Well, since I'm up

One of the most frustrating things about my sleep habits is that they are pretty erratic. Since I started graduate school, I've had difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep--I started graduate school in 2004. My sleep habits were further disturbed when last year my L5/S1 disc herniated, resulting in a pinched sciatic nerve and increasing leg/foot pain. After the discectomy in May of this year, I was able to fall asleep much easier with minimal help from a sleep aid (such as Unisom or Tylenol PM). I should rejoice, actually...most of the past several nights have been easy on me.

Last night was not easy on me. For whatever reason, I awoke from a dream that I didn't want to wake from. So, I stubbornly (because I was half-asleep) kept attempting to return to that dream, and every time the new dream started to take a different direction, I awoke and rolled over...in another attempt to capture the first dream. This foolishness dragged on for the entire night. I finally woke up around 7:40 this morning, which I fear might have been a mistake...maybe I'll try to go to bed a little earlier tonight so that I'm not tired tomorrow.

Well, anyway, since I'm up, I should get started on the day's "activities." I have got to do laundry; otherwise, I'll be teaching naked tomorrow afternoon. I have got to lesson plan; otherwise, I'll just be standing up there naked without anything clever to say. I have got to order the rest of my books for my exams; otherwise, I'll fail my exam (ah, catastrophizing). (On second thought, Robert has continually expressed interest in wanting to help lighten my load by getting the books ordered for me...I should give him the list with my ordering information today. *nod*) I have got to stop putzing around on the computer; otherwise, my brain will melt out my ears.

I'm still not sure if I'm feeling better or if I'm feeling potentially sick yet. My body is still concentrating on attempting to wake up and stay awake. I hate this feeling. Blech. Oh, yes, and I should shower...but I have to wash my towels first. Good lord, I really let the laundry slide these past two weeks.

I know for sure that one item is going to be crossed off my list: Robert's coming over this morning to print off some homework, and then we're going to read a play off my exam reading list. We're considering Marat/Sade for now. I love how erratically I'm reading for my exams, too--not chronologically, not any sort of "-logically," actually. I just go over to my table, grab one that sounds interesting that I haven't read before, and sit down to do it. I just need to do that more often and knock out these 300-odd books. Hm.