sleeping

[boxofdelights]

I'm sleeping terribly again, staying up later and later; getting up later too, but not late enough to get six hours in. It's having the usual consequences on memory, focus, and the ability to actually do a thing instead of realizing that I ought to do it, and realizing that I ought to do it, and realizing that I ought to do it....

This is one of the things I need my dogs for. They're very good at telling me it's time to eat, or it's time to go out; harder for me to ignore than my own body. They do try to tell me when it's time to go to bed, but I can ignore that, since they can go to bed without my help.

This evening Aiko nudged me, so we went out, but just stood on the back deck. A few minutes after we came in, he nudged me again. I told him to go lie down. Then I realized that I hadn't given him his pills with dinner. (I set out his pills for the next day each night when I set out mine, so I can check whether I have given them to him.) The carprofen has to be taken with food, (I assume because it is an NSAID and would give him ulcers otherwise? I don't know, he gets fed twice a day and pilled twice a day, it all works fine when I don't fuck up,) so I gave him a little more food, and his pills.

I've got to figure out how to sleep better.

Comments

[wild_irises]

I don't think sleeping better is about "figuring out," though there are always things to try. My immediate reaction on reading this is "cut yourself some slack and listen to the dogs."

[boxofdelights]

There is a lot worth listening to in dogs.

[bibliofile]

yay for dogs! My short-term dog stints have been pretty helpful, actually.

[amaebi]

I hope you can figure it out quickly.

ETA: wild_irises sounds right. So instead I wish that you can sleep better soon.