I was debating whether to post this or not, but then I thought, "Eh, why not?" so I decided eh, why not... (If you get that, it was meant for you :-P)
Thanks, Po, for tagging me :-)
1. How much sleep do you get on an average night?
About 5 hours or less on a weekday, up to 10 on those amazing long Friday nights, and about 3-7 on Motzaei Shabbos
2. Is that enough sleep for you?
I'm one of those oddballs who function perfectly on progressively less and less sleep. Sometimes I crash after a few weeks, sometimes I don't. Hey, surprises are exciting!
3. At what time do you normally go to sleep and wake up?
Roughly 1:30 am to 6:30 am
4. Do you usually fall asleep right away or have trouble?
Depends. Most nights I go out pretty fast, but not always. And it's annoying because it's those times that I'm exhausted that I often lay there for hours...wondering how I'm ever going to fall asleep...which of course helps me stay awake longer.....
5. What size bed do you have?
Uh....size 6? :-P I honestly have no clue. Full? Twin? All I know is that it's bigger than your standard camp-size mattress. And I only take up about a third of it
6. How many pillows do you use?
One fairly flat, fairly springy one
7. In what position do you sleep?
Start off on my left side, curled up, my hands bent at the wrists curled tightly under my chin, and wake up on my right side with my hands usually still around there. The left-to-right switch took a bit of conscious training, but according to the Rambam it's a healthy practice.
8. Do you need it to be quiet or dark to sleep?
Yes, both, but once I'm sleeping, I'm usually out cold. I've been known to sleep through the biggest storms in 30 years and earsplitting fire alarms and my friend's snoring (which has been known to wake the dead, incidentally...)
9. Do you use earplugs or an eye mask?
Such desperate measures? It's only sleep, remember... :-P (Earplugs? ouch...)
10. Have you ever used a sleeping aid long-term?
Nope. In fact, I think those OTC sleep aid tylenol-type medications make me stay up longer. Dunno why, but when I try taking them to help me fall asleep faster, my heart feels like I've just been running. Odd... Any insight into that, anyone?
11. Do you use headgear, a night retainer, or a biteplate?
Retainers, upper and lower, just about every night. I should mention that I got my braces off in the sixth grade :-)
12. What do you normally wear to bed?
Pajama pants, long sleeve t-shirt, skirt (don't ask...looong story. No, I wasn't brainwashed by my seminary...), and sometimes socks until I'm ready to fall asleep.
13. Do you frequently fall asleep in your clothing?
Never. Maybe happened like once in sem for a nap late at night, but I firmly believe in pajamas and clean teeth and Shema.
14. Do you prefer a heavy or light blanket?
I get too hot under heavy blankets, but I have one that's thin but still pleasantly weighted. Us sensory-issued people appreciate abundant but not overwhelming proprioceptive input :-D
15. Do you prefer warm or cool PJs?
Cool! I'd take freezing over warm any day. In fact, as I type this, my hands are icy. Ahh...bliss...
16. Do you wear socks to bed?
On occasion. I need to feel cool, though, so I usually take 'em off before I'm ready to go to sleep. (Might as well stick this in on the topic of cool: I sleep with a clip-on fan on my bed even in the dead of winter. Yeah, it's okay if you're confused. Most people don't get that :-D)
17. What is your bedtime routine?
Pajamas, teeth, face, exerpts from various books/seforim, tehillim if I hadn't managed to finish it during the day, Shema, and g'nite wishes to any family members still up. (The latter doesn't happen every night...)
18. Do you listen to music when you’re falling asleep?
Only if it's noisy in the room and I can't fall asleep cuz of it or if I'm thinking too much and just need something distracting to help me fall asleep.
19. Have you sucked your thumb in recent years?
Ummm...do pinkie toes count? :-P And anyway, who needs thumbs when you have spectacular corners? (For clarification, feel free to ask :-D)
20. Do you still sleep with your childhood blankie/teddy?
No. The teddy is on a shelf, and I honestly wish I still had Blankety. Yellow, satin-edged, dog-eared, pilly thing. Gosh, I miss him...
21. Do you snore?
No, thankfully. Though I've been around plenty of snorers, and it's probably worse to sleep across from one than be one yourself...
22. Do you sleeptalk or sleepwalk?
I've been told I sleeptalk. More like sleep-mumble, but I'm petrified that one day I'm gonna yell out that I really DO hate so-and-so, and I really DID steal that whatever...gulp...
23. Do you wake up to use the bathroom often?
Not usually. Would you like to know my showering schedule now, too?
24. What things inhabit your bed aside from a blanket and pillow?
Ahh, I was waiting for this question! :-D At any given point I may have some or most of the following: a stack of about 8 or 9 books I'm in the middle of (yes, I tend to read many many at once. One at a time is too boring. A book for each mood or literary preference, y'know?), 2 extra blankets, a belt from an old jacket that makes rather awe-inspiring corners, a mostly used tissue box, an ipod, a forensic psych textbook, a bottle of hand cream, a hairbrush, my phone charger, a pair or two of socks, and a dictionary. Good thing I only take up that 1/3rd of the bed, eh? :-P
25. What kind of alarm clock do you use?
Clock radio. Wake up to whatever's on at the time my alarm rings. Used to be Spanish radio, but when I started understanding what they were saying, I realized enough was enough... Nowadays it's usually some political comment or sports news. Unfortunately nothing to jump out of bed for...
26. Do you ever wake up before your alarm?
What, at 6:15?! No!!
27. Do you frequently take naps?
I only fargin myself to some Oneg Shabbos. Naps throw me off schedule by a few hours, and I can't afford to sleep much less on weekdays, can I?
28. Have you ever slept ‘under the stars’?
Oh, the wonders of the great outdoors! Just about the only thing I don't like about sleeping outside is the dew that accumulates at about 4 am.
29. Can you fall asleep on a bus, train, or airplane?
Bus or train, no way! I don't think I'd be able to if I knew I had a stop to make. I sometimes sleep on airplanes, but the best are long car rides. The rhythmic rocking and bumping make for such a comforting sleep...
30. Have you ever fallen asleep and missed your stop?
Can't remember ever, no...
31. Over the course of a lifetime, the average person swallows six spiders in his/her sleep. How many do you think you're up to?
Ok, that's utterly gross. I rarely sleep with my mouth open (unless I have a killer cold or something) so I doubt I've swallowed any. But I know bugs taste kinda sweet (thanks to their jointed chitinous appendages), so I'm not sure how bad the experience would be. Except for the halacha fallout....
This was fun! Okay...I tag whoever reads this and hasn't been tagged yet. Sorry...haven't been around blurking much, so I don't really know who's done this yet and who hasn't.
If anyone can beat my #24, I think I should like to take you out for ice cream :-D
14 comments:
ooh! i have lots n lots of comments!
I'm gonna go backwards, just cuz it's fun.
about the challenge- i'd be willing to fill my bed up with all kinds of random paraphernalia just to be zoche to go out to ice cream with you....:)
31. I'm afraid of how many kinds of bugs you'd eat if they weren't assur...
27. You should nap more often. Nothing like a good nap...
24. Do you rub corners as you fall asleep? i don't remember noticing. You should write about your bed in camp. Full of food, boxes, books, waterbottles, food, pet rocks, clothing, other people, food... crazy mess...
22. Funny, I don't remember you ever sleeptalking. Though i probably would have just slept through it. Now, who do you really hate, and what have you stolen?
19. Interesting that with all your sensory issues, you don't need oral stimulation as much...
15. I can attest to that. Your room is always FREEZING. And that dumb fan!!!
14. Pro-prio-what??
5. You made me laugh. Shkoyach.
I think that was pretty thorough, don't you?
SO much to say, but I'm just going to laugh at the intro. :)
And 1/3?! Please. I'm betting more like 1/6.
lol you're cute! My answers would be downright boring compared to yours.
id like to know why u wear a skirt to sleep? even if the story is LONG!
Those spectactular corner things...well u said we could ask so I'll jump in and do so. More info please :)
About position u fall asleep in...am I the only one out there who hasn't a clue and gosh the last thing i think about again when i wake up is my position, i'm more likely take one look at the time and jump up fast!
Also glad we don't share a room - fan in mid-winter? Sounds like my worst nightmare...in a nice way of course ;)
Po--
Good ol' pal. Always first to comment :-D
You may not cheat like that. The stuff has to be in your bed BEFORE. Duh. The criterion is that you have to be weirder than me...
31. LOL!! Haven't thought about that, but I'm quite sure I'd have eaten a few :-D
24. You bet. Corners are better than thumb-sucking any day. Abt my camp bed, that's a hopeless case. Who even remembers what was in there?!
22. According to mom and some friends I do. I hate So-and-so (insert Strongbad voice here) and what I stole will remain steadfastly in my own head until the end of time (MWAHAHAHAHA!!!)
19. Never noticed I chew on anything in sight? Pens, fingers, pieces of plastic that break off things...and I can never eat plain ice cream. Gots to have pieces in it. Chocolate too.
14. Proprioceptive. The sensors that send info to the brain about sensory stimuli, unless I'm mistaken.
Make another survey please!! This was great!!
Ezzie--
SAY!!
And it's more than a sixth. I gained a pound over Shabbos.
Half--
Please do it! I tag you!!
:-)
Can't wait to hear your answers
Anon--
In VERY short, it was easier to manage pajamas and tznius in terms of walking around the dorm while wearing a skirt over your pants, and in sem by the time sleeping time comes around you're WAAAY too tired to remove a skirt. Mostly cuz of convenience and kaballos.
Are you the same Anon who asked Scraps? Reveal yourself! :-D If you do, you can get the fuller story....
Smile--
Corners...aaah...Ask me when I'm on and I'll explain better. I've converted a few people to Cornerism already. Prepare yourself...
:-P
I honestly don't understand how people can sleep without a fan. I think I was an Eskimo in a past life or something. Winter rocks!
5. You're a funny girl. And I'm with Ezzie, I doubt you take up 1/3. I'm betting more like 1/5-1/4, max.
7. I have to say, you're one of the only people I know who has actually trained yourself to sleep according to the Rambam's recommendation.
10. Some people are weird and have the opposite reaction to what's normally expected. For instance, one person I know gets hyper on Vicodin, which knocks the rest of the world out. Go figure...
11. Wow, you beat me. I got my braces on at the beginning of fourth grade and they came off a few weeks before my bat mitzvah, just before I started seventh.
12. I wasn't brainwashed by seminary, either. I started doing it when I was sleeping away from home in high school (maybe 11th-12th grade? or even 10th?) but started doing it consistently after I got back from shana bet, when I was in Stern.
15. Strange child. I'd rather be cold than hot...but even better, I'd rather be nice and comfy in between. :)
19. You must be one of the only people your age I know who can still get her toes in her mouth, if you're serious. And eww. And I have to say, I tried corners, and I still prefer nailbiting.
21. I agree, it's worse to sleep with a snorer than to be one. My sister used to snore so badly when she was little that I'd wake my mother up to make her stop. :-P
22. Hmm...now I'm curious to overhear what you might have to say. ;-)
24. I actually have two beds, so at any given point in time, usually only one is actually habitable, unless I'm having company and want to be a good hostess so I clean it. Currently I have 1.5 habitable beds (I can get by on about .33 of a bed, so that's impressive, for me. Don't tell A, ok?). However, at its worst, my bed(s) contained: much of the contents of my dresser and closet, because my dresser is half broken and my closet isn't in my room and it's SO much more convenient to have the clothes already there on my bed; a blanket or two; a husband pillow and a regular pillow; a few piles of mail (bills, wedding invitations, junk mail, etc); a box of markers; several library books in varying levels of overdueness and lack thereof; an extra phone charger; an iPod and various accessories; a box or two of cereal; a purse or three; a hairbrush; a bottle of gel; a can of mousse; a box of tissues; my NCSY yearbook from the previous Spring Regional. And I'm sure there was more, but I don't remember what else. Do I win an ice cream date? Pleeeease?
25. I don't think I'd want to wake up to Spanish radio, even if I didn't know what the words meant...oh wait, but I do anyway sometimes, because of my neighbors.
27. Naps throw me off too. And no, you really can't afford to get any less sleep on weekdays.
31. Ewwww--you'd really eat a bug if it wasn't against halacha?! And I'm not sure about the sweetness; in seminary they told us that the bad-tasting (unchecked) peanuts were the ones that really had bugs in them.
Happy now, dear?
And I only take up about a third of it
Seriously.
Pajama pants, long sleeve t-shirt, skirt (don't ask...looong story. No, I wasn't brainwashed by my seminary...)
So who did brainwash you? :P Just kidding.
scraps-
are u referring to me in "Don't tell A, ok?"
HARUMPH!
i will one day come and organize your room. be prepared!
and vicadin. shudder. that stuff made me an emotional WRECK. like PMS times ten. i shudder just thinking about it.
and yes, it was prescribed! (post wisdom teeth removal)
Um....I plead the fifth? Hey, at least I've managed to keep them this clear this long. Roomie S commented that she's never seen them stay this clear this long. Seriously. [Also, I remembered more stuff that used to be on the bed: please add a thermometer, an issue or two of Jewish Action, and my makeup bag to the running list. I fully intend to collect on my ice cream!]
I had Vicodin a few months ago for some agonizing mouth pain. Didn't do much for me, actually. I just functioned like normal--no highs, no lows, no knocking me out. [shrug] Actually, sounds like Vicodin does to you what Zyrtec does to me. Strange stuff.
SAY!!
And it's more than a sixth. I gained a pound over Shabbos.
Nah. :P
And YAY!! :D You now officially exist, as measured by having a positive mass. Keep it up!
I had posted before as anonymous( different Parsha) but i came up with a better name. just telling you that you owe me ice cream.
Shprintza--
I have no clue who you are, but if you reveal yourself, I'd love to have a chat about this ice cream business. Send me your email address...
ya apparently you owe me an ice cream, as well...
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