This Is A Post

Hi everyone.  This is pretty much a post to let you all know I'm still alive.  I've been out of town for work so I'm a bit toasty.

Yeah...so...I'm gonna go keep trying to finish the big giant book that I swear I have been reading for a million years.  Better posting tomorrow.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Holding My Eyes Open

Skyping with baby sis today and realized we both suffer from the same problem on occasion...we can't stay awake to read.  We go to bed early with the intention of reading for an hour or two (a habit that we both still have from our childhood) and lo and behold we fall asleep a couple pages in.  There are several stages to falling asleep while reading.

 First you are all good to go, you start reading, getting into it. The next stage is you realize that you have read the same page a couple of times and still don't remember what you just read.  The third stage is when you rest your eyes for "just a second" only to drag them open a few minutes later to read one word and then rest them again.  Stage four is what I like to call the tired two year old phase, and this is when you know it's hopeless, but you refuse to actually go to sleep and force your eyes open one more time.  Eventually you hit the final stage and that is when your book slips from your fingers and falls to the floor and you just don't have the energy to lean over and pick up...and you finally admit defeat.  What happens when you fall asleep reading?  Happy Reading Everybody!

Work Work Work

After 78 hours of work this week and another 48 to go, coming home and curling up with a book feels just like this.

Is NOT jus a book

Mmmm a I can't wait to get my hands on my book.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Sleeplessness

Sooo...I didn't sleep again last night...or the night before...or...well you get the idea.  I have no idea where this insomnia comes from, other then the fact my Mamma and both my sissy's have the same issue.  The plus side to this is a little extra reading, the down side is that my life is so chaotic right now that I need every second of sleep I can get.  Sigh.  That being said, you may have noticed my posting is a wee bit spotty.  Instead of apologizing every couple weeks (though I am sorry) I thought I would make one explanation/apology post to let you know what was up.  I am now a full time EMT (WOOHOO!) and this makes me very happy...tired...but happy.  Before I had a big girl desk job and was able to pretty much post everyday before 9am without fail, now I have to plan ahead and try and get a bunch of posts up in a scheduled format.  This makes it a bit less spontaneous (sad face), but still allows me to run this blog, which I dearly love doing.

Lali (Super Cool Site, go check it out!)

 Essentially it comes down to this, my schedule is not set and some weeks between work and volunteering I can put it 80-90 hours in a 7 day period.  These shifts vary in times and length, sometimes I work a 10 hour day shift, some days a 24 hour shift and sometimes, like next weekend they go for 45 hours.  I will try and be as consistent as possible as I love love love writing this blog, but if I miss a couple days here and there, this is why.  I am continuing to upgrade the pages, and Hubbin is working on some super cool ideas on how to make this blog super easy, super informative, super book buying, super linky, and just super cool, so I am excited about that.  I also changed the appearance of the blog for winter, you know 'cause I have so much time on my hands :-)  Ok I'm gonna try and snag a couple hours of sleep before I head back to the station...or maybe I'll read a couple of chapters instead :-)  Happy Reading Everybody!

Sleepyzzzz

Can't keep my eyes open...48 hours...soooo tired...

Gonna go see if I can get a page read before I pass out.  Happy Reading Everybody!

18 In 30

Soooooooooo...I'm tired...are you all shocked?  Had weekend duty and ran 18 calls in 30 hours.

Book Junkie Pillow

I think I may need to make use of this today. Off to try and read a couple of chapters before I pass out.  Hope everybody had a great weekend.  Happy Reading Everybody!

A Little Night Reading

So...I stayed awake all night finishing my book and now I am to tired to post about it...bookworm problems

A Little Night Reading

I wasn't feeling all that well so instead of sleeping I read and read and read and read, now Hubbin is out getting me magic potion (coffee) so maybe some coherancy will happen, but I doubt it.  Happy Reading Everybody!

What Came First The Reading Or The Insomnia?

So, I  may have stayed up all night finishing up the book I was reading...and then instead of going to sleep I may have started a new one.  Needless to say the alarm clock was not my friend this morning.  I have had this habit of reading instead of sleeping ever since I can remember and to be quit honest I'm not sure if the insomnia begets the reading, or the reading is the cause of my insomnia.  All I know is my first memories of not being able to sleep, and my memories of learning how to read all start at the same time.  I remember telling my parents I was afraid of the dark so that they would leave the hall light on and my door open. I
would then sneak to the end of my bed and read by the hall light.  I clearly remember the foot of my bed being covered in books.  When I got a little older, staying up late to read became a reward my parents would give me.  We were all responsible for turning of our lights by a certain time (8:00pm for the younger kids and 9:00pm for the older kids).  They would come check on us to make sure we were in beds with lights off, if we left the light on past our given time we would get in trouble and have to go to bed however many minutes we stayed up, earlier the next night (does that makes sense, e.g. if our lights out time was 9:00pm and we left our light on until 9:20pm we had to turn off our light at 8:40pm the next night).  Our parents did this to teach us how regulate our own time, responsibility, etc. etc.  When I did something exceptionally good, then my reward was to stay up and read later, usually in 15 minute increments.  I remember one night my Daddy told me I could stay up until 10:00 pm to read!!!  What they didn't know is that I would find any light source possible (night light, glowing clock, smuggled flashlights, full moons) to stay up and read until who know's what time.  I know by the time I was nine I was regularly reading into the single digits of the morning.  Eventually I got my own room away from the rest of my family and was allowed to stay up as late as I wanted (provided I got myself up and ready for school with no issues the next morning) and can honestly say their were nights the sun would come up and I would still be reading.
Once I moved out on my own, I would find my alarm going off and me still on the couch in the middle of a book.  Now that I am old and have to be at work at ungodly hours I sometimes actually go to bed at a decentish time, but some nights that still not possible.  Last night for instance, I knew as soon as I got into bed that I was not going to sleep, so I got out my trusty stack of books and filled the time with a good story.  To this day I am not sure if the reason I don't sleep well at night is genetics (my Mamma is a night owl as well) 'cause I can sleep just fine in the mornings (I usually drift off around 3am) or if my eagerness to read books is what keeps my mind awake until I finally give in and turn on the light.  Regardless of the reason, my bouts with sleeplessness have led to some great marathon reading sessions and the dreams I have after a good book is finished are usually pretty awesome.  So to all my fellow night owls out there, happy reading!
When is your favorite time to read?  Does reading make you sleepy or wake you up?  Are you a night owl or a morning person?  Who is willing to do a scientific study showing that you can replace sleep with a good book, I will volunteer as the guinea pig :-) ?