For those of you who have trouble going to sleep, I'm curious if you consciously try to redirect your thoughts from verbal to visual?

Doesn't make a damn difference.

I should go do dishes or grading. But I really want to take a flexeril and lie down on the couch and watch Glee.

DH has no trouble initially falling asleep but he's extremely sensitive to the slightest bit of light so I frequently mess around on my iPhone from under the covers. I've even resorted to an elaborate system of pillows formed into a makeshift fort to block him from the light of the screen. Changing my old habit of reading a book with my bedside lamp on to fall asleep was OMG hard when we first moved in together.

One of the stupidest fights we've had (so far) was the night I was exhausted enough to accidentally open the walk-in closet door before turning out the light. Oof. Grumpy DH!

While she was being restrained, the report states Jones bit an officer on the wrist, leaving red marks.

From way back: I got bit once, while apprehending a shoplifter when I was an MP. I still have a scar on my hand.

ita, I'm sorry that the Traz isn't helping you. I can't sleep without it. But, it did give me migraines when I first started it.

When I visited my brother in September, I found that one glass of Wild Turkey put me to sleep like magic. I just really don't see that as a healthy every-night option, y'know?

How big a glass? Because really, I don't see that as any worse than .5mg of Ambien or something.

About like this: [link] I guess I get twitchy about my family history of alcoholism when I think of having a glass of whiskey every night to put myself to sleep. And then I worry that I would need to drink more and more for it to be effective, and then next thing I know, it'd be Betty Ford time.

Tomorrow it seems I will be getting rutabagas. To be honest, while I've always thought it was a fun word to say, I never actually knew what they were beyond a vague idea that they were a root vegetable.

Tomorrow it seems I will be getting rutabagas.

t TMI

I, uh, used that as a safeword once.

t /TMI

HA! I ♥ Steph.

edited to fix the code so ita can see it too.

it did give me migraines when I first started it

No it didn't. My sleep doc says so. Because it's an anti-headache drug. Sure, not like any anti-depressants have ever been causally linked to suicide attempts, or anything.

eta: My pique thanks you for your inclusivity, Kat.

My first bf dumped me (long distance over the phone) for another woman on finals week. The only way I got to sleep during that time was a glass of wine at bedtime. I was an even bigger lightweight than I am now. I have alcoholics in the family so I worried about it as a long term thing, but in the short term it was what I needed (short of going to a doctor and getting a scrip).

Steph, going by my experience, the alcohol stops working for sleep after a while. In fact, it's notorious for waking one up. You nap off and then when the alcohol's processed out of your system, you snap awake. So you're not actually missing much.

I've used rutabagas once a year in stew-making for St. Patrick's.

All attempts to get out of the house today failed. Until now. Shortly, I will be going out to the Valley to participate in pub trivia with some folks from The Guild fandom (including some former crew). I have the use of the car tonight so I'm taking advantage.

Won't have the use of the car Friday so if I go to Descanso, I'mma have to take the bus.