Asleep Awake

Between an epic bout of insomnia and my absolute insane schedule I am beyond exhausted.

Lucky for me I can at least read to escape my busy brain for a while.  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!

My Book Is Falling

One of the hazards of my job...well my life in general, is that any down time I get seems to me struggling to stay awake long enough to read a couple of pages.  This usually results in a couple of things.  One, I get really strange dreams incorporating snippets of what ever I tried to read in various strange ways (this can actually be kind of cool sometimes) and two, my books fall off the bed.

This is sad 'cause while I am all for using my books to there fullest, it is still sad to wake up and peek over the edge of my bed and see  my book sprawled open on the floor.  Sometimes if I am lucky, Hubbin comes in and gets the book before it falls, but then I wake up in a panic 'cause I can't find my book.  I'm not sure what this post is about, or what I'm trying to say really, just that I wish I had more time to read and that I could skip sleep more often.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Books On The Bed.

I have been running my hinny off at work and every time I go to open a book I get another call!  I've been trying to sneak some reading time in before I go to sleep, but I have to admit, I've been so tired I keep falling asleep.

So my bed/room/backback/livingroom and various other places are covered in books I am desperate to read, but no able to stay awake long enough to get more then a page read...hopefully I will get some time in this weekend.  Happy Reading Everybody!

Glrblese

I have worked 36 out of the last 48 hours so...

Looking foward to the weekend off to read and write some good rambles.  Happy Reading Everybody!

A Place For My Head

Crazy week of no sleep coming up, better rest up while I can.  I think I would sleep better on some of these pillows.

Library Card Pillow

Needlpoint Book Pillow

Floral Book Pillows

Pride and Prejudice Pillows

Once Upon A Time Pillow

I'm gonna go make use of these pillows now.  If my posts this week are a little scattered and/or incoherant it's all lack of sleep I promise.  Happy Reading Everybody!

So Sleepy

Ahhhh, I missed posting yesterday, I am so sorry.  I had a 48 hour shift and ran my poor little hiney off, seriously it is gone.  I came home and immediately passed out until my sweet Hubbin came home from work and woke me up.

I promise to make it up with a nice long rambling tomorrow.  But now I have to catch up on all the reading I missed over the last three days.  Happy Reading Everybody!

I'm Supposed To Be Sleepeing

Was at the station all night last night and got a rare night with no late calls.  So do I get a couple hours of extra sleep like a good girl?

Nope I read.  So now I have no excuse to be tired today except that I couldn't put the book down...I swear it's like my own personal crack pipe sometimes.  Oh well, better to be reading then pulling people out of burning cars...yeah.  Have a great weekend and happy reading everybody, I'm off to bed to catch up on my sleep.

Sleeping With The Books

Just got off weekend duty and would love to do a little sleeping, alas my big girl job calls.

Sleeping With the Books

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 :-) ?