Cravings I can see, as there's now a physical part of that other person inside the recipient and you'd expect maybe the interaction with foreign genetics to change tastes and the like. But purely mental changes when it's not brain tissue at issue is pretty freaky.

I think there are neurons in other parts of the body. I don't know this for sure. That could make sense though, you know, if its true.

But those are hand-cast iron $25 c-clamps!

Holy crap. There is (A) Waaaaay more stuff in the garage of the ex's than I thought. I'm going to have her husband look at it when he is down in October, and tell him that if there is anything they want, he needs to mark it and make arrangements to have someone take it and store it elsewhere, cause I'm going to sell what saleable, and then chuck the rest. Probably not all at once, since there is SO MUCH OF IT, but I would like to have enough room in the garage for a car this winter.

Also, I have cleaned out and rearranged the kitchen pantry and my bedroom closet. Someone please tell me why my darling husband owns 8 hampers and laundry baskets, 3 of which are in our bedroom? CRAIGSLIST/FREECYCLE.

ita, I am glad you are seeing a sleep specialist, but I can tell you, the first thing they will have you do is do a sleep study. Within your system, try to research your specialist as much as you can, and definitely ask what the study will be looking for. Start keeping a sleep log now (there are examples on-line) as this may chop a big ol' chunk of time off the solvation process.

If you don't have one, establish a sleep ritual and examine your sleep hygiene (look it up if you don't already know.) One of the first things they will rec is 2 hours TV, computer, any kind of monitor-free before bed.

IJS.

Start keeping a sleep log now (there are examples on-line) as this may chop a big ol' chunk of time off the solvation process

They gave me some reading material/questionnaire with the appointment (the sleep specialist is in the same neurology dept as my migraine guy), so I'm ahead of the game there. And I have done some sleep hygiene work before.

But TWO HOURS MONITOR FREE BEFORE SLEEP???? Are you bugging me? Yes, I will get a lot more book reading and drawing done, but I needs my stuff! My people! Fictional and invisible both!

But TWO HOURS MONITOR FREE BEFORE SLEEP???? Are you bugging me? Yes, I will get a lot more book reading and drawing done, but I needs my stuff! My people! Fictional and invisible both!

Yeah, exactly. Though you could print out fic to read off screen, I guess.

One of the first things they will rec is 2 hours TV, computer, any kind of monitor-free before bed.

unpossible. Especially at the start of the new fall TV season.

I realized that I have dinner plans tonight, and will miss Undercovers (the first major network non-comedy to have two black leads). In honor of our past, I invoke the VCR prayer.

Attention all religious people, established or not, pagan or Wiccan or Bible Belt or Jewish or Bead Jiggler (like me): Please pray to the VCR gods tonight for all of us who are Unavoidably Unable To Be Home. May the cable systems all remember. May the tapes be fresh and have plenty of space. May our power not brown out and reset the VCR clocks. May kids and SOs and stray kittens not wander by and reset the apparatii. May our UPN affiliates not fold, spindle, or mutilate the show with weird crawls, ads for other inane shows, sports, or teasers for the Ten o'clock News. May we all come home to Buffy, just Buffy and purest Buffy, from Previously to the previews. Amen.

As painful as it is, several studies show that screentime before bed can delay sleep by up to two hours. (Anything with a backlight is confusing to the parts of your brain that are trying to keep track of diurnal rhythms. Indirect light from a reading lamp doesn't have nearly as strong an effect as direct light from an LCD screen.)

I realized that I have dinner plans tonight, and will miss Undercovers

I have dinner plans too! And I feel like ass. But I will not cancel. I have not seen this chick in years. If it gets cancelled, it's on her. But my backlog is getting bigger and bigger. Hopefully I can at least clear Criminal Minds off it tonight. I know I can't stay out at dinner too long.

I can't cancel dinner to stay home and watch two of the hottest men on the planet, right? I mean Boris Kodjoe AND Shemar Moore (who will be rocking the manpain tonight)? I don't know if I'll be able to handle it.

several studies show that screentime before bed can delay sleep by up to two hours

What about those of us that fall asleep in front of screens?

Well, it's not like I've gotten any sleep without the aid of drugs in about a year, so I don't count. But I would regularly fall asleep in front of the TV before the insomnia started.

Huh. I just said "sistas before mistas!" to my sister. I feel like I've crossed some sort of invisible crazy person line. But I think she went there first.