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Why does one stop sleeping when one becomes old? I'm in bed by 10 every evening but then I'm awake before 5. I mean wide awake, bouncing around the walls awake. Obviously I have to get up for a gypsy's, and then - that's it, I'm up. So I've got 4 hours to kill before work. Sometimes I do a 5k run and then go for a 5 mile walk.
By 10 a.m. I'm shattered :-(
How're your diurnal rhythms working out for you?
Sounds like bed at midnight would help, swot I do. Then a bit of broken sleep one of them due to a jimmy and I generally wake up proper around 8Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
It's years since I went to bed after 10. I'd just fall asleep on the sofa.Quote:
Originally Posted by barrybueno
I wonder if you can buy Mogadon off tinternet.
Have you considered going to bed later? EDITQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I find I wake up at 4, am awake for half an hour and can then get back to sleep for an hour and a half before having to wake up.
In bed by 10-45, alarm goes off before 6 and i think "why the hell am i still doing this"Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I had a bit of a coldy-fluey thing last week, so I used some Nyquil I brought back from the US. Phew, that's good stuff! Knocked me out and I was still a bit mongy until about 11am. Say what you like about the yanqui, but they don't píss about when it comes to prescription drugs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I've found that by having the last drink before 9, invariably means I can forego the small hours slash. I don't usually hit the hay until gone 11 but usually stir just after 7. That, or the dog makes it quite plain he needs his garden visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
You have your last drink at 9, but don't go to bed until 11?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
What on earth do you do for those two hours? :shrug:
Hmm, but that's hours without a drink, surely you become dehydrated, or worse, reality breaks through? :yikes:Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
I was awake at 5 this morning - but I'm still sweating alcohol from Sunday. Then seeing the bill and needing more drink to forget itQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I rarely get to bed early (before midnight), and have little idea what it is like to wake up and feel wide awake. Night Owl, me.
Though I sometimes have a post-dinner snooze .
I always insist we're on the fells by 6. I will occasionally allow a delay until 7 if she makes enough of a fuss.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Sometimes we take a picnic to do a big walk but finish before lunchtime :hehe:
Blimey. I can just about be up at eight for a Full Onglay and out the door by nine / half past. Back to the inn by three and get on the beer. I'm sure the 'best part of the day' is indeed magnificent but I won't be seeing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
There's actually a case of not setting out till nearly midday, seeing as sometimes the clouds lift in the mid afternoon.
Yes, I confess that on a couple of cloudy days we delaed departure until after lunch to allow the weather to lift. However, determined to use the time profitably, I had us waiting on the doorstep of Booths for them to open at 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash