Tickled pink!

So if I appear too thrilled after a mere two days of sound sleep, that’s because I have been to the other side and found it to be much too painful. So yeah, I admit it, I am more than tickled pink today. I am about to turn my music on, turn it up and celebrate!

3:41 am

I reached for the light, maybe for the 100th time, I don’t know, things are bleakest at this time.  Switched off the tv again. Reached for my book again. None were appealing to a hopeless sleep deprived mind. My limbs felt weak, I dragged myself to pee. My whole body hurt, tossing and turning is…

Question: What is sleep?

I just cannot figure out what’s going on with my sleep. It’s seriously messed up right now. 

Insomnia

Some of my most panicked moments involve sleep or lack thereof. Currently, my sleep consists of mostly tossing and turning with sporadic bursts of sleep. It wasn’t always this bad. Granted, I’ve never really been an easy sleeper. But things seemed to get worse after I decided to take a hiatus from full-time work and spend…

Exhaustion + Sleep deprivation = ?

I love math and science! In fact I love Math and Science so much I ended up switching careers from Higher Ed to working in a lab. I do science things all day, they challenge my mind and I absolutely love it! But.. Yes there is a but. Working in a lab means being on…