Saturday 9 on Tuesday: Sleeping In A Hurricane

Saturday 9: How Do You Sleep

1. How long do you sleep each night?

Never enough.

2. Do you fall asleep easily?
That's a big NO.
My crown is pointy and sticks to the pillow sometimes. I have to readjust the hairpins a million times. It is so annoying!! Once I even punctured a hole in a waterbed and nearly drowned. Royalty has its drawbacks ya know.

3. Do you fall asleep at times not in your bed?
Hmmm.....on the couch. Rarely. In the car. Sometimes. That's not OK when I'm driving is it....

4. Do you listen to music or use “white noise” to sleep?
I used to have to sleep with a fan on when I was married to my once-upon-a-time-snore-like-an-earthquake-husband. He could not sleep without one and I got used to it. After our divorce I still had to have a fan but eventually weaned myself away from it because it was just ridiculous trying to sleep in a hurricane every night. It blew the natural curl right out of my hair. Now - without the natural disasters that nightly plagued my bed in my married life - I prefer complete silence or the gentle rhythmic breathing of someone beside me which naturally leads to spooning.
And things.

5. Do you sleep through the night or get up a couple of times?
Once I get to sleep I don't even move don't ask about the sleepwalking, unless I'm hot and kick the covers off removing my.....er....my.....crown etc etc..........and tossing things on the floor.......but that doesn't happen if the gentle rhythmic breathing is going on.
I'd better shut up.

6. Do you have trouble sleeping away from your own bed?
Not in the least.
I told you. I fall asleep in my car.

7. Do you need an alarm clock to get you up?
If I want to get up. Yes. Otherwise, I could sleep until after noon most days. I know! I love to sleep...what can I say? I'm snug as a bug. Who wants to ruin that?

8. Do you ever take medication to help you sleep?
Rarely. Not being in a constant tornado mode in the bedroom helps.
I used to take Tylenol PM but found I was getting dependent on it and stopped. Alcohol is not my thing and would probably make me wide awake anyway. Prescription drugs K.N.O.C.K. M.E. O.U.T. as in for days....I am not kidding. I once had surgery and woke up three days later. They thought I was in a coma. I seriously can't tolerate drugs.
Now I try hot green tea or just some gentle rhythmic breathing (OK OK I'll stop)...it has to be something natural.....my OWN breathing in and out.....ahhh....I'm getting sleepy now. Yawn.

9. Do you/have you slept with pets?

ABSOLUTELY NOT. Well....there was the possum.

Why does this meme stop with nine, Samantha? Don't you want to hear my tenth answer? It was a good one too. Why didn't you ask a question that I could answer with "because I sleepwalk" ??
Because I do you know. My dad nearly shot me when I was a teenager because he thought I was a burglar.
BTW, Where am I? And what am I doing at the computer?
I'm going back to bed.
Goodnite Sam.

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