Monday, November 21, 2011

Simple enough solution?

The last draft for this blog is from November 11th and it began like this:
"Sleeping while travelling is another funny thing. Normally the first night after arriving you are so tired that sleeps comes easily. The second night is more tricky, because of all the excitement over seeing new places and things - and sleeping in a new bed..."

I'm still signing all that and I think that writing about insomnia (or for me most of the time: the lack of it) while travelling is important, but now it's been a little bit too long, so I'd be able to grasp it elegantly (haha) right now. To put it shortly, I was away with a family for five nights, four days. I was quite stressed about the trip, and also about other things in my life before and after, so I basically didn't sleep at all during that trip. You can just imagine how exhausted I was when I came home and had to be back to work the very next day. It's almost like not "being there" at all. I was also stupid enough to have left all melatonin pills home.

But to be honest, the main reason I haven't written for a few weeks is that I've met someone that I both like AND I can sleep with. And yes, that's what I mean, exactly. I haven't "met someone" in a sense that I'm going to marry him next week - we're not an item, there's no serious gf/bf thing going on. And yes, by "sleeping" I actually mostly mean sleeping! Naturally that's not the way it started, but let's just say it's a very, very good side-effect of the whole relationship - and for the sake of my sleeping problems I DO hope that's the way it'll be for a while at least, because it's a good thing for me. (And he's a nice and interesting enough guy, which is a huge bonus.)

Funnily enough, I actually sleep better (and more hours!) when alone too - which means, most of the week. It must have something to do with relaxation, which is a bit odd, because at work or other parts of my life things are not any less hectic. But we'll see. I'm of course quite scared that by writing about it I'm jinxing it. Let's all hope not.

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