't if you really think about it. I wish more people were like this). If only, she could follow these 12 simple little rules, we would have one hell of a start. (She is to memorize it tonight) With these 12 little rules, we would have a better society.

I thought that I would share these rules with you. (on the outside chance you have a slob of your own!!)

I think that this should be a standard issue for giving this to most children and a few adults that need a little guidance.      

Really all you need to add is "Listen to what your Mom says" (in my case) and life would be way easier sometimes.

Hope you enjoyed!!!

As per usual, I want to try and post more often. There needs to be more hours in a day sometimes.
Besides, my life isn't interesting enough to post but once every few months. When I get into a routine, I may just share that excitement with all you Xangans!!

Bee Cool, Be Safe...                                             

(and clean up your mess)

AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE EXTREMELY LARGE SPACE THAT IT TAKES TO GET TO THE END OF THE POST.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE DOUBLE SPACING EITHER.

AND

I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFO OR NEWS TO ENTERTAIN OR HAVE A DECENT CONVERSATION OR A SEMI INTELLIGENT OPINION ON.

WELL, EXCEPT ONE THING, THAT STUPID FUCKING OIL SPILL IS A TRAGEDY.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SPECIFICS, BUT, IT SUCKS.

SO, PARDON THE SPACE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.

HAVE A SUPER DAY!

SCROLL UNTIL YOU GET TIRED OF OF IT.

GOT AN IDEA (THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS OR FUN AT TIMES)

There, a line. still don't take you to the bottom though. Sorry. I tried.

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Honest. Someone whom you can trust and not think twice about.  

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It's true.

I can speak. Usually way to much. I talk to myself. I say excuse me to furniture when I bump into it. I say excuse me if I sneeze even if I am alone. I could really strike up a conversation with a rock.

Yet, I can't seem to think of something to write down on my Xanga. I do however enjoy the hell out of reading allot of your posts.

So, just for a moment, I will try and talk about something, to me, it is weird.

I can't sleep. Rather, I won't lay down to do so. I can be nodding off in my chair and still won't lay down. I know I am sleepy.

I am not afraid of the bedroom or anything in the house for that matter. (I could expand on things that I am not afraid of, but, the list is much too long)

There isn't a pill, a Dr, a "anything" that can seem to help me.

I don't do anything in particular while I am up for no good reason. If I stayed up to clean (which wouldn't be a bad idea) at least I could have something to blame it on.

The Dr's. Useless in this case. (and allot of other cases as well, but, I am talking about this one for now)

So, if anyone has any (logical, come on, this is a bad problem) suggestions, I sure would appreciate it.

The up side to this though and I always try to look for the silver lining. I am up when the alarm goes off and see my daughter off to school. Then, usually, I am able to sleep like a rock. Sometimes, I do go for the old "stay up all day, you'll sleep. Nope. I get a second wind, and a third...it can go on for a few days.

So, as I said, any suggestions are welcome!

Just for the record, if I do manage to lay down, I am out like a rock. It may take 30 seconds to 1 minute and the only thing that wakes me is an earthquake or something equal to one since we don't really get earthquakes here.

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