The Time Change

Especially the “spring forward” time change always just about gets the best of me. I’m such a night owl anyway and it seems like it takes me a month or so to get caught up on the lost hour.

While I don’t recommend this solution, being sick and sleeping most of the day is maing the change not so hard.

Saturday night I tossed and turned and hardly slept. The last time I checked my phone to see what time it was, it was 4 a.m. I think I went to sleep shortly after that. It’s so rare that I don’t sleep. I got up with Oscar about 5, then Vince got up about 6 so I told him I was going back to bed. About 8, he came in and asked if I felt well enough to stay home alone so he could go to the pallet store. Of course, I felt well enough to stay home alone. I would probably have slept til he got back if he hadn’t awakened me but I do always tell him to wake me up if I’m sleeping and he’s leaving. I would like to know if I’m home alone. If Vince is out and about, I’ll answer m phone if it rings in case he needs something.

I got up, took Oscar out, put him in the crate and went back to bed about 8:30. Next time I woke up was when Vince called at 11:30 a.m. to see if I wanted him to bring home food. I told him I was going to cook and he said “Are you sure you feel like doing that?” I had a roast I had already cooked in the crockpot so all I had to do was make salad, heat up the roast and some rice that was in the fridge already cooked.

Then, we moved the furniture around and I thought I was going to be awake the rest of the day but as soon as the fever comes back, I feel bad enough to go back to bed. I went back to bed at 4 and slept til 8:30 p.m. so I was awake again at 3 a.m. this morning.

Whether it’s the time change or being sick, somehow I’m going to have to get myself back on a normal schedule.