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I'm sitting here, looking at the list of topics, and I have discovered, this is a completely 24 hr. board! Do we ever sleep?!?! There are posts at 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the morning!! It's kinda nice to know that if I am ever plagued by insomnia, I'm not alone.
You are not alone.
I have bad insomnia. It goes in spurts though. I have periods where I sleep fine and then can go for weeks laying awake all night. Sometimes I get up at like 3 and watch TV, do homework, even practice since it's pretty soundproof where I'm at. Even if I'm not up at 3 AM I'm usually up around 6 and do some work for school. around 8 thirty I usually make my way to the computer and read the boards while I eat breakfast.
I used to take some stuff for sleeping but I try not to because it makes me feel very groggy, even half a pill.
I think what keeps me going is I'm a coffee addicted. I drink coffee almost all day long, to make up for not sleeping
I also suffer from insomnia sometimes, and I am just a late night person as well. It's not unusual for me to be online at 1-2 am, it's my quiet time. I usually get a 2nd wind around 11 pm and that's when I'll start projects like painting or sewing, when the rest of the family is asleep. It's amazing what you can get done while the house is quiet, as long as it's a quiet activitiy. My sewing room is at the other end of the house so I can make all the noise in there that I want!
Laurie
My excuse is just time-zones. When I get up most of you are already in dreamland or just on the way, and when I'm in dreamland, most of you are busy on the hostboard posting, so that I can catch up reading once I wake up again. [img]wink.gif[/img]
I'm guilty of both. I have a laptop, and where I go my laptop will follow. So at 2:00Am if I'm at Denny's or Shari's and there is an internet connection. I'll hook into the board. That, and I am a college student, all nighters are common, and the board is more entertaining then homework.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Amen to that! When I have a paper that's going to take basically all night, I'll use the Board to wake me up and then provide periodic breaks while I write. I have always been a night owl, so it's not uncommon for me to be up well beyond midnight.Quote:
Originally posted by sailorangel59:
I am a college student, all nighters are common, and the board is more entertaining then homework.
- Becca
I've been known to pull a late one now and then...hey, there's whole weeks that, aside from work, the board IS my socialization! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Because of the difference in time zones, sometimes I'm on the Board when no one else is! Its just like being in an empty room. Quiet and a bit lonely. Last night it was just me and I think miki__, but a bunch of "guests' and "invisibles" were there too. What's up with that?
I'm usually on of those "guests" or invisible members. I just like to stay in the background and not announce when I am here. I an a true nightowl and have been known to stay up as late as 4am a couple of times a week. I'm on EST so I am probably there when you are first geting on.
Kim
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Kim, I wish I could do that more often. Occasionally, when I do stay up into the early morning hours, I pay for it big time the next day. Can barely function...I feel like I'm in a fog. Not good if I have to go to work that day.Quote:
Posted by courtneysunshine:
I an a true nightowl and have been known to stay up as late as 4am a couple of times a week.
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In the summertime, from grade school to now in college, I literally stay up 24 hours most nights. Well, im slightly exaggerating. I do sleep for a few hours at a time. But, in the summer, I have really bad cases of insomnia.
I only come on here at night for that reason - it's the only place on the internet that I visit that actually has stuff going on at 2 or 3 am! I'm a student and I have a really weird schedule. I have a hard time getting to sleep because I get my second wind around 10 or 11pm. I can be sleepy at 5 or 6 pm then I'm more awake at midnight than I am the rest of the day. So, I'm usually on here until 2 or 3 am. I'm also a bit of a caffeine addict, after a day full of coffee, tea, and cokes I have a hard time calming down and this board helps me relax and get my mind off of school, etc. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
I am also like you Laurie. I will get a second wind around 11pm when everything quiets down around here. No interruptions, just me and my computer. I will either listen to music or have Turner Classic Movies on to break up the silence. I do enjoy posting late at night to early morning and seeing "last reply by: pajamarose", going up and down the message board. [img]smile.gif[/img] It does not last long because someone always has to have the last word. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Lea
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I generally stay up until 1AM. Since my husband is home all the time and he goes to bed early, the late hours give me time alone. I usually sew at night. My second wind comes around 8 PM. I can get a lot accomplished from 8 to midnight. That is if I stay off the phone. My phone starts ringing from out of state calls after 9 PM. I usually wind down with reading the board before I call it a night.