Hi! My name is Amanda and I am a sleep addict.
I love to sleep. I would say it is one of my favorite things to do, ranked right up there by eating chocolate and spending time with my family. I have been known to plan my day around when I can take a nap. In the mornings I have to force myself to get out of bed by 8:00 otherwise I might sleep in until who knows when. This has been a little easier since the kids have gotten older because they are more self sufficient, ie they can turn on the TV by themselves and play quietly while mom sleeps in. Oh what a great example I am setting for my children.
All summer long I have been thinking that I need to start getting back into the habit of getting up earlier, I just can't drag my carcass out of bed unless I HAVE to. Like for two weeks in July when we had swim lessons at gasp...8:15 in the morning. I purposely picked that time for swim lessons so that I would have to get out of bed.
By the time school was out last year I was so ready to be done so that I could sleep in, and be with my children of course. It just doesn't seem to get any easier for me even after 9 months straight of getting up between 6:00 and 6:30. I guess it doesn't help that I don't go to bed until after 10:00 most nights, usually closer to 11:00. So my new motto for this school year is:
Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep long than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated. (D&C 88:124)
Wish me luck!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Hello Amanda...I found your blog through Raising Five (I think). I have a confession to make. I am a fellow sleep addict too. I totally related to your post! Glad to have found you!
Sleep rules everything. And insomnia is killing me as of late...I love your ideal from the scriptures. I commit to that every now and then, but my bed is always calling my name...sigh.
Welcome kristine! Nice to know I am not alone in my sleep addiction. We should start a support group. lol
code yellow, I've read about your insomnia on your blog, doesn't sound like much fun. :( That would be hard!
I knew there had to be more of me out there. Good to know I'm not the only one who considers 8:00 am early morning or has a tough time getting out of bed every morning (and it has nothing to do with depression).
i too sleep in, i can be in bed till as late as 11.am then take a nap at 2.pm till around 4.pm i am so glad i'm not the only one
I can relate to all of you, I can never get to bed and when i do i can never get out. I play with my mind and set an alarm say 10.00, a descent time, then keep hitting snooze till 2.00pm or even 5.00 or 6.00. I feel i battle myself to wake and my dreams trick me. when i wake, i say bugger it just 10-15 or 30 more. help i am sleeping my life away
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