10 tips for Insomnia

I suffer from insomnia and am always looking for tips. The best part of the midnight world is that it's all yours. The most important thing is to be very quiet. If you are too noisy, then you'll wake people up and they'll join you. There is a lot more to do that to watch television or read. Here are 10 tips for things to do when you have insomnia.

1. Write a post. You will be too tired to write it during the day and people are really funny at 3am;
2. Walk on the treadmill. Running will be too noisy;

 3. Give yourself a manicure and a pedicure. This is a great time to do this because you won't have any distractions and the polish will have time to dry;
4. You can also put on a face mask and a deep conditioning treatment on your hair. I wouldn't recommend checking on your children while you are do this. If you awake them up, they will have nightmares for life;

5. Clean out your mailbox. This is a lot quieter than cleaning out your pantry and almost as rewarding;
6. Sort socks. I hate sorting washing but I do like sorting socks. It's like putting little, soft, soul mates together. This is also a good time to put on on your hand, call it 'Mr Socky' and have a fight with the dog.

7. Dust. This quiet job gets forgotten about. Get those cobwebs high up in the corners but watch out for spiders. Your screams will wake everyone up.

8. Neaten up your bookmarks, desktop icons and sync everything. Make sure you keep saying ' I am syncing' over and over while doing this.
9. Play 'Words with friends' with all your overseas friends
10. Groom the dog. I have special little scissors for these moments.

What do you do when you happen to find yourself awake in the middle of the night?

On Tuesdays I link up with Jess from Diary of a SAHM for IBOT

Bloody Insomnia

I was awake all night and at about 2am I gave up and came downstairs. I watched the movie "The Other Guys" with Will Ferrell and Marky Mark (he'll always be Marky Mark to me). Will Ferrell's face makes me laugh. Silly movies are always really funny when you are delirious from lack of sleep. I ended up falling asleep around 5.30am to be awoken 5 minutes later with my oldest crunching on cereal beside me.

My eyelids feel like they are made from sandpaper and there is a paper weight attached to the top of my head but I have injected coffee, had a long shower and now feel slightly more human.

After the school run I am looking forward to having coffee with Lisa from Mrs BC at Reef Point Cafe. Then in the afternoon watching '21 Jump Street' at AMC (Hoyts) Kippa Ring with my sister. I use to love the series and I don't mind a bit of Channing Tatum so this should be fun.

Insomnia, Curse or Gift!

Today, I was going to take the easy way out and not post anything. I sporadically suffer from insomnia and last night I did not sleep a wink. I am tired today and feel my brain hasn't connected. But, what's the point of the easy way??

As tired as I am, there are some good points to insomnia. I love it when the world is all quiet and mine. This secret world is inhabited by my dog, bad TV and me. We watch '21 Jump Street' reruns, 80's movies (like Manniquin), Dr 90210. We eat honey toast and have a cup of tea, sometimes even chocolate because calories don't count at 2am. Sometimes, I'll text my aunt, to see if she is sharing my midnight world, and we will have a 3am text conversation. We have even visited each other in our pjamas for an 4am coffee. I can also have a short, guilt-free, nana naps during the day.

A couple of insomnia quotes I love are;

'Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds' JoJo Jensen. So true.

'If a man has as many ideas during the day as he does when he has insomnia, he'd make a fortune' Griff Niblack. I do come up with amazing ideas in the wee hours.

'The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleep world' Leonard Cohen. We have to feel superior somehow.

Now to mix things up with a change of subject. Yesterday the Mamamia webpage had a video on how to wear a men's shirt as a dress. You can find the link here. I decided to borrow one of my husbands shirts, to fashion into a skirt and see if anyone noticed. A few people did, but more surprising, as I lurched like the undead through North Lakes, a few people stopped me to tell me they loved my skirt. I am not sure I'll wear it again, but it was a fun experiment.

Inspired by Mamamia