Sleep addicts unite

Another blast from the past..... I have had a statcounter on my blog since the beginning and this particular post brings up more hits from searches than any other post I've written. Evidently I am not alone in my addiction.

I am addicted to sleep

originally published on August 30, 2006

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!